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Grosse Pointe Blank| Director: | George Armitage | | Writers: | Tom Jankiewicz, Steve Pink and John Cusack | | Director of Photography: | Jamie Anderson | | Editor: | Brian Berdan | | Music: | Joe Strummer | | Production Designer: | Stephen Altman | | Producers: | Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth and Roger Birnbaum | | Hollywood Pictures; R; 106 minutes | | Release: | 4/97 | | Cast: | John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack and Hank Azaria | | Based on a story by Tom Jankiewicz |
A dark comedy with a romantic twist, or perhaps a twisted romantic comedy. Martin Q. Blank (Cusack), a “successful” hit man, returns to his native Grosse Pointe, Michigan, for his high-school reunion and, coincidentally, his next and possibly last hit. While in town, he seeks out his only true love, Debi (Driver), a quirky yet endearing radio DJ. Not to be outdone by his vaunting classmates, Blank boasts, “I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork.” A fun, oddball movie with cleverly imagined characters, though at times the graphic violence mutes the humor.
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