8mm (film) 8mm (film) 8mm is a 1999 American-German crime mystery film directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The film stars Nicolas Cage as a private investigator who delves into the world of snuff films. Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, and Anthony Heald appear in supporting roles. Private investigator Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) is contacted by Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald), attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter), whose husband has recently died. While clearing out her late husband's safe, she and Mr. Longdale find an 8mm movie which appears to depict a real murder, but Mrs.
The Dark Tunnel friend fall to his death out his own office window. Robert is the only one who thinks it is not suicide. When he attempts to expose the killers, he is not believed and he finds himself running for his life, marked as their next target. Millar wrote "The Dark Tunnel" in one month at Ann Arbor in 1943, while completing graduate work at the University of Michigan. This book was reprinted by Lion in 1955 under the title I Die Slowly. The Dark Tunnel The Dark Tunnel is a 1944 spy thriller novel written by Kenneth Millar. For this novel,