Country: USA
Year: 1981
Duration: 125'
A solitary and alcoholic veteran of the NYPD, the police agent Murphy works in the Bronx. The arrival of a new captain, who prefers the borderline legal methods used by a number of agents, upsets the equilibrium of the neighborhood, bringing it to the brink of a revolt. Murphy, whose life was saved when he met the young nurse Isabella, first considers quitting to avoid participating in the climate of violence but then changes his mind and decides to report on his colleagues. An extraordinary performance by Newman, in one of his classic roles as a man who is defeated and yet, at the same time, proud. Another star directorial turn by Petrie, the expression of Hollywood realism which, at the time, was still influenced by New Hollywood.
Biography
film director
Daniel Petrie
(Glace Bay, Canada, 1920, Los Angeles, USA 2004), film, TV, and theatrical director, worked in Canada, Hollywood, and England. With Norman Jewison and Sidney J. Furie, he was one of the Canadian directors who, between the 1960s and ‘70s, found fame in Hollywood, above all thanks to highly realistic movies. After beginning his career in television, in 1961 he found critical and box office success with the movie version of the play by Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun. He directed over ninety movies and TV programs until he retired in 2001, and he won various awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards. His most famous movies include Buster and Billie, Resurrection, Fort Apache the Bronx, The Bay Boy, and Cocoon: The Return.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Bramble Bush (Il letto di spine, 1960), A Raisin in the Sun (Un grappolo di sole, 1961), The Main Attraction (La grande attrazione, 1962), Stolen Hours (Ore rubate, 1963), The Idol (La strada sbagliata, 1966), The Spy with a Cold Nose (La spia dal naso freddo, 1966), Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969), The Neptune Factor (L'odissea del Neptune nell'impero sommerso, 1973, film per la televisione), Mousey (Il gatto e il topo, 1974), Lifeguard (Il bagnino, 1976), The Betsy (Betsy, 1978), Fort Apache the Bronx (Bronx 41º distretto di polizia, 1981), The Bay Boy (Il ragazzo della baia, 1984), Square Dance (Square Dance - Ritorno a casa, 1984), Cocoon: The Return (Cocoon - Il ritorno, 1988), Toy Soldiers (Scuola di eroi, 1991), Grumpy Old Men (Due irresistibili brontoloni, 1993), Lassie (Lassie - Un vero amico è per sempre, 1994), The Assistant (1997).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Daniel Petrie. SCREENPLAY: Heywood Gould. CINEMATOGRAPHY: John Alcott. FILM EDITING: Rita Roland. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ben Edwards, Christopher Nowak, Philip Smith. COSTUME DESIGN: John Boxer. MUSIC: Gary Green, Jonathan Tunick. CAST: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, John Aquino, Rachel Ticotin, Pam Grier, Kathleen Beller, Daniel Petrie. PRODUCTION: Martin Richards, Tom Fiorello for 20th Century Fox, Producers Circle, Time-Life Films.
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