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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   22,180 votes
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Director:
Alan Parker
Writers:
William Hjortsberg (novel)
Alan Parker (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 March 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
It will scare you to your very soul. more
Plot:
Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(28 articles)
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User Comments:
Alan Parker's Masterpiece more (186 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mickey Rourke ... Harry Angel

Robert De Niro ... Louis Cyphre

Lisa Bonet ... Epiphany Proudfoot

Charlotte Rampling ... Margaret Krusemark
Stocker Fontelieu ... Ethan Krusemark
Brownie McGhee ... Toots Sweet
Michael Higgins ... Dr. Albert Fowler
Elizabeth Whitcraft ... Connie
Eliott Keener ... Det. Sterne
Charles Gordone ... Spider Simpson
Dann Florek ... Herman Winesap
Kathleen Wilhoite ... Nurse
George Buck ... Izzy

Judith Drake ... Izzy's Wife
Gerald Orange ... Pastor John (as Gerald L. Orange)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Aux portes de l'enfer (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA | Canada | UK
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1992) | Finland:K-18 (1987) | Canada:18A | Portugal:M/18 | Brazil:18 | USA:R (Certificate #28544) (Cut) | USA:X | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Chile:18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (re-rating 2001) | Norway:18 | Singapore:R21 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16
Filming Locations:
Albany, New York, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A reference to the movie was included in Polish metal band Hunter's song "Armia Boga" (Pol, "God's Army") from the album HellWood. The song ends with a phrase in English "Welcome to my greedy Louis Cyphre's private hell." more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The credit for "Extras Casting" is misspelled without the first T as "Exras Casting". more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Cop: You're going to burn for this, Angel.
Harry Angel: I know. In hell.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Jennifer's Body (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Fenesta che lucive more

FAQ

Who is the person under the black hood? What is the significance?
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51 out of 65 people found the following comment useful.
Alan Parker's Masterpiece, 22 December 2004
10/10
Author: jcanettis from Athens, Greece

"Angel Heart" deserves to be considered Alan Parker's masterpiece. The direction is truly amazing, as Parker drives us deeply through a meticulously prepared dark atmosphere, full of allegories and secret hints.

In "Angel Heart", we watch Mickey Rourke in his finest acting hour, who plays Harry Angel, a private investigator hired by the mysterious Louis Cyphre, depicted by the great Robert De Niro. Cyphre assigns Angel the task to find a guy named Johnny Favorite who has disappeared, with whom he has unsettled debts. The task is much harder than it first looks however, as Angel bumps into several murders in the process; and as if that were not enough, the quest makes him realize some very unpleasant truths about himself and Mr. Cyphre.

As noted before, both Rourke and De Niro are excellent in their roles; a high mark goes for the rest of the cast as well, with Lisa Bonnet standing out as charming and apocryphal Epiphany Proudfoot. Yet, the 10/10 mark for this film is definitely credited to Alan Parker's direction: It is his masterpiece.

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