Monument Ave. (1998) Snitch (original title)

Director:

Ted Demme

Writer:

Mike Armstrong (writer)
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Release Date:

25 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Every city has one.

Plot:

A small time hoodlum is divided between his conscience and loyalty to his boss when his cousin is murdered.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Beautiful Woman | Priest | Reference To George Washington | Drugs

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Denis Leary	...	Bobby O'Grady
Ian Hart	...	Mouse
Jason Barry	...	Seamus
Lenny Clarke	...	Skunk
Kevin Chapman	...	Mickey Pat
George MacDonald	...	Gallivan (as George Macdonald)
John Diehl	...	Digger
Lyndon Byers	...	Fitzie
Herbie Ade	...	Herbie
Noah Emmerich	...	Red
Famke Janssen	...	Katy
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Sheila
Don Gavin	...	Brosnihan
Billy Crudup	...	Teddy
Colm Meaney	...	Jackie O'Hara
Greg Dulli	...	Shang
Brian Goodman	...	Gavin
Martin Sheen	...	Hanlon
Victor Chan	...	Lee
Marilyn Murphy Meardon	...	Mrs. O'Grady
Bill McDonald	...	Father Donahue
Eugene Boles	...	John Kelsey (as Gene Boles)
Sandra Shipley	...	Mrs. Timmons
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Annie
Karen White	...	Marcy
François Joseph	...	Kid
Sue McGinnis	...	Mrs. Turbody
Jackie Sullivan	...	Bar Owner
Jack Leary	...	Young Bobby (in still photo)
Patrick Lynch	...	Bobby's Dad (in still photo)
Adam Blake Finer	...	Young Mouse (in still photo)
Thomas Finch	...	Young Teddy (in still photo)
Trevor Collins	...	Young Jackie (in still photo)
Sean Francis Malone Jr.	...	Dock Worker (in still photo)
Lisa Boonhafer	...	Woman in Bathing Suit (in still photo)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Bruno Borgman	...	Charlestown Townie (uncredited)
Sara Mann	...	Townie (uncredited)
Daniel Olsen	...	Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Ted Demme

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Armstrong		writer
Denis Leary		uncredited

Produced by
Nicolas Clermont	....	producer
Ted Demme	....	producer
Adam Doench	....	producer
Mark Hankey	....	line producer
Elie Samaha	....	producer
Jim Serpico	....	producer
Joel Stillerman	....	producer

Original Music by
Todd Kasow

Cinematography by
Adam Kimmel

Film Editing by
Jeffrey Wolf

Casting by
Nancy Doyle
Avy Kaufman
Maura Tighe

Production Design by
Ruth Ammon

Set Decoration by
Jacqueline Jacobson Scarfo		(as Jackie Jacobson)

Costume Design by
Deborah Newhall

Makeup Department
Jerry DeCarlo	....	hair department head

Production Management
George Jardon	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris Marazzo	....	second assistant director
Richard Rosser	....	first assistant director
Jonathan Southard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Manya Cetlin	....	art department coordinator
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon	....	assistant property master
Marc Hassan	....	property intern (as Mark Hassan)
John Holland	....	picture car wrangler
Christian J. Hollyer	....	set dresser
Kenneth Salter	....	set dressing foreman
Theodore Suchecki	....	construction coordinator
Brook Yeaton	....	property master

Sound Department
Timothy R. Boyce Jr.	....	additional boom operator
Jamie Lowry	....	assistant sound editor
James J. Mase	....	additional sound mixer
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Christopher O'Donnell	....	boom operator
Daniel Ward	....	apprentice sound editor

Stunts
Richard Byrne	....	stunts
John Mason	....	stunts
John Vincent Mason	....	stunts
Brian Ricci	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Boyle	....	grip
Arnold F. Brown	....	grip
Michael DiIeso	....	key rigger
Robert Sciretta	....	gaffer
William M. Weberg	....	key grip

Casting Department
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Palmer	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Geoffrey O'Brien	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Buck Damon	....	score producer
James Flatto	....	music editor
Amanda Scheer-Demme	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
David Travis Grieb	....	set dresser truck driver

Other crew
Eric Bruno Borgman	....	stand-in: Noah Emmerich
Joseph Bouvier	....	production assistant
Lacey Dean	....	assistant location manager
Samuel V. Franco	....	assistant to producer
Eric Green	....	location intern
Francesca Hivner	....	production assistant
Pete MacDonald	....	production assistant
Jeff N. Maclean	....	location manager
Jason Schuster	....	production assistant
Miura Smith	....	assistant to producer
James Vejvoda	....	production assistant
Adam Catino	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Neda Armian	....	thanks
Robert De Niro	....	special thanks (as Robert DeNiro)
Jonathan Demme	....	special thanks
Harvey Weinstein	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Apostle
• Clinica Estetico
• Filmline International
• Kushner-Locke Company, The
• Phoenician Films
• Spanky Pictures
• Tribeca Productions

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films

Other Companies

• Mobtown Props  property

Also Known As:

"Snitch" - USA (original title)
"Noose" - Australia (DVD title), USA (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, drug use and violence

Runtime:

93 min | Australia:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Barry Playground - Chelsea Street & Mystic River, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Apostle

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At 1:04:45 the wireless transmitter is briefly visible on the right when Catie leans over to hug her friend.

Quotes:

Hanlon:[after finding out Bobby has killed Jackie]
[to Bobby]
Hanlon:I'll tell you how we're going to handle this. We'll play it your way this time, alright?
Hanlon:[puts his finger to his mouth] Shhhhhhhhh.

Movie Connections:

References Risky Business (1983)

Soundtrack:

Black Love

A good film about thugs

The chronicles of soldier level (the lowest level of thugs in the mafia) of the Irish mob gang is directed well by Demme. Although its not flashy, it tells a semi-simple story in a natural and realistic manner. Leary does well in the lead as Bobby O Grady who is a member in Jackie's(Meaney) gang but things go bad when Jackie the boss kills one of Bobby's friends. This film is written well by Mike Armstrong and Denis Leary (uncredited according to IMDb). I liked how Demme went about it, much different from other films i saw of his which were "Blow", "Life", although in some ways i could see similarities between this and his 96' film "Beautiful Girls". After viewing this, i think that Demme was not a bad director, of course not on the level of his uncle Jonathan Demme. Anyhow this film good, if u like mafia or movies about thugs (i do) then u will like this. IMDb rating: 6.3 my rating: 8/10