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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
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Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Comedy, Thriller, Romance
Written By:Steve Pink, Tom Jankiewicz, D.V. DeVincentis, John Cusack
In Theaters:4/11/1997
Box Office:$31,100,000
Runtime:107 minutes
Studio:Caravan Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Hollywood Pictures, New Crime Productions
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