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Actors: Andy Garcia Christopher Walken Treat Williams
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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Jimmy "the Saint" Tosnia (Garcia) has a business videotaping terminally ill patients so they can give their bereaved loved ones "Afterlife Advice." The business isn't doing well, and Jimmy has expensive tastes, so he's gone into hock to loan sharks. A local gangster kingpin identified only as "The Man With the Plan" (Walken) has bought up Jimmy's notes and demands he do a job, which involves throwing a scare into a guy. Unfortunately, Jimmy's eccentric and rusty gang of misfits screws up the job and ends up being hunted by an incredibly skilled assassin (Buscemi) themselves. This is a vivid and violent caper film, more shocking than funny (or shockingly funny), with lots of delightful character acting (especially Buscemi, and Treat Williams as "Critical Bill," not to mention Walken at his utter creepiest). One could call it "Tarantino-esque," and though it doesn't hang together very well, it's worth seeing.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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A young man's hi-tech memorial video business is in financial trouble, so he goes back to his mobster boss to borrow some money. The boss isn't too keen, but they do a deal. This involves a small team going out and bringing back the boss's son's ex-girlfriend and scaring off her new boyfriend. Things go badly wrong: the girl and her new boyfriend getting killed by one of the team's less stable members. The boss is not at all pleased and decides that the team and its leader be killed in reciprocity; brutally -'buckwheats'.
--Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals killing each other
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- main character serviced by a prostitute
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) skinny
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
- A huge amnt of foul language
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