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Director:

Howard Himelstein

Writers:

Jeffrey Barmash (writer)
George Erschbamer (writer)
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Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

Power Corrupts.

Plot:

An attorney is hired to defend a notorious mobster which he has been trying to send away for years while working as a prosecutor. | add synopsis

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Idealistic lawyer allows himself to be "turned around" by manipulative crime boss. more (2 total)


Cast

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Danny Aiello ... Joseph Scassi

Elias Koteas ... Paul Dellacroce

Rae Dawn Chong ... Joan Armstrong
Roger Wilson ... Frankie Dellacroce

Nina Siemaszko ... Maria
Greg Rogers ... Peters
Hagan Beggs ... Stern

Andrew Airlie ... Adams
Babs Chula ... Angela
Liduina Vanderspek ... Judge Keen (as Liduin Currell)
Harvey Dumansky ... Joey
Dave 'Squatch' Ward ... Buddha

Alex Green ... Cabbie

Rick Aiello ... Tino

Tygh Runyan ... Whoopie
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R

Company:

Cinevu Films more


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Soundtrack:

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Idealistic lawyer allows himself to be "turned around" by manipulative crime boss., 19 May 1999
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Being a fan of Elias Koteas, I happened along this little gem of a movie. It's one of the only times I can remember seeing him as a leading man, usually he plays off-beat quirky roles a la "Exotica" and "Crash". All in all, he is very convincing as an ambitious lawyer, who succumbs not only to money but to pride as well. The story starts off slowly but before you know it, it sucks you into it's Machiavellian plot. The film's style is naturalistic and you almost feel like you are in the same room as the characters. Danny Aiello, who usually plays blustery, larger than life characters, gives a wonderfully nuanced performance of a John Gotti type character. It would have been very easy for him to turn this stereotypcal don into a Godfather cliche, but instead, the director chose for him to play down the part. Although the production value could have been better(the music sucks and doubling Vancouver for New York was a poor choice) I feel that this intelligent courtroom drama is worth checking out.

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