Crocevia della morte

Titolo originale: Miller's Crossing
Regia: Joel Coen | Ethan Coen |
Anno: 1990
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Thriller Crime
Tag: street gang | corruption | prohibition era | gun | gambling debt | gangster | loyalty | irish-american | irish mob | betrayal | organized crime | shootout | drunkenness | angry | aggressive | neo-noir | 1920s | clinical | violence | approving | embarrassed |
Cast: Gabriel Byrne | Marcia Gay Harden | John Turturro | Jon Polito | J.E. Freeman | Albert Finney | Mike Starr | Al Mancini | Steve Buscemi | Richard Woods | Tom Toner | Mario Todisco | Olek Krupa | Michael Jeter | Lanny Flaherty | Jeanette Kontomitras | Louis Charles Mounicou III | John McConnell | Danny Aiello III | Helen Jolly | Hilda McLean | Monte Starr | Don Picard | Salvatore H. Tornabene | Kevin Dearie | Michael Badalucco | Charles Ferrara | Esteban Fernández | George Fernández | Charles Gunning | Dave Drinkx | David Darlow | Robert LaBrosse | Carl Rooney | Jack Harris | Jery Hewitt | Sam Raimi | John Schnauder Jr. | Zolly Levin | Joey Ancona | Bill Raye | William Preston Robertson | Frances McDormand | Michael P. Cahill |

1929, in una città americana dell'Est: un potente e corrotto pezzo da 90 si scontra, a causa di una donna, con il suo amico e consigliere, mentre è in corso una lotta acerrima con un boss della malavita italoamericana. Film violento ma raffreddato, con risvolti di grottesco umorismo, dove l'intreccio tra politica, affari e criminalità organizzata è un dato di fatto quasi scontato, organico e non patologico.

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Sam Raimi: Gunman with two pistols during the Sons of Erin Club gunfight. D
The character of "Rug" Daniels takes his name from his unconvincing hairpiece. After he is killed, a [...] D
In the argot of the criminal element, as often heard in early cops and robbers movies, yegg is a ter [...] D
The fight poster in Drop Johnson's apartment has as the under card a fight featuring "Bunky Knudsen. [...] D
Writers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen suffered writer's block while writing Crocevia della morte (1990). [...] D
Albert Finney: In drag, as the matron dressed in black and white, on Tom's left as Tom enters the la [...] D
Jon Polito was only 39 years old when he played Johnny Caspar, the same age as Gabriel Byrne, despit [...] D
Frances McDormand: the mayor's secretary D
Bernie is referred to as a Schmatte. 'Schmatte' is a Yiddish word for an old rag and was also used c [...] D
Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Jason Leigh auditioned to play Verna. D
Trey Wilson was the original choice to play Leo, but he died suddenly just before production began, [...] D
Tom Regan takes a significant beating over the course of this movie. He's punched in the face 12 tim [...] D
The film's cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld married his wife Susan at the wrap party on a riverboat [...] D
This was the Coen Brothers' first collaboration with Steve Buscemi and John Turturro. D
The Miller of the title comes from the Coen Brothers' frequent film editor, Michael R. Miller. D
'Twist' is a slang term for a girl or woman, often used derogatorily. D
The character Eddie Dane was originally written for Peter Stormare and was to be named The Swede. St [...] D
John Turturro based his performance on the film's cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld. D
The 1988 draft written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen included a cast list of potential actors to play [...] D
In a 2015 interview Jon Polito revealed that, during the production, a distressed Marcia Gay Harden, [...] D
While writing the screenplay, the Coen brothers tentatively titled the film "The Bighead"-their nick [...] D
Steve Buscemi was cast as Mink Larouie because he could speak faster than anyone else. D
Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld told the Coen brothers that the forest scenes should be shot during [...] D
Body count: 14 D
This is one of three Coen Brothers films to not be edited by the brothers themselves under the pseud [...] D
Irish tenor Frank Patterson performance of "Danny Boy" was recorded under the Coen Brothers directio [...] D
The city where the story takes place is never named directly in the film. However, there is a clue l [...] D
Although he was a native Irishman playing a lieutenant to an Irish mobster, the Coens did not origin [...] D
The line "Jesus, Tom" is said 8 times: 3 times by Leo, and once each by Frankie, Mink, Bernie, Chief [...] D
The last Coen brothers film on which Barry Sonnenfeld worked as cinematographer. He claims it as his [...] D
Among other details that give hints as to where the events of the film may take place (although it i [...] D
The character of Leo was written for Trey Wilson, who played Nathan Arizona, Sr, in the Coens' previ [...] D
Reagan toasts Volstead outside Caspar's premises during the police raid. Andrew Volstead was the spo [...] D
The Coen Brothers reportedly turned down Batman (1989) because it would have interfered with this fi [...] D
In the newspaper shown at about 1:07:30, there is a story "Party Boss Loses Municipal Contract". Nex [...] D
When Tom visits Clarence Johnson, he searches for his flat number on the mail boxes. The last one of [...] D
Movie was filmed in the childhood home of comedian Mark Normand in New Orleans. D
In the script, the film takes place in 1929. D
The film never expressly states in what year it takes place. The Model A Fords seen throughout the f [...] D
Eddie Dane was originally named Bluepoint in the screenplay. D
This is part of a small group of films that weren't edited by the Coen brothers themselves (under th [...] D
The main theme of the soundtrack is based on the Irish tune "Lament for Limerick". D
Richard Jenkins was heavily considered for a role, but ended up losing it to Albert Finney. D
Jon Polito was originally offered the role of Eddie Dane but he campaigned for the part of Johnny Ca [...] D