Another Day in Paradise (film)

Another Day in Paradise
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLarry Clark
Written byStephen Chin
Christopher B. Landon
Based onAnother Day in Paradise
by Eddie Little
Produced byLarry Clark
James Woods
Stephen Chin
Scott Shiffman
Starring
CinematographyEric Alan Edwards
Edited byLuis Colina
Distributed byTrimark Pictures
Release date
  • December 30, 1998 (1998-12-30) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.5 million
Box office$1 million[2]

Another Day in Paradise is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Larry Clark, and starring James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Set in the 1970s, its plot follows a teenage drug addict who, along with his girlfriend, are taken in by a middle-aged couple. The pair persuade the teenagers to help them commit a series of increasingly complicated and dangerous drug robberies. Based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Eddie Little, Another Day in Paradise is Clark's second feature film; it won the Grand Prix award at the 1999 Festival du Film Policier de Cognac.

After originally earning the rare NC-17 rating,[3] the American theatrical release was edited for the purpose of obtaining an R, reducing the running time from 105 to 101 minutes. Clark's original cut ran over 140 minutes.

  1. ^ "Another Day in Paradise". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Another Day in Paradise". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Natale, Richard (December 28, 1998). "Trouble in Making of 'Paradise'". Los Angeles Times.