American History X movie

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

American History X is a 1998 crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. It stars Edward Norton in the lead role and co-stars Edward Furlong, Beverly DAngelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, and Guy Torry. Norton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. As of June 2007, it is ranked 43rd on the Internet Movie Databases Top 250 with a rating of 8.5 out of 10.Plot summaryReformed neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard is released from prison after serving three years for killing two young black men he caught breaking into his car.

Upon being released, he finds that his younger brother, Danny (the narrator), has embraced his old ways in his absence and has become an active white supremacist in the group Derek led before his arrest. The film centers on Dereks decision to sever ties with his racist past whilst trying to keep his brother from following in his footsteps. The film also centers on events that lead him to change his views about other races.Plot synopsisThis plot synopsis does not follow the non-linear storyline of the movie.The film tells the story of Derek Vinyard, taking place in the late 1980s and early 1990s. An extremely bright and charismatic student, Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi underground after his father, a firefighter, is shot and killed by a black drug dealer while fighting a fire in a crack house. Derek had already been influenced by his fathers views on black culture and affirmative action (his father refers to it as "affirmative blacktion") and his outlook was so galvanized by the circumstances of the murder that he launched a racist tirade on a local TV station. Eventually Derek becomes second in command of the Venice Beach neo-Nazi gang, The Disciples of Christ (D.O.C.), which entices young whites to join by promising protection from predominantly minority gangs who are essentially in control of the area.

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American History X Cast

• Alex Sol
• Antonio David Lyons
• Avery Brooks
• Beverly D'Angelo
• Edward Furlong
• Elliott Gould
• Ethan Suplee
• Fairuza Balk
• Guy Torry
• Jason Bose Smith
• Jennifer Lien
• Joseph Cortese
• Stacy Keach
• William Russ