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18 July 1999 (USA)
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Rita Fiore hires Spenser to determine if two-time loser Ellis Alves really did kill a college coed....
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Not a bad job of one of my favorites
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joe Mantegna | ... | Spenser |
 | Eugene Lipinski | ... | Grey Man / Rugar |
 | Laila Robins | ... | Rita Fiore |
 | Christopher Britton | ... | Partner #1 (as Chris Britton) |
 | Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Susan Silverman |
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... | Hawk |
| Wood Harris | ... | Ellis Alves |
 | Marcia Bennett | ... | Mrs. Henderson |
 | Joanna Miles | ... | Evans |
| Scott Wickware | ... | Captain Healy |
 | Dean McDermott | ... | Tommy Miller |
| Topaz Hasfal-Schou | ... | Lila |
 | Vincent Guastaferro | ... | Gino Fish |
| Vinny Vella | ... | Vinnie |
 | Lara Wickes | ... | Glenda Baker McMartin (as Lara Boyd Rhodes) |
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Robert B. Parker's Small Vices (USA) (complete title)
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Brazil:91 min | USA:91 min
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The part of government operative Ives is played by Robert B. Parker, author of the Spenser novels. After spending hours in the freezing cold for his one scene, his appearances in the following Spenser movies have been reduced to walk-ons with no dialogue.
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Ellis Alves:
I heard 'a you.
Hawk: Mm-hmm.
Ellis Alves: [pointing to Spenser] You, ah, you trust him?
Hawk: Mm-hmm.
Ellis Alves: Well, you ain't got a prayer, bro. They going to land on you like a truckload of sludge. Bury you, like me.
Spenser: Probably not.
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Hawk: Mm-hmm.
Ellis Alves: [pointing to Spenser] You, ah, you trust him?
Hawk: Mm-hmm.
Ellis Alves: Well, you ain't got a prayer, bro. They going to land on you like a truckload of sludge. Bury you, like me.
Spenser: Probably not.
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Follows "Spenser: For Hire" (1985)
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My favorite novel hero, Spenser, brought to life as never before.
Casting for the role of Spenser is staggering difficult. Joe Montegna comes much closer the Rober Eurich, but is still a bit stiff and winds up coming up short. The ONLY Hollywood actor I think might stand a real chance as Spenser would be Bruce Willis, if his ACTING ability were up to snuff.
The direction of the first half is to fast with machine gun like edits that ruin the pacing that makes Parker's Spenser novels so enjoyable.
The second half slows down a bit and is MUCH better, although glosses over some of the more interesting bits in the book about Spenser's recovery. Probably hard to follow if you haven't read the book.
Still, Parker's novels would be a challenge for anyone to adapt to the screen since they depend greatly on his beautiful writing than on on his extremely simple storylines.
Not a bad job overall, but could have been better. 7/10.