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Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy film directed by George Armitage from a screenplay by Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and John Cusack.It stars Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin and Dan Aykroyd and follows the story of assassin Martin Q. Blank (Cusack), who returns to his hometown of Grosse Pointe, Michigan to attend a high school reunion.
Minnie Driver is opening up about the impact making Grosse Pointe Blank had on her — and how writer and costar John Cusack managed to save the film.. On the latest episode of James Corden’s ...
War, Inc. is thought to be an informal sequel to the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank. Both films are similar in style and theme, and both films star John Cusack as an assassin and Joan Cusack as his assistant, with Dan Aykroyd in a supporting role. In an interview, Joan Cusack said, "I think, in a way, [War, Inc.] was a Grosse Pointe Blank 2."
Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is a British and American actress. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in 1995's Circle of Friends.She went on to star in a wide range of films including the cult classic Grosse Pointe Blank, Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors ...
When it comes to Minnie Driver's varied acting career, one film stands out as being particularly "revolutionary" to her: Grosse Pointe Blank.The reason, as she puts it, is that the film was almost ...
Cusack was a cast member on the comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986. ... (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999), ...
First, there was "Grosse Pointe Blank," a movie about a professional assassin (John Cusack) who goes to his high school reunion. Now there's a chance "Grosse Pointe Garden Club," which also has ...
Jankiewicz wrote the initial script for Grosse Pointe Blank in 1991 after receiving an invitation to his 10th high school reunion. [3] He picked the film's title, "Grosse Pointe Blank", while substitute teaching for an English class at Upland High School by writing the title on the classroom's whiteboard to see how it would look on a movie theater. [3]