True Confessions (UK)

True Confessions (UK) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
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English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ulu Grosbard
John Gregory Dunne

Written By:
Ulu Grosbard
Joan Didion

Actors:
Robert De Niro ..... Des Spellacy
Robert Duvall ..... "
Charles Durning ..... Jack Amsterdam
Kenneth McMillan ..... Frank Crotty
Ed Flanders ..... Dan T. Campion
Cyril Cusack ..... Cardinal Danaher
Burgess Meredith ..... Seamus Fargo
Rose Gregorio ..... Brenda Samuels
Dan Hedaya ..... Howard Terke
Gwen Van Dam ..... Mrs. Fazenda
Thomas Hill ..... Mr. Fazenda
Jeanette Nolan ..... Mrs. Spellacy
Jorge Cervera Jr. ..... Eduardo Duarte
Susan Myers ..... Bride
Louisa Moritz ..... Whore

Synopsis:

Adapted by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion from Didion's novel, True Confessions uses the still-unsolved "Black Dahlia" murder as the foundation for a devastating attack on big-city corruption-in which it appears that many of the perpetrators wear clerical collars. In, 1948 Los Angeles detective Robert Duvall is assigned to investigate the death of a priest, who apparently suffered a heart attack while being serviced by a prostitute. Meanwhile, Duvall's brother, young Catholic monsignor Robert DeNiro, is reluctantly currying favor with crooked contractor Charles Durning, the better to finance an expansion of DeNiro's church. The unifying factor between Duvall and DeNiro, beyond their sibling relationship, turns out to be the grisly murder of a hooker. The key words in the labyrinthine proceedings are Power, Ambition, and Hypocrisy.

De Niro (a Catholic Priest) and Duvall (a Homicide Detective) play brothers drawn together after many years apart, in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 May, 2010.