2 Days in the Valley (1996)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

John Herzfeld

Writer (WGA):

John Herzfeld (written by)

Release Date:

27 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

You have one minute to decide the rest of your life.

Plot:

48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Kidney Stone | Director | Dog | Los Angeles | Hitman

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Danny Aiello	...	Dosmo Pizzo
Greg Cruttwell	...	Allan Hopper
Jeff Daniels	...	Alvin Strayer
Teri Hatcher	...	Becky Foxx
Glenne Headly	...	Susan Parish
Peter Horton	...	Roy Foxx
Marsha Mason	...	Audrey Hopper
Paul Mazursky	...	Teddy Peppers
James Spader	...	Lee Woods
Eric Stoltz	...	Wes Taylor
Charlize Theron	...	Helga Svelgen
Keith Carradine	...	Detective Creighton
Louise Fletcher	...	Evelyn
Austin Pendleton	...	Ralph Crupi
Kathleen Luong	...	Midori

Also Known As:

Two Days in the Valley (UK) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality, and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | USA:R (Certificate #34316) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2009) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:R(A) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Rysher Entertainment

Trivia:

A rendition of "Down in the Valley" by Erin O'Hara was featured on the soundtrack CD, but not in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the pool scene the keys are visible in Dosmo's hand before they are thrown to him.

Quotes:

Detective Creighton: I know we're Valley detectives so we're not all that bright, but how stupid does he think we are?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Gone for Good

Needs about 10 more years for recognition of its qualities

Woke up at my usual 4:30 a.m. and did my usual scanning of the movie channels and come across this undiscovered (at least by me and I thought I knew almost every obscure movie) gem.

Some wonderful acting by Aiello, Daniels, Headley, Theron, even Spader as his usual scary self. And although there is plenty of violence to keep anyone who likes this sort of stuff interested, there were plenty of laughs.

I need to watch it one more time to help me along in deciding if this is a really good "bad" movie or something else. But there were more than enough really good bits, such as Austin Pendelton's encounter with Paul Mazursky, playing himself, at least in part, as a washed-up film director, to make this film eminently watchable.

Hope it is available on tape or DVD.