Bound (1996 film)

Bound
Bound
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	The Wachowskis
Written by	The Wachowskis
Produced by	Stuart Boros; Andrew Lazar;
Starring	Jennifer Tilly; Gina Gershon; Joe Pantoliano; John Ryan;
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Edited by	Zach Staenberg
Music by	Don Davis
Production; companies	Dino De Laurentiis Company; Spelling Films;
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures (North America); Summit Entertainment (International);
Release dates	August 31, 1996 (Venice Film Festival); October 4, 1996 (United States);
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$7 million

Bound is a 1996 American erotic neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis^[a] in their feature film directorial debut. Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money.

Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed sex educator Susie Bright as an ad hoc intimacy coordinator, and she also made a cameo appearance in the film.

Bound received several festival awards and positive reviews from film critics who praised the humor and style of the directors as well as the realistic portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a mainstream film. Detractors of the film found its plot superficial and criticized the violence as excessive.

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^ "BOUND (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 20, 1996. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
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[2] "Bound (1996)". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[3] "BOUND (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 20, 1996. Retrieved June 6, 2015.

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Bound
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	The Wachowskis^[a]
Written by	The Wachowskis
Produced by	Stuart Boros Andrew Lazar
Starring	Jennifer Tilly Gina Gershon Joe Pantoliano John Ryan
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Edited by	Zach Staenberg
Music by	Don Davis
Production companies	Dino De Laurentiis Company Spelling Films
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures (North America) Summit Entertainment (International)^[1]
Release dates	August 31, 1996 (1996-08-31) (Venice Film Festival) October 4, 1996 (1996-10-04) (United States)
Running time	108 minutes^[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million^[3]
Box office	$7 million^[4]