The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)

Small-time hood Frankie the Fly teams with a porn filmmaker and porno actress to try to make a killing by running a high-risk scam of the big boss.

Director:

Peter Markle

Writer:

Dayton Callie

Stars:

Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Hopper	...	Frankie
Daryl Hannah	...	Margaret
Michael Madsen	...	Sal
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Joey
Dayton Callie	...	Vic
Charles Carroll	...	Thug
Jack McGee	...	Jack
Karen Roe	...	Sal's Girl
Bert Rosario	...	Miguel
Adam Scott	...	Race Track Valet
Jon Ross	...	Waiter
Vanessa Ann Giorgio	...	Bathroom Girl (as Vanessa Giorgio)
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Porno Actor (as David Shark)
Jana Robbins	...	Nurse
Nicholas Mele	...	Race Track Man (as Nick Mele)

Storyline

Frankie is an unrespected little man, who works for mob bosses Sal and Vic. He meets Margaret, who is an ex-porn actress and plans to become a serious one, falls in love with her and tries to save her from Sal's influence.

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Plot Keywords:

criminal | anti hero | organized crime | pornographer | gangster | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, sexuality, and some violence and drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland previously co-starred in Flashback (1990).

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frankie: Hey Vic, what you doing here? That's my stop.
Vic: It's OK Fly, we took care of it.

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Connections

Edited into Ticker (2001)

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Soundtracks

NEL BLU, DIPINTO DI BLU (aka. VOLARE)
Music by Domenico Modugno
Lyrics by Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci

User Reviews

Story of a revolt on 60's music background.

Frankie ‘The Fly' (Dennis Hopper) has decided he had enough that everyone calls him ‘The Fly' since the day Sal (Michael Madsen), his boss, humiliated the porn actress he's in love with. At the same time, Sal blinds Joey (Kiefer Sutherland) in one eye, a small porn films director who's tried to rip Sal off. Afterwards Frankie asks Joey to film him killing Sal, in order to be avenged and by the same way make a good «snuff movie»…

The screenplay of this excellent movie («Frankie», not the snuff !), indeed quite more tricky than this brief summary, don't miss to be striking and reminds us Gary Felder's cruelty in «Things to do in Denver when you're dead», or even the gangsters little stories in «Pulp Fiction». You must see Frankie now playing it «cool-styled» with his sunglasses, his three-piece suit and his sports car, now being totally old-fashioned when he bluntly barks at his car parker because he's driving too fast.

But besides, Frankie is an engaging character. He can fairly well talk to girls but he's rather wimpy when Sal or one of his henchmen totally ticks him off !

Michael Madsen («Kill me Again» ; «Reservoir dogs») takes himself very seriously in his little mafioso part. I enjoyed one of my favorite actors once again ! For once, Kiefer Sutherland doesn't play a too twisted character like in «Freeway» or «Truth or Consequences, N.M.». As for Dennis Hopper, he has already become a legend since «Easy Rider» and later, «Blue Velvet» and `Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2'…

The dialogs have got a black sense of humor and even sometimes a particular subtlety. I just love the original soundtrack, the songs fit very well to the sequences. So, I recommend this terrific movie to crime films and black humor fans.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1997 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blueline Productions, Blueline Productions, Millennium Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1