Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Peter Medak

Writer (WGA):

Hilary Henkin (written by)

Release Date:

4 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The story of a cop who wanted it bad and got it worse.

Plot:

A corrupt police sergeant who supplies tips on the locations of safeguarded witnesses to the Mob bites...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Russian | Mistress | Hitwoman | Mafia

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gary Oldman	...	Jack
Wallace Wood	...	Waiter
Juliette Lewis	...	Sheri
David Proval	...	Scully
Will Patton	...	Martie
Gene Canfield	...	John
Larry Joshua	...	Joey
Michael Wincott	...	Sal
Lena Olin	...	Mona
William Duff-Griffin	...	Paddy
James Cromwell	...	Cage
Paul Butler	...	Skouras
Annabella Sciorra	...	Natalie
Tony Sirico	...	Malacci
Victoria Bastel	...	Girl #1
Katrina Rae	...	Girl #2
Joe Paparone	...	Ginny
Owen Hollander	...	Stan
Neal Jones	...	Clerk
Roy Scheider	...	Don Falcone
James Murtaugh	...	Priest
Gary Hope	...	Driver
Americo Mongiello	...	Man #1
James Mongiello	...	Man #2
Ron Perlman	...	Jack's Attorney
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Faber	...	Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Dennis Farina	...	Nick Gazzara (uncredited)
Michael Lepre	...	Mob Guard #1 (uncredited)
Pete Macnamara	...	Mob Guard (uncredited)
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	District Attorney (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Medak

Writing credits (WGA)
Hilary Henkin		(written by)

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer
Eric Fellner	....	executive producer
Michael Flynn	....	co-producer
Hilary Henkin	....	producer
Paul Webster	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Isham

Cinematography by
Dariusz Wolski

Film Editing by
Walter Murch

Casting by
Bonnie Timmermann

Production Design by
Stuart Wurtzel

Art Direction by
W. Steven Graham

Set Decoration by
Beth A. Rubino

Costume Design by
Aude Bronson-Howard

Makeup Department
Richard Alonzo	....	special makeup effects artist
Kathryn Bihr	....	makeup artist
Neal Martz	....	special makeup department head
Bernadette Mazur	....	makeup artist: Ms Sciorra
Andrea Miller	....	makeup artist: Ms Olin
Hiram Ortiz	....	hair stylist
Aaron F. Quarles	....	hair stylist
Linda Kay Rendina	....	makeup artist
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Ms Olin
Todd Kleitsch	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Carl Clifford	....	unit production manager
Leslie A. Leitner	....	post-production supervisor
Michelle Morrissey	....	assistant production manager (as Michelle Weinberg)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael DeCasper	....	second assistant director
Mark McGann	....	first assistant director
Juan Ros	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
David H. Allen	....	assistant property master
Tommy Allen	....	property master
Michael L. Benson	....	set dresser
Claudette Didul	....	assistant set decorator
Jerry Kadar	....	set dresser
Jessica Lanier	....	assistant set decorator
Michael Leather	....	set dresser
Jacqueline Arnot	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Byron K. Lovelace	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary Alper	....	sound mixer
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr mixer
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Walter Charles Gorey	....	boom operator
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound re-recordist
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist
Trillby Kim Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recordist
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Steve F.B. Smith	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mark Berg	....	special effects
Wilfred Caban	....	special effects
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects

Stunts
Norman Douglass	....	stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator
Janet Paparazzo	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip
Jeremy Knaster	....	electrician
Jim McConkey	....	Steadicam operator
Phil Oetiker	....	camera operator
Bill O'Leary	....	gaffer
Charles Quinlivan	....	grip
Susan Starr	....	assistant camera
Donald Sweeney	....	aerial photographer
Robert Vuolo	....	electrician
Paul Wachter	....	best boy grip
Lamont Crawford	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mark Burchard	....	wardrobe supervisor: men
David C. Robinson	....	associate costume designer
Laura Jean Shannon	....	costume production assistant
Susan J. Wright	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Jeff Etcher	....	assistant editor
Joanna Lovinger	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Stephen Krause	....	scoring mixer
Bill Pearson	....	music engineer

Other crew
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Asher Garfinkel	....	assistant to producer
Michele Giordano	....	production coordinator
Joseph E. Iberti	....	location manager
Jasmine Kosovic	....	assistant production coordinator
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Robin Squibb	....	script supervisor
Allen Wolf	....	production intern

Thanks
Tom Waits	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (present)
• Working Title Films
• Hilary Henkin

Distributors

• Gramercy Pictures (I) (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Cineplex Odeon Films (1993) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Capital Filmes (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (1994) (France)

Other Companies

• Bottega Veneta  thanks
• Chelsea Hotel, The  thanks (as Chelsea Hotel, N.Y.C.)
• New York City Department of Parks and Recreation  thanks (as New York City Department of Parks)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thanks (as N.Y.C. Mayor's Office of Film, TV and Broadcasting)
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  thanks (as NY State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and TV Development)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• THX Sound System Theatre  mixed and re-recorded at

Runtime:

100 min | Spain:104 min | Japan:110 min | Argentina:106 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Canada:R (video rating) | Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

According to Bon Jovi's "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't be Wrong" Collection, Jon Bon Jovi mentioned in the confession book that he wrote the song, "Always" for this film. He didn't like the movie so he exercised his right to pull it from the film. Later, the song became Bon Jovi's biggest selling single at the time. The song never did appear in the soundtrack or the film.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Jack shoots Lena in the large floor area, after discarding the weapon, the camera pans out and we see two cops atop the stairs just standing as if nothing took place.

Quotes:

Don Falcone: Mind you, I have no respect for pacifism. It's a morally bankrupt belief. Pacifists believe that they have the right not to kill, but others always die in defence of that right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Free Enterprise (1998)

Soundtrack:

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME

You Can Dig One Grave, Or You Can Dig Two...

One of my favorite lines from "Romeo Is Bleeding," an overlooked tribute to film noir. Jack Grimaldi(Oldman)is a crooked cop that rats info to the mob about the whereabouts of mob witnesses. He is also a louse of a husband, cheating on his wife(Sciorra)with a waitress (Lewis). Life, in his view, is good, especially when he gets the money from the mob, which he uses "To feed the hole" in his backyard. Then, one day, his life slowly goes on a descent to hell when he is assigned to watch over the deliciously wicked Mona(Lena Olin, who should have gotten an Oscar nod for this performance). Mona makes a proposition to Jack: Help her fake her death and he will be paid VERY well. The problem is that the mob, led by Roy Scheider, wants Jack to wipe her out, or they will wipe him out. What happens to the characters in this film is what makes this a very intense film. The scenes between Olin and Oldman are hot enough to burn a hole in your television screen. This is a must see film that you have to have in your collection.