State of Grace

19901990
RR
2h 14min

State of Grace (1990)

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A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

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Gary Oldman and Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Gary Oldman in State of Grace (1990)

Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, and Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Sean Penn and Jack Wallace in State of Grace (1990)

Ed Harris and R.D. Call in State of Grace (1990)

Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, and Robin Wright in State of Grace (1990)

Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Gary Oldman and Sean Penn in State of Grace (1990)

Robin Wright in State of Grace (1990)

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Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others. —Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>

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Taglines
- The Irish mob in Hell's Kitchen.
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Several incidents in the film are based on actual testimony given by captured mobsters. The meeting in the restaurant with the Italian mobster and the dead man's hand sequences are based on the recollections of various New York gangs.

Goofs
When the drug deal goes bad in the opening scenes, Sean Penn shoots the two with a Smith & Wesson Model 6906. When they return to the car and he points the gun at his friend, the hammer is not cocked. The Smith & Wesson Model 6906 has a hidden hammer and as it is also a semi-automatic, the hammer would be cocked after firing.

Quotes
Terry: So I was in Boston, I just ended up there. Seemed far enough away. They come to me then, it just happened, you know how that is, things happen and other things happen and its your life. They were looking to get somebody to go undercover here, they wanted to get somebody who knew the kitchen who was known. And I coulda said no but I thought I could do it. It was like this opportunity in which I could look the entire thing in the eye. And you'd be gone, or married forgotten about me I thought. And Jack, I would leave him out of it. But it was only an idea. Nothing to do with the truth. It was just a fuckin' idea like... You believe in the angels or the saints or there's such a thing as a state of grace. And you believe it, but it's got nothing to do with reality. It just an idea. I mean you got your ideas and you got reality, and they're all... they're all fucked up.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Postcards from the Edge/Saving Grace/White Hunter, Black Heart/After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

Soundtracks
White City
Written by Shane MacGowan
Performed by The Pogues
Published by Stiff Music Limited.
Courtesy of Island Records, Inc.

Top review

10/10

Another SEVERELY Overlooked Film

Aside from being a great, dark film, with a substantial plot line and a GIANT cast (Oldman, Penn, and Harris), this is an Oldman performance not to be believed. Mr. Oldman himself has been quoted as saying that "State of Grace" is HIS favourite performance. And, as usual, he gives a performance to be equalled by none.

Sean Penn is marvelous, too, and Harris portrays evil incarnate.

This film should be re-evaluated, and Gary Oldman should have received the Oscar for it. His portrayal of Jackie Flannery, a wild, violent young gangster with an ethereal tender streak - is simply phenomenal.

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Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $1,911,542
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $179,927
- Sep 16, 1990
Gross worldwide
- $1,911,542

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Runtime
- 2h 14min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby SR
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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