The film stars Nicolas Cage as Tom Welles, Joaquin Phoenix as Max California, and James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole. Watch 8MM (1999) streaming via Hulu 8MM (1999) is available to watch on Hulu.

Elaborating on the filming process, he stated: "Once we were shooting it we shot on an 8mm lens, it was very wide, you could see everything. All the crew and everything had to hide inside the cars ...

Nicolas Cage turned 50 in January, a good time to reflect on a career that spans more than 30 years and 75 films. Some of the movies have literally been “National Treasures.” Others, not so much.