Miller's Crossing
by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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Actor: Gabriel Byrne, J.E. Freeman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay HardenDirector: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Miller's Crossing
DVD Review: Who ever thought a steady calm would chill your bones...
Summary: 5 Stars
Often hailed as the Coen brothers finest film; `Millers Crossing' is a brilliant gangster film that exceeds the film the Academy decided to embrace this given year (yes, I'm talking to you `GoodFellas'). `Millers Crossing' is quiet when it needs to be, shocking when necessary, and always effortlessly chilling.
The film tells the story of Irish gangster Tom Reagan, lieutenant to crime boss Liam O'Bannon. O'Bannon's power is challenged by rival crime boss Johnny Caspar, and soon things start to shift within the O'Bannon clan. When it is revealed that Reagan is having an affair with O'Bannon's lover Verna his is cast out of the family and soon finds himself negotiating with Caspar. Tom has some outstanding gambling debts that threaten his life, and Verna's brother Bernie has been making trouble for Caspar, so they make a deal.
If Tom helps Caspar with his problem, Caspar will help Tom with his.
The film is a solid gangster film that embellishes all the great things about this particular genre. It is violent, extremely at times, but it is also very sullen. The film possesses this unsettling calm, this effortless ease that permeates each scene and gives off this purified feeling of dread. This is especially noticeable in the forest scenes that just reek of fantastic, caressing the audience with its faux sense of serenity.
We can all get down on our knees and praise cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld for this.
The same calm accomplished by the direction is also evident in the marvelous acting on all fronts. The film is carried on the shoulders of Gabriel Byrne, who marvelously captures the repressed hostility within Tom's actions. As great as Byrne is, the supporting cast is so much better. Miss Harden is flawless, delivering a distilled sensuality that just envelopes her character and everyone around her. Jon Polito is effectively repulsive as Caspar, and J.E. Freeman is chillingly horrific as Eddie Dane, Reagan's biggest opponent. Albert Finney is marvelous as Liam O'Bannon, capturing the paternal instincts as well as the killer ones. He reminds me somewhat of Tony Soprano, likable yet deadly, but in a vastly different way.
The films biggest stand out would have to be John Turturro though, such a brilliantly layered performance. He goes from sadistic to emotionally crippled with effortless ease, and his whole breakdown in the woods, where he begs for his life, is the film single greatest moment. What makes that moment so fantastic is the mirrored moment that comes towards the end, where Bernie tries his hand at the same plea...
"Look into your heart."
...but you can tell, as he can, that this time it won't work. You can see on his face that he knows that you know that everyone else knows that we can see right through this fa?ade.
"What heart?"
`Millers Crossing' is a marvelously crafted epic that will leave your blood chilled and your heart cold, and that is beautiful when considering the genre. There are countless efforts made in this regard, to create a gangster film that get everything right, but rarely does it happen with such effortless grace. The Coen's have a huge following, and they have won awards for films such as `Fargo' and the recent `No Country for Old Men'; but to me, `Millers Crossing' is probably their finest hour. It saddens me that this film was entirely ignored by Oscar.
DVD Review: Strong period piece
Summary: 4 Stars
With a bit of tightening-up, this powerful period piece could be even stronger. I'm merely suggesting some editing out of a few unnecessary bits and shortening of some rather lengthy scenes.
That said, this film features a complicated plot, a superb cast, quite a bit of gangster/Prohibition era violence, beatings and shoot-outs, great music, and beautiful photography by Barry Sonnenfeld, who went on to become a director not long afterwards. The Coens did not fare well with this at the box office, as it places many demands on the audience, but it is worth seeing at home if you have the patience to pay attention to it and stick with it.
Gabriel Byrne is riveting as the troubled and put-upon main character, while the very emotional John Turturro proves that no one is better than he is at begging for his life.
And if you like hats, well, you will be in hat heaven!
DVD Review: Runnin things. It ain't all gravy.
Summary: 4 Stars
A highly stylized and satisfying version of the 1930's underworld. A chesslike plot melodramticaly propels characters. The scene where Leo defends an attack on his house with a Thompson sub machine gun is one of my favorite action scenes of all time.DVD Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
Another Coen Brothers movie that surpasses all expectations. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi, and Marcia Gay Harden perform exceptionally. It is a disturbing and suspenseful drama that flows along effortlessly and catches the viewer up in a way that he is gripping the seat he is sitting on. This movie brings you into the Coen Brothers' minds and shows you how much immeasurable creativity they have.
A definite choice for Coen Brothers' fans as well as for fans of suspense.
DVD Review: ALL WEEPY
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought I might go all weepy at the beauty of this film. Albert Finney,
as Leo is a glorious stand-out--somehow I knew he would have on spats-- and his "come out blazing" scene is glorious. John Turturro is right on as a sniveling weasel, but Gabriel Byrne as Tom is a dream. All the way through the movie, I was wondering, is Tom planning all this, or is he ad libing as the needs of self preservation present themselves. I did not really know until the last scene. What a beautifully done movie. If you did not "catch it" then, you should "catch it" now. You will not be disappointed.
Description of Miller's Crossing
Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (Barton Fink Fargo) create a complex and graphic vision of gangsterism set during Prohibition and featuring a riveting rouges' gallery of killers and con men.Leo (Albert Finney) a likeable Irish gangster boss rules an Eastern city along with Tom (Gabriel Byrne) his trusted lieutenant and counselor. But just as their authority is challenged by an Italian underboss (J.E. Freeman) Leo and Tom also fall for the same woman. Tom caught in the jaws of a gangland power struggle walks a deadly tightrope as he tries to control and manipulate its violent outcomes.System Requirements:Starring: Albert Finney Gabriel Byrne John Turturro Jon Polito Marcia Gay Harden J.E. Freeman. Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen. Running Time: 115 Min. Color. Copyright 2003 Twentieth Century Fox.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?R UPC:?024543073833 Manufacturer No:?2007383Arguably the best film by Joel and Ethan Coen, the 1990 Miller's Crossing stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom, a loyal lieutenant of a crime boss named Leo (Albert Finney) who is in a Prohibition-era turf war with his major rival, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito). A man of principle, Tom nevertheless is romantically involved with Leo's lover (Marcia Gay Harden), whose screwy brother (John Turturro) escapes a hit ordered by Caspar only to become Tom's problem. Making matters worse, Tom has outstanding gambling debts he can't pay, which keeps him in regular touch with a punishing enforcer. With all the energy the Coens put into their films, and all their focused appreciation of genre conventions and rules, and all their efforts to turn their movies into ironic appreciations of archetypes in American fiction, they never got their formula so right as with Miller's Crossing. With its Hammett-like dialogue and Byzantine plot and moral chaos mitigated by one hero's personal code, the film so transcends its self-scrutiny as a retro-crime thriller that it is a deserved classic in its own right. --Tom Keogh
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