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Actors: Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Gandolfini, Ron Leibman,
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Written for the screen and directed by Sidney Lumet, NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN has been theatrically released in 1997.
Ian Holm is a New-York policeman badly hit while tempting to arrest Jordan Washington - played by Shiek Mahmud-Bey - the most dangerous drug dealer in Harlem. His son Andy Garcia is chosen to prosecute Washington after his surrender. Garcia does a wonderful job at the trial and is soon elected as District Attorney of NYC.
A good Lumet movie.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- election campaign
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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