

David Bowie, heavily referenced in the book, deemed the script “cool” and was a key figure in getting the music of his friends Lou Reed and Iggy Pop on the film’s excellent, best-selling soundtrack alongside Blur, Pulp and Underworld. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what hes really doing. Synopsis: Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself.
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Masahiro Hirakubo’s knife-sharp editing keeps the pace relentless while Kave Quinn’s production design unforgettably depicts heroin squalor. Gallery of 6 movie poster and cover images for Jerry Maguire (1996). From director Danny Boyle to actors Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald, everyone involved went on to bigger successes but none has been as impressive since. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clientsan egomaniacal football player. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing.
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The result is a brisk, breathless dive into addiction, a tale full of antiheroes who remain likeable even when they’re soiling their girlfriend’s bedsheets or stealing to fund their next fix. Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agentwilling to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself.

Scriptwriter John Hodges wisely distills the spirit of Welsh’s book and fills scenes with dark, often grimly ironic comedy rather than attempting a straight social-realist adaptation. Yet as Irvine Welsh, the author of the film’s source novel about a feckless group of Edinburgh junkies, correctly wrote: “An ‘important’ picture nobody wants to see is ultimately just a self-important picture that nobody wants to see.” In many ways, Trainspotting was the most important British film of the 90s.
