Following is a wickedly clever story of how a young man's obsession with following people leads him into a dark underworld. Bill, the unlikely hero, is a marginalized but intriguing Everyman who follows strangers at random on the street. When Cobb, a man Bill has been following, catches him in the act, Bill is drawn into Cobb's world of breaking into flats and prying into the personal lives of their victims. In Cobb, Bill finds a strange companion, part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin. With an ingenious structure that involves flashforwards and doubling back, the film tests our knowledge and understanding just as the protagonist is being duped into an elaborate triple-cross. This first feature heralds in Christopher Nolan a promising new talent to the indie film scene.
Production Next Wave Films(presents); Syncopy [gb](uncredited);
Cast Names Jeremy Theobald; Alex Haw; Lucy Russell; John Nolan; Dick Bradsell; Gillian El-Kadi; Jennifer Angel; Nicolas Carlotti; Darren Ormandy; Guy Greenway; Tassos Stevens; Tristan Martin; Rebecca James; Paul Mason; David Bovill; John Bengue; Ivan Cornell; Jane Hunter; Matthew (XI) Jones; David Julyan; David Lloyd; Alberto Mattiussi; Brendan Nolan; Barbara Stepansky; Emma Thomas; Diane Zack;
Box Office USD 43,188
Release Date 1999-04-02 (New York City, New York) 2003-01-17 (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Genres Crime; Drama; Mystery; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language and some violence.