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Writer (WGA):
Nicholas St. John (written by)
Release Date:
19 November 1993 (USA) more
Plot:
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress. full summary | add synopsis
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Harvey Keitel-Bad Filmmaker more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harvey Keitel | ... | Eddie Israel | |
| Madonna | ... | Sarah Jennings | |
| James Russo | ... | Francis Burns | |
| Nancy Ferrara | ... | Madlyn Israel | |
| Reilly Murphy | ... | Tommy | |
| Victor Argo | ... | Director of Photography | |
| Leonard L. Thomas | ... | Prop Guy | |
| Christina Fulton | ... | Blonde | |
| Heather Bracken | ... | Stewardess | |
| Glenn Plummer | ... | Burns' Buddy | |
| Niki Munroe | ... | Girl in Trailer | |
| Lori Eastside | ... | Party Guest | |
| John Snyder | ... | Party Guest | |
| Adina Winston | ... | Party Guest | |
| Dylan Hundley | ... | Party Guest |
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Also Known As:
Snake Eyes (UK) (USA) (working title)
Dangerous Games (Australia) (TV title)
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108 min (Unrated Director's Cut)
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Iceland:12 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Ireland:(Banned) | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R | USA:Unrated (DVD/VHS release) (uncut version)
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Eddie Israel is shown watching a scene from Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams (1982), about Werner Herzog's attempt to haul a real 340-ton steamship over a mountain during the making of his film Fitzcarraldo (1982) (which he successfully accomplished). more
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Francis Burns: I need these things! more
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Referenced in A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara (2004) (V) more
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CHILDHOOD HOLLYWOOD more
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If you have a dark world view and a great deal of patience,
Dangerous Game might be the flick for you. It made me think
about the individual scenes that make a film, and the performances therein that elicit a particular response in the viewer. The whole movie is difficult to watch-at times I had to look away.
On the surface one might dismiss it as Crackhead Cassavetes.
But Keitel's character Eddie Israel and real-life director Abel
Ferrara's intentions run parallel-both men lead their actors on a
descent into a personalized hell. The script on occasion seems
ponderous and repetitive-at some points it seems as though
director Eddie Israel's film-within-a-film consists of only one
scene. James Russo (always creepy to watch) is a tightly-wound
sickening knot as Burns, and Madonna's portrayal of Sarah as
victim is an equally punishing one, both for the actress and the
viewer. And when Keitel hits you with the signature half-whine,
half-howl we hate to love him for, the fat lady has sung. There isn't
one weak performance in this film, but it's not fun at all. You
wonder why this is called entertainment. It's entertaining in the
same way watching two strangers nearly come to blows is
entertaining-you end up feeling good because it's not happening
to you.