| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Al Pacino |
Mayor John Pappas
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| John Cusack |
Kevin Calhoun
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| Bridget Fonda |
Marybeth Cogan
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| Danny Aiello |
Frank Anselmo
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| Martin Landau |
Judge Walter Stern
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| David Paymer |
Abe Goodman
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| Anthony Franciosa |
Paul Zapatti
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| Tony Lo Bianco |
Paul Zapatti
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| Lauren Velez |
Elaine Santos
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| Mark Lonow |
Lenny Lasker
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| John Cusack |
Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
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| Anthony Franciosa |
Paul Zapatti (as Tony Franciosa)
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| Richard Schiff |
Larry Schwartz
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| Lindsay Duncan |
Sydney Pappas
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| Nestor Serrano |
Det. Eddie Santos
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Thriller |
| Director |
Harold Becker |
| Writer |
Ken Lipper; Paul Schrader |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
1 hr 51 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Three A-list screenwriters — ( Nicholas Pileggi , Bo Goldman , and Paul Schrader ) — contributed to the script of this idealistic political drama. John Pappas ( Al Pacino ) is the popular, ethical Mayor of New York; Kevin Calhoun ( John Cusack ) is his even more idealistic and principled deputy. When a detective and mobster kill each other and an innocent six-year-old black child in a shootout, questions arise about what the cop was doing meeting with the gangster in the first place. The Mayor and his staff handle the situation ably, but Calhoun digs deeper and finds troubling evidence that even his seemingly incorruptible boss has not escaped the shadier aspects of political life. The Mafia boss ( Tony Franciosa ) whose nephew was the dead gangster, along with a Brooklyn political boss ( Danny Aiello ) with his own agenda, come into the story, becoming part of a series of larger links, secret relationships, and bonds of "honor" between men who, on the surface, would have no reason to be in business with each other. — Don Kaye |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
139 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/2/2003 |
| Tape Label |
46 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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