Angel Heart - Ascensore per l'inferno

Titolo originale: Angel Heart
Regia: Alan Parker |
Anno: 1987
Origine: Canada | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Horror Mistero
Tag: new york city | amnesia | heart | southern usa | voodoo | detective | drug addiction | new orleans, louisiana | investigation | neurosis | sanatorium | surrealism | satanist | sale of soul | pact with the devil | times square | satan | flashback | murder | vision | soul selling | psychological thriller | church | drugs | devil | incest | private detective | missing person | mephistopheles | satanic ritual | beelzebub | devil worship | faustian pact | beating heart | never aging | ceiling fan | occult detective |
Cast: Mickey Rourke | Robert De Niro | Lisa Bonet | Charlotte Rampling | Stocker Fontelieu | Brownie McGhee | Michael Higgins | Elizabeth Whitcraft | Eliott Keener | Charles Gordone | Dann Florek | Kathleen Wilhoite | George Buck | Judith Drake | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Dave Petitjean | Rick Washburn | Neil Newlon | Karen Davis | Gerald Orange |

Il misterioso Louis Cyphre incarica il detective Harry Angel di ritrovare Johnny Favorite, un musicista scomparso legato a lui da un contratto. Il poliziotto privato scopre che Johnny è stato dimesso da una clinica psichiatrica con la complicità di un medico eroinomane. Durante le indagini quattro persone muoiono e i cadaveri presentano orribili mutilazioni. La porta della verità, per Angel, si apre sull'abisso.

Approfondimenti

Lisa Bonet's very first film role. At the time she was best known for playing Bill Cosby's daughter [...] D
The law firm partners are Winesap and Mackintosh, which are two types of apples. Apples are known to [...] D
Singer Johnny Favorite's real name is Liebling, which is commonly used in German for "sweetheart" or [...] D
When Louis (Robert De Niro) blows salt from his egg onto the restaurant table, Harry Angel (Mickey R [...] D
Harold Angel calls Johnny Favorite "Johnny Golden Tonsils". Izzy's wife says that he was known as "t [...] D
Edward Kelley is also the name of a sixteenth century English alchemist and magician (1555-1597/8). D
Louis Cyphre mentions that in some religions, the egg is a symbol of the soul. He then proceeds to c [...] D
Angel asks for High John the Conqueror root at Mammy Carter's Herb Store. It's an "all purpose" char [...] D
Twin Sisters Cocktail Recipe: Ingredients: 1/2 oz. light rum 1/2 oz. spiced rum 1 dash lime juice 1 [...] D
Robert De Niro's performance as Louis Cyphere is supposed to be based on his friend and frequent col [...] D
Several studio executives who read the script while it was being shopped around wanted the film to h [...] D
This film was the impetus for a feud between Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke. The first and last ti [...] D
A planned remake was announced in 2008 when the rights were snapped up by producer Michael De Luca. [...] D
The poem about Evangeline and her lover, to which everyone refers, is "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie" [...] D
The line "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise" is drawn from Sophocles' "Oed [...] D
"Epiphany" is very similar to the greek word "epiphania", which means "sudden discovery". From one p [...] D
Shirley Stoler was originally cast in the role of Izzy's Wife, but quit after almost drowning when s [...] D
Media site Complex chose Lisa Bonet's scene as #11 of the 15 Best Topless Moments In Mainstream Horr [...] D
Detective Deimos (Pruitt Taylor Vince) name means terror in Ancient Greek. In Greek mythology Deimos [...] D
Near the beginning of the movie, Harry Angel opens his bag, where a set of skeleton keys is seen. In [...] D
According to United States Army records, Harry Angel's service number (O-168042) was assigned to Eug [...] D
Referring to her sex scene with Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet has been quoted as saying, "...it was so m [...] D
A Fangoria article about the movie from the time when it was released, had a picture of the deleted [...] D
Originally, Parker wanted Ennio Morricone to compose the score for Angel Heart. Despite meeting with [...] D
Tri-Star Pictures made the huge mistake of releasing the film on the same day as the action movie Le [...] D
There were several false starts in bringing William Hjortsberg's acclaimed novel to the screen. At o [...] D
The song "Girl of My Dreams", sung on a record by Johnny Favorite, is in reality a recording from De [...] D
When producer Alan Marshall first approached Robert De Niro by phone about taking a part in the film [...] D
The framed photograph over the desk in Margaret Krusemark's apartment is French author Guy de Maupas [...] D
Some of the music by Trevor Jones is quite similar to music he wrote for A 30 secondi dalla fine (19 [...] D
The old train Harry takes in to Louisiana, in the close-ups, wasn't a working train, and for filming [...] D
Marlon Brando was briefly considered for the role of Louis Cyphre. D
Alan Parker offered the role of Harry Angel to Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, and Robert De Niro. D
The first time actor Pruitt Taylor Vince and director Alan Parker collaborated together. They also w [...] D
Writer and director Alan Parker claims that Robert De Niro's performance as Louis Cyphre was so eeri [...] D
The train Harry Angel takes into Louisiana is known as the Southern Crescent. It was green in color, [...] D
Early in the film, Harry Angel says that ballpoint pens were not yet available in 1943. In fact, the [...] D
Before each murder, Harry handles or has something to do with the murder weapon. The Bible containin [...] D
Angel refers to the quiet Louisiana cop as "Tess Trueheart" and "Effie Klinker." Both are contempora [...] D
Eerily, the slate number on the clapper board when they shot Lisa Bonet's voodoo dance scene was, by [...] D
While in Louisiana, Angel goes past a theater advertising "International Counterfeiters." This was o [...] D
When Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) visits Margaret Krusemark (Charlotte Rampling) for the first time, [...] D
In the novel, the entire story was set in New York City. In the movie, much of the action of the fil [...] D
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Robert De Niro; and two Oscar nominees: Mickey Rourke and C [...] D
Fans are used symbolically throughout the movie as harbingers of evil (think evil winds blowing, wit [...] D
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) forced Alan Parker to cut out ten seconds out of th [...] D
In the movie, Johnny Favorite's birthday is February 14, the same as director Alan Parker. In the no [...] D
Alan Parker said that pitting Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke against one another was "not about ac [...] D
This film avoids the common mistake made in period films of using only props and costumes from that [...] D
Five thousand dollars in 1955, with inflation, is equivalent to fifty thousand dollars as of 2020. T [...] D
"Girl Of My Dreams", which Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) plays at the end, is the same song that Epi [...] D

