Cement (film)

Cement
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Directed by	Adrian Pasdar
Written by	Justin Monjo
Produced by	D.J. Paul Adrian Pasdar
Starring	Chris Penn Jeffrey Wright Sherilyn Fenn Anthony DeSando Henry Czerny
Cinematography	Geary McLeod
Edited by	Jack Haigis
Music by	Doug Caldwell Paul Horrors Anthony Vanger
Production company	Ocelot Films Inc
Distributed by	Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release dates	April 14, 2000 (2000-04-14) (WorldFest) November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cement is a 2000 American thriller crime drama film directed by Adrian Pasdar and written by Justin Monjo. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California and was Pasdar's first film as director.

Plot

Los Angeles vice detectives Bill Holt (Chris Penn) and Nin (Jeffrey Wright) have entered the gangster and drug scenes and have allied with drug kingpin Truman Rickhardt (Henry Czerny). As he tries to stop Holt, Nin narrates the events that led Holt to torture Truman's brother Sean (Anthony DeSando) by chaining him inside an iron box that's slowly filling with cement. Cops on the take, missing money, Holt's tempting wife Lyndel (Sherilyn Fenn), dead police officers are implicated in the events.

Featured cast

• Chris Penn as Bill Holt
• Jeffrey Wright as Nin
• Anthony DeSando as Sean Rickhart
• Sherilyn Fenn as Lyndel Holt
• Henry Czerny as Truman Rickhart
• Gregory Jbara as Fergus Rickhart
• Titus Welliver as Mo
• Yorgo Constantine as Danny
• Richard Edson as Robbo
• Kevin Jackson as Carter
• Max Martini as Mic

Awards

• 2000: AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award, Adrian Pasdar, D.J. Paul

External links

• Cement at IMDb