

Sonny
2002-10-26 · 110 min · ★ 5.2
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
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- Directors
- Nicolas Cage
- Production companies
- Saturn Films, Gold Circle Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 4,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 132,221
Top Cast
James FrancoSonny
Brenda BlethynJewel
Harry Dean StantonHenry
Mena SuvariCarol
Nicolas CageAcid Yellow
Scott CaanJesse
Seymour CasselAlbert
Brenda VaccaroMeg
Josie DavisGretchen
Graham TimbesTroy
Wallace MerckScott
Bernard HockeClerk
David JensenMr. Penn
Karen Kaia LiversMattie
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