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Release Date:
27 April 2000 (Singapore)
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Tagline:
There's nothing more dangerous than an innocent man.
Plot:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative...
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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(31 articles)
Theron Thrown Out Of America While Filming Devil's Advocate
(From WENN. 15 September 2009, 6:41 PM, PDT)
Remains of the Day: Best of Lynch, Kore-eda and James Gray
(From ioncinema. 20 August 2009)
(From WENN. 15 September 2009, 6:41 PM, PDT)
Remains of the Day: Best of Lynch, Kore-eda and James Gray
(From ioncinema. 20 August 2009)
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Too much plot, not enough time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mark Wahlberg | ... | Leo Handler |
 | Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Willie Gutierrez |
 | Charlize Theron | ... | Erica Soltz |
 | James Caan | ... | Frank Olchin |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Val Handler |
 | Faye Dunaway | ... | Kitty Olchin |
 | Steve Lawrence | ... | Arthur Mydanick |
 | Andy Davoli | ... | Raymond Price (as Andrew Davoli) |
 | Tony Musante | ... | Seymour Korman |
| Victor Argo | ... | Paul Lazarides |
| Tomas Milian | ... | Manuel Sequiera |
 | Robert Montano | ... | Hector Gallardo |
| Victor Arnold | ... | Albert Granada |
| Chad Aaron | ... | Bernard Soltz |
| Louis Guss | ... | Nathan Grodner |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and a scene of sexuality.
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115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:Unrated (2005 DVD Directors Cut) |
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (PCA #37362) |
Finland:K-15
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The film was based on a real-life corruption scandal in the mid-1980s that involved the father of director James Gray.
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Factual errors: The cars in the "subway yard" are not actually subway cars; they are circa-1963 suburban commuter coaches for the Metro-North & Long Island Railroads.
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No One Is to Blame
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The cast and acting in this crime/drama is great, but the actors are let down by a melodramatic script that is too busy. "The Yards" is a character-driven story, but the problem is that the script has too many subplots going on which doesn't give us the time we need to know and care about the characters. By the end I really didn't care what happened, because I didn't know the characters and didn't care how the plot was resolved.
Basically "The Yards" tells the story of Leo, a working class young man who returns home from a stint in prison to his ailing mother. His best friend, Willie, takes him on at Leo's step-uncle's subway train outfitting business, where things aren't exactly above-the-board. Leo gets more involved in the business and things go awry. And along the way, there's a hundred and one subplots.
This movie had some nice moments, and great acting, but it can't rise above a script that tries to pack too much plot into too little time.