On This Day: April 25, 1986 – 8 Million Ways to Die Premiered in Theaters

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On This Day: April 25, 1986 – 8 Million Ways to Die Premiered in Theaters.

On this day April 25, 1986, the neo noir crime drama 8 Million Ways to Die premiered in theaters. Directed by Hal Ashby, the film starred Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, and others in a gritty story about a disgraced cop who gets pulled into a violent underworld of drugs and deception in Los Angeles.

The movie had a troubled production, including on set rewrites and post production conflicts that kept the director from having final say on the cut. Despite its tense storyline...
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