The Usual Suspects

(1995)
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Film Information*

Country: United States Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Rating: R Running time: 105 mins.
Distributor: PolyGram Video, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures, Rank Film Distributors Inc, Meteor Film Productions, Pan Europeenne, Independent Productions
Release Date: 08/16/1995 Cumulative Box Office: $22,627,479.00
Logline: Five criminals are recruited by a mysterious underworld figure to stop a drug transaction.
Synopsis:
When a truck loaded with stripped gun parts is hijacked outside of Queens, five notorious thieves become overnight guests of the NYPD, but that's all .....   
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Credits*

Actor Role
Stephen Baldwin Michael McManus
Gabriel Byrne Dean Keaton
Chazz Palminteri US Customs Special Agent David Kujan
Kevin Pollak Todd Hockney
Pete Postlethwaite Kobayashi
Kevin Spacey Roger "Verbal" Kint
Suzy Amis Edie Finneran
Giancarlo Esposito Jack Baer
Benicio Del Toro Fred Fenster
Dan Hedaya Jeff Rabin
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Companies*

Company Role
Bad Hat Harry Productions Production Company
Baker/Winokur/Ryder Publicity
Blue Parrot Productions Production Company
Gramercy Pictures Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Independent Productions Theatrical Distributor
Meteor Film Productions Theatrical Distributor
Pan Europeenne Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Polygram Filmed Entertainment Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Polygram Filmed Entertainment Worldwide Distribution Sales
PolyGram Video Domestic Video Distributor
Rank Film Distributors Inc Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Spelling Films International Worldwide Distribution Sales

Awards*

Nominated for the 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Kevin Spacey).
Nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award (1995) for Best Supporting Male Actor (Kevin Spacey).
Winner of the 1995 award for Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey) from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
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Festivals*

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 23-28, 1994.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Hors Concours) August 24 - September 4, 1995.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 19-29, 1995.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 7-16,1995.

Release Information*

Release Notes:
Released in USA August 16, 1995.
Expanded release in USA August 25, 1995.
Expanded release in USA September 1, 1995.
Expanded release in USA September 8, 1995.
Expanded release in USA September 15, 1995.
Expanded release in USA September 22, 1995.
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