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Titolo originale: The Devil's Own
Regia: Alan J. Pakula |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Thriller Dramma
Tag: new york city | assassin | anonymity | showdown | chase | politics | northern ireland | revenge | terrorism | ira (irish republican army) | tragic event |
Cast: Harrison Ford | Brad Pitt | Margaret Colin | Rubén Blades | Treat Williams | George Hearn | Mitchell Ryan | Natascha McElhone | Paul Ronan | Simon Jones | Julia Stiles | Ashley Acarino | Kelly Singer | David O'Hara | David Wilmot | Anthony Brophy | Shane Dunne | Martin Dunne | Gabrielle Reidy | Samantha Conroy | Baxter Harris | Hassan Johnson | Scott Nicholson | Jonathan Earl Peck | Sixto Ramos | Mya Michaels | Brendan Kelly | Kevin Nagle | Gregory Salata | Joseph P. Dandry | Jack McKillop | Mac Orange | Malachy McCourt | Marian Tomas Griffin | Peggy Shay | Danielle McGovern | Ciarán O'Reilly | Rob Mac | Donald J. Meade | Patrick Reynolds | Peter Rufli | Debbon Ayer | Mario Polit | Chance Kelly | Greg Stebner | William Paulson | Bill Hoag | Victor Slezak | Damien Leake | Wilson Cleveland |

Frankie MgGuire, terrorista dell'IRA, lascia l'Irlanda per andare a New York sotto il falso nome di Rory Devaney. Viene ospitato da Tom O'Meara, poliziotto anche lui irlandese. I guai cominceranno quando Tom scopre che Rory tiene delle armi nasconte in un borsone.

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While Brad Pitt was panned across the board for his Irish accent, Irish people tend to rate his acce [...] D
Gordon Willis last film as cinematographer before his retirement. D
Despite the mixed reviews, Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt are very fond of the movie. D
Treat Williams and Harrison Ford both appeared in L'Impero colpisce ancora (1980). D
On the WTF Podcast with Mark Maron, James Gray admitted he was offered to direct and he turned it do [...] D
Alan J. Pakula was tapped to direct because he was the only person acceptable to both Harrison Ford [...] D
Trailers for the movie show many scenes that are not present in the final released version, these sc [...] D
It was reported that there were fights on set among the two main actors, both Brad Pitt and Harrison [...] D
Harrison Ford was paid $20 million to star in the film, and Brad Pitt earned $12 million. D
Milcho Manchevski was originally slated to direct. D
A poster of Fuga dal mondo dei sogni (1992), a previous film starring Brad Pitt, can be briefly seen [...] D
Brad Pitt was attacked while hanging out in West Belfast to perfect his Northern Irish accent for th [...] D
Average Shot Length = ~4.8 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.6 seconds. D
The original script for the film was much darker than the version used for the final film. Amongst o [...] D
Bryan Singer reportedly turned down an offer to direct the film. D
William Atherton had a small role that was cut from the finished project. However, his name is prese [...] D
Brad Pitt wanted to leave the production, but was threatened by a lawsuit. In the February 2, 1997, [...] D
Harrison Ford previously worked with Alan J. Pakula in Presunto innocente (1990). D
The Bishop is played by Malachey McCourt, brother of Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes" (and [...] D
Amongst other script problems, a renewed outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland in 1990 forced lar [...] D
One of the two 1997 films where Brad Pitt does a foreign accent. The other is Sette anni in Tibet (1 [...] D
There were reshoots in February 1997, only a month before the film's release. D
Screenwriters Terry George and Robert Mark Kamen were brought on to provide rewrites to the script, [...] D
Both Gene Hackman and Sean Connery were considered for the role of Tom O'Meara. D

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In the opening scenes the film is meant to be set in Belfast, however the road markings are more lik [...] D
The trawler's engine is at idle during the shootout, yet afterwards, Tom only turns the ship's wheel [...] D
Tom cocks his revolver when he aims at Rory/Frankie on the boat. In subsequent shots the revolver is [...] D
Tom, as a trained veteran policeman, would always wear a seatbelt, yet in the closeup of him during [...] D
During the first shoot out Frankie yells to Ronnie and points to him. We see Ronnie turn the corner [...] D
When Frankie shoots out the car's passenger-side window with the shotgun, a tight grouping of five o [...] D
Frankie idles the trawler's engine just a few yards from the dock prior to Tom's accosting him, yet [...] D
Had Frankie gotten away from Tom and continued on his way back to Ireland, he would not have made it [...] D
After Megan tells Tom where Frankie (Rory) is going, Frankie has less than a five minute head start. [...] D
When Harrison Ford confronts Brad Pitt in the basement about the bag of money, Pitt's hairstyle chan [...] D
Tom pursues Frankie up the indoor stairs and then outside across the roof and down the sixteen foot [...] D
When taking Rory/Frankie in to the police station, Tom and his partner leave him alone, though handc [...] D
Even after Tom is made aware of Frankie's true identity, he occasionally still refers to/addresses F [...] D
At the beginning, when Frankie's Mother is dishing out the stew for dinner, she sits down, picks up [...] D
The 4x4 piece of wood Rory used to club one of the three home intruders is seen to bend like foam ru [...] D
The ring of keys that Frankie removes from the car's ignition does not have a handcuff key on it, an [...] D
Supposedly set in winter in New York, yet scenes simultaneously feature snow and fully leaved decidu [...] D
When Frankie first enters the warehouse, Burke's car is darkened and parallel on top of the railroad [...] D
At the beginning, in Belfast it's supposed to be September 1992 but the tax disc on the silver car t [...] D
Tom's revolver appears not to be loaded, and is clearly not loaded when Rory fatally shoots Eddy. D
In the 1st shootout in Ireland, when Franky is looking out the window BEFORE the shooting starts the [...] D
Before the first shootout the man changing the spare wheel on the silver car is hiding on the near s [...] D
Initially there are no nail holes in the floor where Rory hides the bag of money. Later, when Tom di [...] D
Police officers are specifically trained to act a certain way in tense situations. During the domest [...] D
In the pool game scene Frankie sinks the orange stripe ball (the thirteen ball) three times on his r [...] D
On the boat, Rory has been shot by Tom and has died, yet a close-up of his forehead shows a pulse. D

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