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Release Date:
1 November 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
A seductive look at a notorious gangster's dazzling and decadent empire about to crumble. more
Plot:
In the 1935, fifteen year old street hustler Billy Bathgate becomes the protege of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz and begins a love affair with a flighty moll. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
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(2 articles)
2009 Gotham Awards Announce Career Tributes
(From MovieWeb. 23 September 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
Disney's Internal Docs Come To Light
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 30 June 1997)
(From MovieWeb. 23 September 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
Disney's Internal Docs Come To Light
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 30 June 1997)
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Came Out At The Wrong Time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Dutch Schultz |
 | Nicole Kidman | ... | Drew Preston |
 | Loren Dean | ... | Billy Bathgate |
 | Bruce Willis | ... | Bo Weinberg |
| Steven Hill | ... | Otto Berman |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Irving |
| Billy Jaye | ... | Mickey |
| John Costelloe | ... | Lulu |
| Timothy Jerome | ... | Dixie Davis (as Tim Jerome) |
 | Stanley Tucci | ... | Lucky Luciano |
 | Mike Starr | ... | Julie Martin |
| Robert F. Colesberry | ... | Jack Kelly |
| Stephen Joyce | ... | Mr. Hines |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Mary Behan |
 | Moira Kelly | ... | Becky |
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Rated R for some gangster violence, and for language.
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106 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:18A (Ontario) |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
Iceland:16
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Then Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg opted to produce this gangster epic instead of Warren Beatty's Bugsy (1991) as he figured Beatty's film was too expensive at $40 million. This movie ultimately came in at $50 million and grossed a mere $15 million on its American release.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Billy and Becky are first seen on the roof in long shot she is exhaling smoke; in the close-up immediately after, she doesn't have a cigarette.
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Quotes:
Billy Bathgate:
You think Mr. Shultz is an ordinary man, Mrs. Preston, but you're wrong! He's a maniac!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Attack of the Giant Leeches (#5.6)" (1992)
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Soundtrack:
Bye Bye Blackbird
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BILLY BATHGATE isn`t a bad film , and takes the trouble to show us the young and impressionable title character attraction towards the criminal underworld , a world where money and molls come easily to hand . It`s also slightly old fashioned and you can imagine Edward G Robinson or James Cagney playing the part of Dutch Schultz and that`s where the problem lies - Dustin Hoffman , who is a fine actor but I found him too laid back and since THE GODFATHER we don`t expect mafia dons to be laid back , we expect them to be played By Pacino and DeNiro and see them throw things around and shout " My family " a lot . But worse still BILLY BATHGATE was released after a certain cinema masterpiece that featured Joe Pesci as a psycho hitman who never uses sentences unless the F word appears in every second word which means every gangster pic from the same era pales in comparison . So if you`re going to watch BILLY BATHGATE judge it on its own merits because the performances are good enough as is the story , it`s just that I kept hearing a voice in my head saying " I`m a funny guy ? Just what is so f***ing funny ? " while I was watching