Country: USA
Year: 1982
Duration: 90'
Byron Levin, a young, anonymous bank clerk who lives with his grandfather and with Vicky, a young woman who sells books, is offered a million dollars by the magnate Stockheinz to kill President Prado, the head of a small Central American country. Byron, who in the meantime has become Mrs. Stockheinz' lover, refuses the offer because he is a friend of Prado's. The millionaire has Levin fired in the attempt to force him to change his mind. Byron leaves for Costa Salva with Mr. and Mrs. Stockheinz. The young man tries to double cross Stockheinz and save Prado's life, but things get terribly complicated.
Biography
film director
James Toback
James Toback was born in 1946. He graduated from Harvard University and taught at the City College of New York. He worked as a reporter for magazines such as "Esquire", "Harpers", "Dissent", and "Commentary". In 1974 he debuted as a feature film screenwriter with The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz. He won an Oscar nomination in 1991 for his screenplay for Bugsy, directed by Warren Beatty. His first film as a director was Fingers, starring Harvey Keitel. His documentary, The Big Bang, won him an Oscar in 1989.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fingers (Rapsodia per un killer, 1978), Love and Money (Per amore e per denaro, 1982), Exposed (Star's Lovers, 1983), The Pick-Up Artist (Ehi ci stai? , 1987), The Big Bang (doc., 1989), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), Black and White (id., 2000), Love in Paris (1999), Harvard Man (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: James Toback.
Director of photography: Fred Schuler.
Art director: Lee Fischer.
Editor: Dennis M. Hill.
Music: Aaron Copland.
Cast and characters: Ray Sharkey (Byron Levin), Ornella Muti (Catherine Stockheinz), Klaus Kinski (Frederic Stockheinz), Armand Assante (Lorenzo Prado), King Vidor (Walter Klein), Susan Heldfond (Vicky).
Production company: James Toback per CIP Europasche Triefland/Lorimar Productions.
Italian distribution: United International Pictures, via Bissolati 20, 00177 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-47894236, fax +39-06-42011997.
Director of photography: Fred Schuler.
Art director: Lee Fischer.
Editor: Dennis M. Hill.
Music: Aaron Copland.
Cast and characters: Ray Sharkey (Byron Levin), Ornella Muti (Catherine Stockheinz), Klaus Kinski (Frederic Stockheinz), Armand Assante (Lorenzo Prado), King Vidor (Walter Klein), Susan Heldfond (Vicky).
Production company: James Toback per CIP Europasche Triefland/Lorimar Productions.
Italian distribution: United International Pictures, via Bissolati 20, 00177 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-47894236, fax +39-06-42011997.