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Titolo originale: Midnight Run
Regia: Martin Brest |
Anno: 1988
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Commedia Crime Thriller
Tag: crooked lawyer | road trip | buddy | bail jumper | mafia accountant | stretch limousine | manhattan, new york city | southwestern u.s. | bus station | police surveillance |
Cast: Robert De Niro | Charles Grodin | Yaphet Kotto | John Ashton | Dennis Farina | Joe Pantoliano | Richard Foronjy | Robert Miranda | Jack Kehoe | Wendy Phillips | Philip Baker Hall | Tom Irwin | Jimmie Ray Weeks | Danielle DuClos | Tom McCleister | Mary Gillis | John Toles-Bey | Thomas J. Hageboeck | Stanley White | Scott McAfee | Linda Cerasuolo | Lois Smith | Fran Brill | Michael Hawkins | John Hammil | Lou Felder | Cameron Milzer | Sonia M. Roberts | Sam Sanders | Frank Pesce | Paul Joseph McKenna | Matt Jennings | Rosemarie Murphy | Jack N. Young | Robert Coleman | William Robbins | Wilfred Netsosie | Sherman L. Robbins | Dale Beard Jr. | Thomas Nez | Richard Gonzalez | Bill Fritz | Pete Jensen | Andy Charnoki | Tracey Walter | Robert Vento | Joe "Tippy" Zeoli | James Portolese | Armando Muniz | Dan York | Rowdy Burdick | Varnoy Lee | Bob Maroff | Martin Brest | Lisa Burnett | George D. Miklos | Robert Minkoff | Marguerite Nocera | Terry Ray | Jock L. Schloss | D. Danny Warhol |

L'ex poliziotto Jack Walsh, cacciato dalla polizia per aver "pestato" troppi piedi, accetta l'incarico di catturare il contabile Jonathan Mardukas, scappato con 15 milioni di dollari appartenenti a un boss della droga. Tempo a disposizione: 5 giorni. Jack scova il contabile e si appresta a tornare a casa, ma a questo punto incominciano i guai...

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Martin Brest: Ticket clerk who serves Marvin (John Ashton): "Smoking or non smoking?" D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...] D
The Blue Angel Motel in Las Vegas was demolished in 2012 to make way for 91,000 square feet of retai [...] D
Robert De Niro spent time with bounty hunters as part of his preparation for this role. D
Yaphet Kotto was suffering from a fever for almost his entire involvement in the movie. D
The idea to have Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) continually checking his watch--and the whole back-stor [...] D
Charles Grodin said the script was the best he had ever read. D
The theatrical trailer for the film shows several scenes which were not included in the final cut. F [...] D
The scene where John Mardukas (Charles Grodin) falls off a cliff was shot in the Salt River Canyon i [...] D
Dustin Hoffman was considered for Jack Walsh. D
When Paramount Pictures had obtained the script, they lined up Harrison Ford as Jack Walsh and Chevy [...] D
The script originally had Marvin die in the scene where Serrano's thugs knock him out, but it was fe [...] D
DeNiro was looking for some lighter material to do. Initially, he wanted to play the lead in Penny M [...] D
The train scene in Flagstaff, Arizona, actually prevented a kidnapping, at the end of the "searching [...] D
In the diner scene concerning the counterfeit 20 dollar bills, it was Charles Grodin's idea to inclu [...] D
Ron Perlman, Dennis Hopper, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Alec Baldwin were considered for the role [...] D
In 2010, it was reported that Robert De Niro was planning to make a "remake or sequel" with his prod [...] D
The famous "litmus configuration" scene was mostly improvised. D
The boxcar scene--where Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) and John Mardukas (Charles Grodin) discuss wheth [...] D
The rifle used by the bad guys in the helicopter was a Heckler & Koch G3. D
Bill Murray and Steve Martin were considered for the role of Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas. D
Dennis Farina shot all of his scenes in Las Vegas because he was also shooting Crime Story (1986) th [...] D
Albert Brooks turned down the part of Jonathan Mardukas. D
Mickey Rourke, Jeff Bridges, Ryan O'Neal, Jon Voight and Michael Douglas were considered to play Jac [...] D
Paramount Pictures originally owned the rights to the film. To improve the film's chances at the box [...] D
John Goodman and John Candy were considered for the role of Marvin Dorfler. D
Was ranked Number 6 on Gene Siskel's list of the "Best Films of 1988." D
Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, and Harrison Ford were considered for the role of Jack Walsh. D
John Ashton said that Robert De Niro got into his part so much that he actually hit Ashton during th [...] D
Danny Elfman wrote lyrics for the end credits theme "Try to Believe". He sang the lead and recorded [...] D
The character played by Jack Kehoe in the bail bonds office was named after a Hollywood attorney in [...] D
Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, Richard Gere, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Charles Brons [...] D
According to Joe Pantoliano (Eddie Moscone) in his interview on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast, directo [...] D
In his 1989 autobiography "It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here...", Charles Grodin mentions that [...] D
Actor Yaphet Kotto (Agent Alonzo Mosely) commented in a 2015 interview: "Midnight Run was practicall [...] D
At one point, every male lead in Hollywood was considered for the role of Jack Walsh. D
Audio book narrator Hubert Williams was an extra, playing a blackjack dealer while the movie was sho [...] D
Charles Grodin changed a line in the screenplay from "As an accountant" to "As your accountant" to s [...] D
Charles Grodin had permanent scars resulting from the real handcuffs he had to wear for a great deal [...] D
Bruce Willis was considered for the role of Jonathan Mardukas. D

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