A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Rubén Blades
- Edwin Diaz
- (as Ruben Blades)
Ashley Acarino
- Morgan O'Meara
- (as Ashley Carin)
Storyline
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- TriviaBrad Pitt wanted to leave the production, but was threatened by a lawsuit. In the February 2, 1997, issue of Newsweek, Pitt called the film a "disaster", and said that "it was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking - if you can even call it that - that I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it". Rumors of fighting on the set (especially over which star would be the focus of the film) plagued the production. The original script was discarded and there were at least seven subsequent rewrites. Pitt said the final version was "a mess". "The script that I had loved was gone," he said. "I guess people just had different visions and you can't argue with that. But then I wanted out and the studio head said, 'All right, we'll let you out, but it'll be $63 million for starters." (Harrison Ford later noted that Pitt "forgot for a moment that he was talking to someone whose job it was to write this s*** down".)
- GoofsWhen taking Rory/Frankie in to the police station, Tom and his partner leave him alone, though handcuffed, in the rear seat. It is standard police practice to have one officer in back with the suspect, and seated directly behind the driver. This prevents any assault on the driver, or attempt to escape without being observed - or seen too late by way of the rear view mirror as happened here.
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Alan J. Pakula's last film is incredibly disappointing...
This is a very mediocre movie, and a bad sign-off for Alan J. Pakula (who died a year later in 1998 from a car crash). Listen to Brad Pitt's awful accent for a few moments and you'll get a clear idea that this film is going nowhere.
It caused some controversy on release because of its simplified view of the IRA/Britain terrorism and some people (particularly Europeans I suppose) took offense to the fact that Brad Pitt's character is given a "motive" for what he does... and the film seems to sympathy with him.
Brad Pitt hated the film and Harrison Ford and him battled on set over who would become the focus of the film itself (apparently Pitt became upset because the script was re-written and his character was given less screen time).
I only recommend it to people who haven't seen many movies. Why? Because then the recycled dialogue, characters, plot, and performances may seem fresh.
But as it stands, "The Devil's Own" is a poor example of mediocre film-making. Or is that a "good" example of mediocre film-making? Whatever it is, the film is not anything special, and certainly not anything that hasn't been done before.
It caused some controversy on release because of its simplified view of the IRA/Britain terrorism and some people (particularly Europeans I suppose) took offense to the fact that Brad Pitt's character is given a "motive" for what he does... and the film seems to sympathy with him.
Brad Pitt hated the film and Harrison Ford and him battled on set over who would become the focus of the film itself (apparently Pitt became upset because the script was re-written and his character was given less screen time).
I only recommend it to people who haven't seen many movies. Why? Because then the recycled dialogue, characters, plot, and performances may seem fresh.
But as it stands, "The Devil's Own" is a poor example of mediocre film-making. Or is that a "good" example of mediocre film-making? Whatever it is, the film is not anything special, and certainly not anything that hasn't been done before.
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- Mar 10, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $42,868,348
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,274,503
- Mar 30, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $140,807,547
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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