Flawless | |
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Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
Written by | Joel Schumacher |
Produced by | Joel Schumacher Jane Rosenthal Robert De Niro (uncredited) Neil Machlis |
Starring | Robert De Niro Philip Seymour Hoffman Barry Miller Chris Bauer Wilson Jermaine Heredia Daphne Rubin-Vega |
Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
Edited by | Mark Stevens |
Music by | Bruce Roberts |
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Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $27 million[1] |
Box office | $4,488,529[1] |
Flawless is a 1999 American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The film is set in an apartment complex, and covers the relationships between its residents. A retired security guard suffers a stroke while trying to help a neighbor. He is left partially paralyzed and with an impaired ability to speak. He hires a neighboring drag queen to give him singing lessons, in hopes of improving his speech ability.