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| BILLY BATHGATE (1991) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. Billy soon finds himself in a world where wealth and fortune live next door to danger and death. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Hoffman (Dutch Schultz), Nicole Kidman (Drew Preston), Loren Dean (Billy Bathgate), Bruce Willis (Bo Weinberg), Steven Hill (Otto Berman), Steve Buscemi (Irving), Billy Jaye (Mickey), John Costelloe (Lulu), Timothy Jerome (Dixie Davis), Stanley Tucci (Lucky Luciano), Mike Starr (Julie Martin), Robert F. Colesberry (Jack Kelly), Stephen Joyce (Mr. Hines), Frances Conroy (Mary Behan), Moira Kelly (Rebecca), Kevin Corrigan (Arnold), Noel Derecki, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Danny Zorn, Rob Kramer (Billy's Gang), Simon Jutras (Hotel Manager), Kenny Vance, Paul Herman (Dutch's Thugs), Teddy Cleanthes (Supervisor), William Jay Marshall (George), Harry O'Reilly (Fire Inspector), Xander Berkeley (Harvey Preston), Barry McGovern (Father McInemy), Barton Heyman (Banker), Christopher Rubin (Harvey's Friend), Richard Bekins (Carter), Katherine Houghton (Charlotte), Todd Louiso (Bell Boy), Robert D. Raiford (Judge). | |||||||||||||||||||
| A SEDUCTIVE LOOK AT A NOTORIOUS GANGSTER'S DAZZLING AND DECADENT EMPIRE ABOUT TO CRUMBLE. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: November 1st, 1991 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: September 5th, 2002 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $4.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $15.5 million (USA) - To date, remains one of the most accurate recreations of the Chophouse Massacre that took the life of Arthur "Dutch Schultz" Fleggenheimer and several of his men. |
DIRECTOR: Robert Benton (Nobody's Fool). WRITERS: Top Stoppard and based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow. PRODUCERS: Robert F. Colesberry and Arlene Donovan. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Isham. DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures. |
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| Drew Preston: I'm not his girl, he's my gangster. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Big, generous movie entertainment." -- The New York Times | |||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Bathgate: You think Mr. Shultz is an ordinary man, Mrs/ Preston, but you're wrong! He's a maniac. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| "Bathgate fades before you've left your seat." -- Desson Howe, Washington Post | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Absorbing, exceptionally good-looking adaptation...Hoffman's commanding performance makes this flawed film worth watching, though the story's momentum erodes toward the end." -- Leonard Maltin | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Gangbusters! Dustin Hoffman at the top of his form." -- The Today Show, NBC TV | |||||||||||||||||||
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