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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Wayne Barrett (book)
Stanley Weiser (written by)
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Release Date:
30 March 2003 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He divided a city. He united a nation. more
Plot:
Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spaning from his rising days... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Don't get the angle of this movie.... more (17 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rudy! (USA) (working title)
Rudy's Wars (New Zealand: English title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Argentina:104 min | UK:93 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Real footage of the 11 September 2001 attacks was used. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Giuliani is telling his wife about going after the crime bosses, as she approaches, he lifts up the cigar in his left hand, but in the next shot, the hand with the cigar is back on the table and never lifts it up. more
Quotes:
Rudolph 'Rudy' Giuliani: God I love this city. more
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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Don't get the angle of this movie...., 2 February 2006
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Author: sapto681 from New Zealand

My main question regards the motivation behind this story. Firstly, does it aim to provide an informative account of Rudy or simply cash in on September 11? Moreover, if his biography is intended to be paramount , I am not sure whether it glorifies or condemn his character.

On the whole, i thought this movie was poor. The production values were terrible, to say the very least. As was the handling of the events of September 11. To include such emotive footage of that day is dangerous, especially when Rudy exclaims "what have these bastards done to my city?". From an objective standpoint this line was simply ectopic in the context of the movie, almost adding light to the situation. The following "women and children first" dialogue seems misplaced in the terror and hysteria of the situation.

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