Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writers (WGA):

Robert Daley (novel)
Sidney Lumet (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

In a city of nine million people is there room for one honest man?

Plot:

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | District Attorney | Corruption | Justice | Lawyer

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Andy Garcia	...	Sean Casey
Ian Holm	...	Liam Casey
James Gandolfini	...	Joey Allegretto
Lena Olin	...	Peggy Lindstrom
Shiek Mahmud-Bey	...	Jordan Washington
Colm Feore	...	Elihu Harrison
Ron Leibman	...	Morgenstern
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Sam Vigoda
Dominic Chianese	...	Judge Impelliteri
Paul Guilfoyle	...	McGovern
Bonnie Rose	...	Instructor
Norman Matlock	...	Detective
Sidney Armus	...	Judge
James Murtaugh	...	Man in Asylum (as Jim Murtaugh)
Melba Martinez	...	Legal Aid Attorney

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

114 min | USA:118 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Marietta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Richard Dreyfuss's role is loosely based on the career of the late celebrity attorney William Kunstler.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Another good one from Lumet

Only reason I decided to see this is that it's made by S.Lumet. Not something really original anymore, I guess, but quite interesting, it delivers the goods and managed to keep my interest till the end. I have decided to see all Lumet stuff I can. As every Lumet film I have seen, it touches interesting topics with a non-conventional way. Topics here are big drug-dealers & police corruption (again), law system, as well as others.

But I have to say that his CRITICAL CARE (1997, same year) was FAR better , at least for my taste. NIGHT FALLS... suffered a bit from lack of climax near the end, but it was interesting and well made anyway.