Miller's Crossing [Blu-ray]

Miller's Crossing [Blu-ray]

Director: Ethan Coen Cast: Coen
Coen
, Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
, Albert Finney
Albert Finney
, John Turturro
John Turturro
Miller's Crossing [Blu-ray]

Miller's Crossing [Blu-ray]

Director: Ethan Coen Cast: Coen
Coen
, Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
, Albert Finney
Albert Finney
, John Turturro
John Turturro

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

For their third feature, Miller's Crossing (1990), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen focused their film-literate gaze on the gangster genre, blending it with the film noir legacy they first explored in Blood Simple (1984). Set during Prohibition, the film evokes 1930s gangster film classics and Dashiell Hammett novels in its portrayal of Irish and Italian gangsters and the conflict touched off between them by a complicated web of betrayals involving a sinister crime boss (Albert Finney), his right-hand man (Gabriel Byrne), and a glib bookie John Turturro. Barry Sonnenfeld's shadowy cinematography lends a somber cast to the events, while set pieces like the forest execution and a chandelier-splintering shoot-out to the strains of "Danny Boy" revel in the Coens' talent for combining violence, drama, and high style. Though a few dissenters viewed Miller's Crossing as all surface and no substance, critics were impressed by the strong cast -- especially Turturro and Finney -- and bravura technique, declaring that the Coens had fully come into their own as filmmakers. The writer's block the Coens reportedly suffered while working on the screenplay became fodder for their next film, Barton Fink (1991).

Product Details

Release Date: 08/30/2011
UPC: 0024543706892
Original Release: 1990
Rating: R
Source: BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:55:00
Sales rank: 11,866

Special Features

Shooting Miller's Crossing - a conversatino with Barry Sonnenfeld; Still gallery; Theatrical trailers; Cast interviews with Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden and John Turturro

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Gabriel Byrne Tom Reagan
Albert Finney Leo
John Turturro Bernie Bernbaum
Marcia Gay Harden Verna
Jon Polito Johnny Caspar
J.E. Freeman Eddie Dane
Mike Starr Frankie
Al Mancini Tic-Tac
Richard Woods Mayor Dale Levander
Thomas Toner O'Doole,O'Doole
Steve Buscemi Mink
Mario Todisco Clarence `Drop' Johnson
Olek Krupa Tad
Michael Jeter Adolph
Lanny Flaherty Terry
Jeanette Kontomitras Mrs. Caspar
Louis Charles Mounicou III Johnny Caspar Jr.
John McConnell Brian, a Cop
Danny Aiello III Delahanty, a Cop
Helen Jolly Screaming Lady
Hilda McLean Landlady
Salvatore H. Tornabene Rug Daniels
Kevin Dearie Street Urchin
Michael Badalucco Caspar's Driver
Charles Ferrara Caspar's Butler
Charles Gunning Hitman at Verna's
Dave Drinkx Hitman No. 2
David Darlow Lazarre's Messenger
Jack David Harris Man with Pipe Bomb
Jery Hewitt Son of Erin
Sam Raimi Snickering Gunman
John Schnauder Jr. Cop with Bullhorn
Zolly Levin Rabbi
William Preston Robertson Voices
Don Picard Gunman in Leo's House
George Fernandez Caspar's Cousin,Caspar's Cousin
Donna Isaacson Actor
John Lyons Actor
John "Spud" McConnell Brian, a Cop
Monte Starr Gunman in Leo's House
Robert Labrosse Lazarre's Tough
Carl Rooney Lazarre's Toughs
Joey Ancona Boxer
Bill Raye Boxer
Frances McDormand Actor
Carter Burwell Composer

Technical Credits
Ben Barenholtz Executive Producer,Producer
Peter Chesney Special Effects,Special Effects
Ethan Coen Producer,Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Director
Jery Hewitt Stunts
Ron Bochar Sound Effects
Lee Dichter Sound Effects
Bill Anagnos Stunts
Graham Place Producer
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