Atlantic City [Blu-ray]

Director: Louis Malle Louis Malle

Overview

Burt Lancaster stars as Lou, an aging mob flunkey, barely making a living in Atlantic City. Susan Sarandon plays Sally, a casino croupier whose husband Dave (Robert Joy) steals a large supply of drugs from the mob. When he is killed, the narcotics pass to the unwilling Sally. Lou, in the midst of longtime affair with middle-aged gangster's widow Grace (Kate Reid), falls for the much younger Sally, becoming her savior by killing the mob thugs sent to shut her up. The killings serve a therapeutic value for Lou, proving that he hasn't lost his old panache.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2020
UPC:	0032429339010
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	16,545

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Burt Lancaster	Lou
Susan Sarandon	Sally
Kate Reid	Grace
Michel Piccoli	Joseph
Hollis McLaren	Chrissie
Robert Joy	Dave
Al Waxman	Alfie
Robert Goulet	Singer
Moses Znaimer	Felix
Angus MacInnes	Vinnie
Sean Sullivan	Buddy
Wallace Shawn	Waiter
Harvey Atkin	Bus Driver
Norma Dell'Agnese	Jeanne
Louis Del Grande	Mr. Shapiro
John McCurry	Fred
Eleanor Beecroft	Mrs. Reese
Cec Linder	President of Hospital
Sean McCaan	Detective
Sean McCann	Detective
Vincent Glorioso	Young Doctor
Adele Chatfield-Taylor	Florist
Tony Angelo	Poker Player
Sis Clark	Toll Booth Operator
Gennaro Consalvo	Casino Guard
Lawrence McGuire	Pit Boss
Connie Collins	Connie Bishop
John Allmond	Police Commissioner
John Burns	Anchorman,Singer in Casino,Singer in Casino,Singer in Casino
Michel Legrand	Composer

Technical Credits

John Guare

Louis Malle	Director
Joseph Beaubien	Executive Producer
Gabriel Boustani	Executive Producer
Denis Heroux	Producer
Elie Kfouri	Executive Producer
John Kemeny	Producer
John Guare	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Louis Malle's moody, gossamer story about an aging gangster (Burt Lancaster) and his young casino-worker lover (Susan Sarandon) is one of the French filmmaker's most successful atmospheric pieces. Released in 1980, it followed Malle's controversial Pretty Baby (1978), and it proved to some critics that Malle was more than a director who aimed to shock with sex scenes. Like Pretty Baby, this is an outsider's incisive portrait of a slice of American culture, with gamblers and drug dealers carrying on their tired routines in a city that seems, like Lancaster's character Lou, to be fading fast. It's ultimately a deep character study about clinging to old habits and surviving change. Atlantic City garnered five top Oscar nominations, though it won none of them. It did win several British and American film critics' awards. It contains one of Lancaster's most harrowing and memorable performances. Screenwriter John Guare went on to pen Six Degrees of Separation.

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