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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c1999.
Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
Subject:Feature films.
Boxing matches.
Detectives.
New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Police films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format: DVD Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653677
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Other authors / contributors:Cage, Nicolas, 1965-
Sinise, Gary.
Heard, John.
ISBN:0792154487 :
9780792154488
Notes:Originally released as a motion picture.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn.
DVD.
Summary:A flamboyant Atlantic City police detective goes to watch a heavyweight championship fight and cash in on the hectic betting. Suddenly, gunfire cuts down a ringside government official and Santoro has 14,000 suspects. The clues all lead to a shattering truth Santaoro does not want to believe.
Target Audience:Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated R.
Description
Summary:Brian DePalma directed this taut thriller, set in Atlantic City, where a corrupt cop investigates a political assassination. Outside an Atlantic City arena-hotel-casino, a TV news reporter stands in a pre-hurricane storm to report on the heavyweight boxing match about to begin inside. A transition to the stadium interior focuses on Atlantic City homicide Detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage), a father with a wife and son, yet also a dishonest cop who maintains a mistress and cheerfully accepts bribes. DePalma's Steadicam follows Santoro on a fast-paced tour of the stadium as the laughing, yelling detective travels stairs and hallways, talks to a gal with a between-rounds placard, visits the dressing room of champ Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw), rides down an escalator to squeeze money from a small-time hood, enters the arena of 14,000 fight fans, talks on his phone with his girlfriend and wife, and sits ringside next to his lifelong buddy, Navy Cmdr. Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise). Behind Dunne, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani) is seated alongside billionaire casino owner Gilbert Powell (John Heard). As the fight gets underway, Dunne abandons his position protecting the defense chief to pursue a suspicious redhead. From his ringside vantage point, Santoro has a close view of the champ, curiously conscious despite taking a kayo punch. At that moment, an assassin fires at Kirkland. Santoro immediately concocts a good cover story for his pal (to explain why Dunne left his post protecting Kirkland). Just after the shooting, Dunne kills a Palestinian extremist, the apparent killer, and Santoro orders the stadium doors locked, hoping he can locate other suspects among the fleeing crowd. One such is Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), an injured woman in a blond wig who spoke with Kirkland seconds before the gunfire. After a video replay reveals the champ took a fall, going down to the floor from a punch that never touched him, Santoro becomes more curious and suspicious, comparing witness accounts, and he attempts to locate Julia, convinced she's the key to truth behind the assassination. As it all comes to a head, Santoro peels through successive layers of corruption, ultimately confronting himself in a self-examination of his own values. Filmed at Montreal's old Forum. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
During a heavyweight championship fight a government official is assassinated at ringside; 14,000 fans suddenly become 14,000 suspects & one man has to find the truth.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated R.
ISBN:0792154487 :
9780792154488