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Release Date:
16 August 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Fear strikes. more
Plot:
An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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Q&A: Master Director Tony Scott Offers One Helluva Ride With The Taking of Pelham 123
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(From FilmSchoolRejects. 8 October 2009, 7:16 AM, PDT)
Q&A: Master Director Tony Scott Offers One Helluva Ride With The Taking of Pelham 123
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De Niro steals the show!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert De Niro | ... | Gil Renard |
 | Wesley Snipes | ... | Bobby Rayburn |
 | Ellen Barkin | ... | Jewel Stern |
 | John Leguizamo | ... | Manny |
 | Benicio Del Toro | ... | Juan Primo |
 | Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Ellen Renard (as Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn) |
 | Chris Mulkey | ... | Tim |
 | Andrew J. Ferchland | ... | Richie Renard |
 | Brandon Hammond | ... | Sean Rayburn |
| Charles Hallahan | ... | Coop |
| Dan Butler | ... | Garrity |
| Kurt Fuller | ... | Bernie |
| Michael Jace | ... | Scalper |
 | Frank Medrano | ... | Leon, the Bartender |
 | Don S. Davis | ... | Stook |
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Rated R for strong language throughout and some intense violence.
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Runtime:
116 min | Finland:112 min | Spain:114 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS (8 channels) |
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
USA:R (certificate #34336) |
Canada:A (Ontario) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:M18 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/16 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Germany:12
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Robert De Niro took the Yankees bobblehead doll as a souvenir; the production company paid collector Anne Wells, who loaned it to the show, $400 for the doll.
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Continuity: When Bobby Rayburn and Juan Primo collide at the beginning, Primo, who was in left field, runs in from right field.
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Gil Renard: [voiceover] Excited and anxious I await my dream / To escape, applaud, and embrace my team.
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Gil Renard: [voiceover] Excited and anxious I await my dream / To escape, applaud, and embrace my team.
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References The Untouchables (1987)
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Soundtrack:
A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
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The Worst Baseball Movie of All-Time? I don't know how anyone can say this with a straight face if they have also seen Major League.
It's true that the ending of this film is pretty bad, but when a film can do so much right for the first two hours that certainly makes it worthwhile, because the first two hours were truly entertaining. De Niro stole the show, he had to because this move was about "The Fan", but each character was played well.
Most of the criticisms I've seen are a case of people being way too picky. Wrong uniforms, wrong stadiums...I didn't even notice stuff like this and I am a baseball fan too. The film got a lot of the much more important stuff right, which is good performances from the actors and good, no great, character development and insight into these characters.
The film took us into deep the mind of the obsessed fan (De Niro) and that obsession grows in a logical fashion as the movie progresses. It was very easy to believe De Niro's obsession with Rayburn and the game of baseball, and the rationale for it, because of his unstable and violent nature which is often shown in his personal life. When things in the baseball world weren't going as he wanted them, it's not surprising to see him take action. His passion and intensity were on the front burner all movie long and made his character truly believeable and consistent.
The film takes us into the baseball player culture in the lockeroom, and into the workings of player and agent (which is what I really found interesting), as well as player and radio station personality. This is where the film truly excelled: the inner workings of the mind and the baseball player culture were believable and exceptionally well done. Nothing was made silly or outrageous, like in the aforementioned dud "Major League". Well, except for the ending perhaps, which is where this film loses 2 points.
8/10
My first De Niro movie, definitely not my last.