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Actors: Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey, Meade Roberts, Al Ruban
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
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THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE is a film written and directed by John Cassavetes in 1976.
Cosmo Vitelli is the owner of the "Crazy Horse West" strip club in Las Vegas. One night, he loses $23,000 while playing poker at Mort Weil's place. Cosmo doesn't have the money to pay his debt to Mort and his associates who are mobsters. Mort strongly suggests Cosmoget even by performing a hit for the mob. All he has to do is to kill a Chinese bookmaker downtown. Left with no other choices, Cosmo kills the man who's in fact the head of the Chinese Triads of the west coast. Wounded by a bullet, Cosmo comes back to his club only to learn that the mob wants him dead now. However, Vitelli goes on presenting the show every night.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Mafia conflict
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- Las Vegas
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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