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Overview

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Director:
Tony Bill
Writer:
John Patrick Shanley (writer)
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Release Date:
11 September 1987 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Friends last forever. Goodness is its own reward. ...And there ain't no Indians in the Bronx. more
Plot:
Young psychotic man returns to neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks young lady he previously tried to rape and young man who protected her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
elements that don't mesh, like a square peg in a five-cornered hole more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jodie Foster ... Linda

Tim Robbins ... Harry
Todd Graff ... Jamie

John Turturro ... Heinz
Michael R. Howard ... Murray
Pierre Epstein ... George
Jery Hewitt ... Mr. Glascow
Rodney Harvey ... Castro
Daniel Jenkins ... Willie
Elizabeth Berridge ... Melanie

Cathryn de Prume ... Brita
Carl Capotorto ... Sal
Jose Soto Jr. ... Boy in Pet Store
Kathleen Chalfant ... Mrs. Fitzgerald
John Seitz ... Sullivan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
5 Corners (USA) (video box title)
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Runtime:
90 min | Canada:95 min (Ontario)
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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The theme music was "In My Life" as performed by The Beatles. One of the producers of this project was George Harrison. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Set in 1964, when Linda talks on her home phone with Heinz, the phone handset is clearly seen to have a modular plug connection to its cord. The now-popular modular plugs were not introduced until much later in the 70's. more
Quotes:
Heinz: ...and what he is going to do tonight?
Mrs. Sabantino: He is... he is going to die.
Heinz: Thank you mama, thank you.
[He carries her in his arms, and then throws her out of the window]
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Soundtrack:
The Times They Are A-Changin' more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
elements that don't mesh, like a square peg in a five-cornered hole, 27 February 2008
Author: CryFi from Lansingburgh, New York, USA

Turturro plays a brutal psycho released from prison, and Foster plays the woman in peril. Neither is really pressed hard here, therefore.

Robbins plays a guy who protected Foster before, but who is volunteering to go south to help the rights of blacks in the south, being inspired by Martin Luther King (this being a period drama). Foster also has a boyfriend who was crippled by Turturro when she was attacked.

Turturro has a weird gift for Foster, and there's a teacher who inexplicably gets shot by an arrow. Meanwhile, there's a pair of guys who are paid to look after two glue-sniffing. And there's a pair of cops and so on...

A strange drama with moments of comedy that don't really fit in comfortably. Seems more like an awkward play awkwardly made into a film.

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