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Errori

When Angel enters the Catholic Church where vespers are happening, there is a low altar in front of [...] D
Supposedly set during 1955, modern day traffic signals can be seen in New Orleans. D
Harry direct dials a seven-digit phone number from a payphone. This wouldn't have been possible in t [...] D
When Harry tries to avoid Ethan Krusemark's two goons by buying oysters he ends up on the floor bein [...] D
After Harry finds Dr. Fowler dead, he lights a cigarette and the camera shows a close up of the gun [...] D
After Cyphre gives Harry's wallet back, he folds his hands together near his lap. In the next shot, [...] D
The red sparkle Premier drums are too modern to have been around in 1955. D
When Harry Angel makes his tape recording, he gives the date as 3 January 1955. Later he quotes from [...] D
At the end of the film, it is implied that Harry Angel was executed for his murder of Epiphany Proud [...] D
About a half-hour in, when Harry and Connie are in bed, after meeting at the bar, Harry unfastens th [...] D
When Harry mets Margaret she ask him if he would like a tea. He accepts and puts the cup on the edge [...] D
During Angel's first meeting with Cyphre, Cyphre's cane switches from being in his hand to not being [...] D
The movie is set in January, 1955. When Angel goes to Sarah Dodd's Harvest clinic, he has a pistol i [...] D
When Harry Angel fills Epiphany's glass in the hotel, he puts less than half a glass of whatever is [...] D
After Angel's first meeting with Cyphre, when he's driving the car, he turns the steering to the rig [...] D
The head is superimposed on the body of the little boy in the shot where he's pointing at Harry Ange [...] D
Harry's tape recording says "January 3rd, 1955," but this scene follows the scene in the bar, where [...] D
The credit for "Extras Casting" is misspelled without the first T as "Exras Casting". D
When Angel discovers Margaret Krusemark's body, a pulse in her neck is clearly visible. D
When Harry Angel impersonates an official (Harry Conroy) from the National Institute of Health at th [...] D
When Harry is running from the goons chasing him, he interrupts a street procession. As he knocks a [...] D
In New Orleans, there is a daybill ad for a drive-in movie theater posted on a mailbox, which advert [...] D
There is no such thing as "the devil", so heavily implied here. D
When the two goons and the dog are attacking Harry and have him on his back, the bulge of a knee pad [...] D
In the last scene showing the closeup of Dr. Fowler's body he clearly breathes, causing the photo on [...] D

Frase

Harry Angel: What's your name? Epiphany Proudfoot [...] D
Harry Angel: [to Izzy as he is lounging on a deser [...] D
[repeated line] Harry Angel: I know who I am! D
[last lines] Louis Cyphere: [whispering] Harry... [...] D
Harry Angel: Louis Cyphre. Lucifer. Even your name [...] D
Harry Angel: [Declining an offer for fresh-made Gu [...] D
Harry Angel: [woken up by Detectives Sterne and De [...] D
Louis Cyphre: You know, some religions think that [...] D
[first lines] Louis Cyphre: Johnny. Johnny. Johnn [...] D
Pastor John: I want you to show right now how much [...] D
Harry Angel: You think posing as the devil because [...] D
Pastor John: Hallelujah! Permit me to be transmitt [...] D
Louis Cyphre: Alas... how terrible is wisdom when [...] D
Toots Sweet: Try one of them Two Sisters cocktails [...] D
Harry Angel: Who the fuck are you, Cyphre? Louis [...] D
Louis Cyphre: You know what they say about slugs. [...] D
[repeated line] Harry Angel: I gotta thing about [...] D
Harry Angel: Hey, you ever watch the Mickey Mouse [...] D
Harry Angel: [almost sobbing] I know who I am! Lo [...] D
Louis Cyphre: They say there's enough religion in [...] D
Dr. Albert Fowler: Who are you? How'd you get in h [...] D
Ethan Krusemark: You'd have enjoyed our gumbo. D
Louis Cyphre: I have old-fashioned ideas about hon [...] D
Louis Cyphre: Are you an atheist? Harry Angel: Ye [...] D
Harry Angel: [asking about Toots Sweet's murder] H [...] D
[repeated lines] Harry Angel: [shouting] Who was [...] D
Det. Deimos: Only private dicks sleep so late. Tha [...] D
Epiphany Proudfoot: Hey, what are you after him fo [...] D
Det. Sterne: You're gonna burn for this, Angel. H [...] D
Harry Angel: Two people get bumped off in the same [...] D
Harry Angel: Listen. I ain't up on all this voodoo [...] D
Louis Cyphre: Mephistopheles can be a mouthful in [...] D
Harry Angel: She was doing my chart. I gave her Jo [...] D
Margaret Krusemark: Do you speak French, Mr. Angel [...] D
Louis Cyphre: The flesh is weak, Johnny. Only the [...] D
Harry Angel: Winesap. You want his number? You wan [...] D

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