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U Turn
(1997)
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| | Plot: | When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
A man running from a mysterious past is trapped in a small desert town after his car breaks down. Everybody in this town seems to have totally lost their mind and Bobby can't wait to leave. But there is a problem: Bobby doesn't have the money to get his car back. So when an aging man offers him money to kill his young wife Bobby seriously thinks about it. However the gorgeous young woman casts some kind of spell on him and she asks him to get rid of her husband. But this time, the stakes are much higher...
| | Cast: | | 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) |
| Valeri Nikolayev | Mr. Arkady (as Valery Nikolaev) |
| Brent Briscoe | Boyd |
| Bo Hopkins | Ed |
| 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) |
| Writing By:
| | John Ridley | (screenplay) |
| John Ridley | (book "Stray Dogs") |
| Produced By:
| | Bill Brown | associate producer |
| Dan Halsted | producer |
| John Ridley | executive producer |
| Richard Rutowski | co-producer |
| Clayton Townsend | producer |
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