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Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.9
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7.9/10 from 72,333 users
Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 266 user | 102 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Tom Regan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. Director:Joel Coen |
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A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart. Written by <morry@argonet.co.uk>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
October 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
De paseo a la muerte See more »Filming Locations:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USABox Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$5,080,409 (USA)Company Credits
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Tom Reagan: Intimidating helpless women is my job.
Verna: Then go find one, and intimidate her.
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Johnny calls Bernie "a horse of a different color". See more »
Lyrics by Joe Grey and Leo Wood
Music by A.H. Gibbs (as A. Harrington Gibbs)
Courtesy of EMI Feist Catalogue, Inc., Cromwell Music, Inc. and Redwood Music, Ltd.
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Trivia
Reagan toasts Volstead outside Caspar's premises during the police raid. Andrew Volstead was the sponsor and facilitator of the National Prohibition Act in the U.S. Congress, which supported the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and effectively established Prohibition. See more »Goofs
After The Dane punches Tom to the floor in Caspar's house and threatens to beat Mink's fate out of Tom, the line, "Is this how you taught Drop his story?" from Tom is dubbed over his unmoving lips. See more »Quotes
Verna: Shouldn't you be doing your job?Tom Reagan: Intimidating helpless women is my job.
Verna: Then go find one, and intimidate her.
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Connections
References The Wizard of Oz (1939)Johnny calls Bernie "a horse of a different color". See more »
Soundtracks
"Runnin' Wild"Lyrics by Joe Grey and Leo Wood
Music by A.H. Gibbs (as A. Harrington Gibbs)
Courtesy of EMI Feist Catalogue, Inc., Cromwell Music, Inc. and Redwood Music, Ltd.
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Contrary to what Pete the Geek says in his comment this film is not a comedy. I suspect he is a fan of the old black and whites and so he believes this is a spoof of them which it is most certainly not. This is a pure drama with perfect dialog and excellent acting all around. The film basically tells the events that unfold around a Gangland war between the Irish and Italian mobs of the late 20s. Gabriel Byrne plays Tom, Leo's (Albert Finney) right hand man and adviser who disagrees with his boss's decision to protect the conman brother (John Turturro) of his girlfriend Verna (Marcia Gay Harden) and must work his own wily methods to protect Leo from this decision.
This is a masterpiece of modern film and definitely shows that the Cohen brothers can do anything with film. The dialog and accents are all perfectly executed in vintage 20s style and flare, the sets are absolutely beautiful and the costume work is so good you almost feel like you stepped back in time. Anyone who doesn't love this film should go back and try watching it again. The musical score alone is enough to make it worth while.