Adam Cooper, co-writer and director of SLEEPING DOGS, in Conversation

Opening Today In theaters only East THE new mind-blowing thriller Since screenwriter/director Adam Cooper SLEEP DOGS, featuring Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Tommy Flanagan, And Marton Csokas. THE synopsis bed "A ex-homicide detective (Russell Crowe) with memory loss East strength has solve A brutal murder he can't reminder. But as evidence discover secrets related has her forget pass, he East directed has A scary truth - Sometimes, It is best has to leave sleep dogs lie. »

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NOW if THE synopsis And THE trailer TO DO THE movie seem predictable has You, you would have totally be forgiven. Maybe You are as Me And you have seen enough movies has know that THE "scary truths » are almost always Exactly What You think they are. What SLEEP DOGS offers, However, East A clever of construction of A bright spirit, double-turn-triple-cross, A women fatal has Really die For, And stellar performances Since everyone In presence. There are practically zero sour Remarks In THE movie, And he East amusing has watch with A friend And break as You give your predictions, A there A fiery game of HINT, has see WHO come the closest has THE final conclusion.

Russell Crow East wonderful In THE role of Roy Free man, A ancient detective WHO East life A labeled life as he struggles with dementia brought about by A overwhelming car accident. When A man he put far East focused towards execution, Roy takes he on himself has reexamine A ten years old murder despite often fail has reminder her own name. It is A will has muscle memory, TRUE die hard, And THE hard fought SKILLS that lockdown has TO DO We Really ourselves. Her performance East completed by A disarticulated Karen Gillan as A chameleon of her own manufacturing - A women that morphs In never mind A situation requires her has be has be treaty For It is complete potential. What emerges East A in numbers revenge/crime-of-passion murder plot that East fed through A lottery glass And scattered through THE screen as A multi-colored puzzle.

I had THE chance has cat with co-writer/director Adam Cooper about THE movie, functioning with THE talented casting, And THE journey of A the man crisis of yourself.

Eric McClanahan - Hey, how are yeah?

Adam Cooper - GOOD, how are you You what do you do?

E.M. - I am GOOD, thank You. SO, It is Leap Day, THE A day We only get each four years has TO DO Nothing We to want And were chat with each other.

THAT - I love that.

E.M. - Were talk about SLEEP DOGS, which You adapted Since THE novel And directed. I did A little look In your history And You Also created THE classic comedy ACCEPTED?

THAT - I I did it.

E.M. - Was that base on your experiences?

THAT - No, he was not.

E.M. - [Laughs] All right, good.

THAT - No, I went has THE University of Michigan And I had A great experience there. But future up with My own college would be to have has been amusing.

E.M. - GOOD thought of two movies that I could not be more different I see ACCEPTED And I see SLEEP DOGS. What is this THE connective fabric? How did You get here?

THAT - I don't do it think that there East connective fabric, just relative has Your. I think that When I went out has The bone Angeles has be A writer In 1994, I came out there because I research has be A director. Growth up In New York My hero were Scorsese, Alan Parker, Adrien Lyne, Coppola, Spielberg, which East A pretty wide range bunch, but I moved has THERE because I research has TO DO movies. I had do A summer term In THE direction program has New York, I had spent another summer In The bone Angeles functioning on post-production, but Identifier Really only begin in writing, However I was A English major And did A plot of creative in writing, Identifier only begin in writing In movie form In My junior year of college. I encounter Bill Collage WHO I wrote A plot of movies with, Also Since THE University of Michigan, that summer that I was has New York, And We wrote OUR First of all scenario together, which was horrible. SO I moved out has THERE In 1994 And I work as A scenario drive has William Morris, has pay THE to rent out while I was in writing, And that was Really educative, as far as exposure through all different kinds, And marry writing A bunch of specifications that doesn't sell but obtained We A bunch of meetings. That was A scenario that was initially writing by A guys appointed Brand Perez, And We were brought In has Ultimately rewrite he. I guess We did enough of THE lifting has get credit on he, but What arrived SO East, if You to write something funny, And I doesn't know This has th...