Snitch (1998)

Director:

Ted Demme

Writer:

Mike Armstrong (writer)

Release Date:

25 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Every city has one.

Plot:

A small time hoodlum is divided between his conscience and loyalty to his boss when his cousin is murdered.

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Gun | Irish American | Car Thief | Revenge

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Denis Leary	...	Bobby O'Grady
Ian Hart	...	Mouse
Jason Barry	...	Seamus
Lenny Clarke	...	Skunk
Kevin Chapman	...	Mickey Pat
George MacDonald	...	Gallivan (as George Macdonald)
John Diehl	...	Digger
Lyndon Byers	...	Fitzie
Herbie Ade	...	Herbie
Noah Emmerich	...	Red
Famke Janssen	...	Katy
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Sheila
Don Gavin	...	Brosnihan
Billy Crudup	...	Teddy
Colm Meaney	...	Jackie O'Hara

Also Known As:

Noose (Australia) (DVD title) (USA) (working title)
Monument Ave. (USA) (new title)
Talk of the Town (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, drug use and violence.

Runtime:

93 min | Australia:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Barry Playground - Chelsea Street & Mystic River, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Apostle

Quotes:

Mouse: [Mouse and Bobby approaching Sheila and Katy] I know I might like her, but sometimes she's a different person. I don't know what she's gonna be one moment to the next.
Bobby O'Grady: Don't say anything.
[to Katy and Sheila]
Bobby O'Grady: Hey, whats goin' on?
Katy: Boys.
Mouse: Hey, Sheila.
Sheila: Hey, Mouse.
Mouse: That's a nice sweater.
Sheila: It's a, uh, blouse, Mouse.
Mouse: Yeah, it's nice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Black Love

A great movie about real life

Truly one of the best independent films I've seen in a long time. Monument Ave is about one man struggling to maintain his loyalty to a vindictive crime boss or to his own principles as a man. The film gives a true to life look at working class Boston and some of the situations that people are in. Denis Leary uses his Boston personality in this well made drama. Among excellent performances is Colm Meaney as the nasty boss, Ian Hart as Leary's friend, and Famke Janssen as the boss' girlfriend.