At Close Range (1986)

Voti degli utenti:

6.8/10   

Regista:

James Foley

Scrittori:

Elliott Lewitt (story) and
Nicholas Kazan (story) ...

Data di uscita:

18 aprile 1986 (USA)

Genere:

Crimine | Romantico | Drammatico

Slogan:

Like father. Like son. Like hell.

Plot:

A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware that...

Plot Keywords:

1970s | Murder | Small Town | Gay Slur | Father Son Relationship

Premi:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

It's in the genes.

Cast

Sean Penn	...	Brad Whitewood Jr.
Christopher Walken	...	Brad Whitewood Sr.
Mary Stuart Masterson	...	Terry
Chris Penn	...	Tommy Whitewood (as Christopher Penn)
Millie Perkins	...	Julie
Eileen Ryan	...	Grandma
Tracey Walter	...	Uncle Patch Whitewood
R.D. Call	...	Dickie
David Strathairn	...	Tony Pine
J.C. Quinn	...	Boyd
Candy Clark	...	Mary Sue
Jake Dengel	...	Lester
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Tim
Stephen Geoffreys	...	Aggie
Crispin Glover	...	Lucas

Alias:

A distanza ravvicinata (Italy) [it]

Durata:

111 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby

Divieti:

Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #27933) | Australia:R | Iceland:16

Luoghi riprese:

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Compagnia:

Hemdale Film

Curiosità:

In the scenes filmed in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee there's a monument with a soldier that is visible in the middle of the square. In reality, the monument is of a confederate soldier, but as this story is supposed to be in Pennsylvania, the production team had to change the appearance of the statue to look like a revolutionary war soldier.

Errori:

Varie: After Brad Jr. fires off several rounds around his father, he shoves the end of the handgun's barrel right into his father's face. The heat from the rounds that were just fired seconds before should have been enough to burn his father's face, yet Brad Sr. doesn't flinch, and when Brad. Jr. pulls the gun back from his father's face, there is no evidence of a burn.

Citazioni:

Brad Whitewood Sr.: I just bought this car. She's a chariot! Give me $4500 for it ?

Collegamenti:

Citato in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Nick Kazan (2006) (V)

Colonna sonora:

IT STARTED WITH A TOUCH

It's in the genes.

This raw look at small town hoods brutally exposes us to a portion of society rarely depicted in movies. Souped-up cars and small time heists are nothing new, but `At Close Range' is really more ‘The Godfather' than `Bonnie and Clyde'.

Disobedient kids, worthless mom, ineffective stepfather. Every day we hear tell of it on Montel, Jerry Springer, and Sally. Here, we see it, here we live it.

James Foley does his best work here, you might think it funny to call a film with a lot of 4x8 paneling and muscle shirts ‘stylish' but this film has its own distinctive style, in many ways reminding me of Michael Mann's very stylish `Thief'

Christopher Walken is nothing short of spectacular. Both the Penn brothers (Sean and Chris) do very strong turns as sons of this verrry badddd man.

Great story, powerful performances. All too real. Even a bit of a storybook ending doesn't tarnish this one.