Requiem for a Dream

2000 NC-17 1h 42m 8.3

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a retired widow, living in a small apartment. She spends most of her time watching TV, especially a particular self-help show. She has delusions of rising above her current dull existence by being a guest on that show. Her son, Harry (Jared Leto) is a junkie but along with his friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) has visions of making it big by becoming a drug dealer. Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) could be fashion designer or artist but is swept along in Harry's drug-centric world. Meanwhile Sara has developed an addiction of her own. She desperately wants to lose weight and so goes on a crash course involving popping pills, pills which turn out to be very addictive and harmful to her mental state.

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Studio(s): Artisan Entertainment, Thousand Words

Originally Released: United States on Dec 15, 2000

Box Office Gross: $7,390,108.00

Budget: $4,500,000.00

Genres: Drama