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U Turn

Year:

1997

Duration:

125 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Oliver Stone

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1997-10-03

Filming Locations: Florence, Arizona, USA

Earnings

Budget: $19,000,000

Opening Weekend: $2,730,440 (USA) (5 October 1997)

Gross: $6,633,400 (USA) (2 November 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sean Penn

Bobby Cooper

Billy Bob Thornton

Darrell

Abraham Benrubi

Biker #1

Richard Rutowski

Biker #2

Jon Voight

Blind Man

Jennifer Lopez

Grace McKenna

Powers Boothe

Sheriff Potter

Nick Nolte

Jake McKenna

Aida Linares

Jamilla

Sean Stone

Boy in Grocery Store

Ilia Volok

Sergi (as Ilia Volokh)

Valeriy Nikolaev

Mr. Arkady

Brent Briscoe

Boyd

Bo Hopkins

Julie Hagerty

Flo (as Julie Haggerty)

Annie Tien

Short Order Cook (as Annie Mei-Ling Tien)

Joaquin Phoenix

Toby N. Tucker

Claire Danes

Jenny

Sheri Foster

Grace's Mother

Laurie Metcalf

Bus Station Clerk

Liv Tyler

Girl in Bus Station

Jeff Flach

Yes Man (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Billy Bob Thornton gained around 50 pounds for his role in the movie.

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The role of Grace was originally intended for Sharon Stone, but salary negotiations fell through.

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Tom Savini was supposed to play the part of the second biker, after Oliver Stone saw him in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). But due to schedule conflict, Stone cast his producer Richard Rutowski in that part instead.

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Goofs

At the end of the film, when Bobby sits in the car and the radiator hose blows the second time a few suitcases are at the left side of the car. When the camera pulls out they are on the right side of the car.

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After Grace has pushed Bobby off the cliff and is sitting in the car listening to him shouting for help, a reflection of a face is clearly visible in the side window of the car.

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Shadow of boom, platform and cameraman visible at lower left hand of aerial view of intersection at beginning of movie right after Cooper's radiator hose blows.

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Quotes

Darrell: Damn. Gonna be another hot one today. Sometimes I don't even want to get out of bed. Course, I don't want to get out for the cold ones neither.

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Flo: Now you can fuckin' take it, or you can fuckin' leave it.

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Blind Man: Everything is everything. And everything is nothing, too.

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