MovieGab has some early photos of the Gregor Jordan-directed adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1995 short story collection of rich and debaucherous characters set in early 80s Los Angeles. Fittingly, the cast isn’t a small one. ‘Informers’ stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Bassinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Isaak, Rhys Ifans, and the late Brad Renfro in his final screen appearance. Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki co-adapted the screenplay.
‘Informers’ combines many elements of Ellis’ more notable and cinematically adapted works: the ensemble effort of “Rules of Attraction,” the comically twisted violence of “American Psycho,” and the early 80s L.A. partying-and-drugs backdrop of “Less Than Zero Those who are familiar with Ellis’ un-adapted work know that the similarities between all of the aforementioned stories does not stop there, lest we forget “Glamorama.”
This would’ve made our Most Anticipated of 2009 list but the mid-May release date’s shaky at best, and we’d hate to depress you right at the onset of summer with this recommendation. Kidding aside, the trailer shows that Jordan has Ellis’ stylistic elements down pat, sparing no display of glamour, gluttony or impulsive bacchanalia.
‘Informers’ was shot in Los Angeles, Uraguay and Buenos Aires. Senator Entertainment is distributing.
