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Mikey and Nicky

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.9K
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Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
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Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.
IMDb RATING
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5.9K
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    • Elaine May
    • Elaine May
  • Stars
    • Rose Arrick
    • Carol Grace
    • William Hickey
    • Elaine May
    • Elaine May
  • Stars
    • Rose Arrick
    • Carol Grace
    • William Hickey
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    • 52User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    John Cassavetes in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Peter Falk and Carol Grace in Mikey and Nicky (1976)

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    Rose Arrick
    • Annie
    Carol Grace
    Carol Grace
    • Nellie
    William Hickey
    William Hickey
    • Sid Fine
    Sanford Meisner
    Sanford Meisner
    • Dave Resnick
    Joyce Van Patten
    Joyce Van Patten
    • Jan
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Bus Driver
    Peter Falk
    Peter Falk
    • Mikey
    John Cassavetes
    John Cassavetes
    • Nicky (Nick Godalin)
    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Kinney
    Sy Travers
    • Hotel Clerk
    Peter R. Scoppa
    Peter R. Scoppa
    • Counter Man
    • (as Peter Scopia)
    Virginia Smith
    • Jan's Mother
    Jean Shevlin
    Jean Shevlin
    • Lady on Bus
    Danny Klein
    • Harry
    Martin Wolfson
    Martin Wolfson
    • Candy Store Man
    Eugene Hobgood
    Eugene Hobgood
    • Mel
    David Pendleton
    David Pendleton
    • Bar Patron
    Will Gill Jr.
    • Bartender
    • (as Will Gill)
      • Elaine May
      • Elaine May
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Elaine May shot 1,400,000 feet of film for the production. A two hour feature is just under 11,000. This was nearly three times the amount of film that was shot for Gone with the Wind (1939).
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene in the hotel room when Nicky is on the bed moving, a crew member can clearly be seen reflected in the mirror in a crouch position in the corner not moving.
    • Quotes

      Mikey: [they have just climbed over the wall of a cemetery] I'm exhausted really, Nick. This is foolish. Nick, please. It's just foolish.

      Nicky: Foolish?

      Mikey: Frankly, I think it's ridiculous.

      Nicky: You didn't like my mother?

      Mikey: I loved your mother. I thought she was a wonderful woman.

      Nicky: Why is it ridiculous to visit her grave?

      Mikey: Because it's one o'clock in the morning.

      Nicky: That makes it nicer.

      Mikey: It doesn't make it anything, Nick. A grave is a grave. There's not a religion in the world that says a person's soul is buried with them in their grave. It's not your mother in there.

      Nicky: You don't believe in any of that stuff?

      Mikey: No.

      Nicky: You don't believe there's anything after you die?

      Mikey: Er, me personally, no. I believe you die and that's it.

      Nicky: That doesn't scare you? To think that one day'll you die. You'll be over. You won't be anything, you won't know anything. Be nothing.

      Mikey: Look, Nick, if you wanna visit your mother, let's visit your mother because this conversation is stupid.

      Nicky: It isn't stupid. It's interesting - if you're gonna die.

      Mikey: Well, I'm not gonna die so I think it's stupid.

      Nicky: Yeah, well you are some day.

      Mikey: Look, Nick...

      Nicky: You're gonna die some day.

      Mikey: I'm not gonna stand here at one o'clock in the morning and discuss what's gonna happen to me when I die. I mean, that mishegoss I leave to the Catholics.

      [he walks off]

      Nicky: Aren't you gonna die some day? Aren't you gonna die some day? Aren't you gonna die some day? I just wanna know, are you gonna die some day?

    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Times Bad Times
      Words and Music by John Strauss

    User reviews52

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    Wildly overpraised
    People are going crazy for this film here: "one of the best films ever made", "lost classic" "10 star movie", etc, etc. When I finally got hold of a disc, I was wetting myself in anticipation.

    Friends, it ain't all that. It's watchable. Reasonably entertaining. Often feels like it's gonna go somewhere profound, though never does. Has lovely little moments. But it meanders, is unnecessarily technically inept (it was a major studio picture with people like the great Lucien Ballard involved) and somehow never has the courage of it's convictions. Cassavetes' similar film from the same period, 'The Killing Of a Chinese Bookie', is far better.

    I don't dislike the film. It has a great 70's texture and plenty of lovable eccentricities, such as the brief musical 'score'( anyway you look at it, it doesn't work, but I sort of enjoyed it for that reason). There's one scene I really liked: Cassavetes walks into an all-night candy store (as a Brit, the concept of that alone excites me) and tries to buy ice-cream. Nothing worth really talking about happens, but it's quirky and entertaining. It's that kind of movie.
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    • LewisJForce
    • Dec 7, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1976 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
      • Hebrew
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      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
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