Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) ( Vromikes ypotheseis )

Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Vromikes ypotheseis
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Collectors Edition
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sidney Lumet

Written By:
Robert Daley
Sidney Lumet

Actors:
Andy Garcia ..... Sean Casey
Ian Holm ..... Liam Casey
James Gandolfini ..... Joey Allegretto
Lena Olin ..... Peggy Lindstrom
Shiek Mahmud-Bey ..... Jordan Washington
Colm Feore ..... Elihu Harrison
Ron Leibman ..... Morgenstern
Richard Dreyfuss ..... Sam Vigoda
Dominic Chianese ..... Judge Impelliteri
Paul Guilfoyle ..... McGovern
Bonnie Rose ..... Instructor
Norman Matlock ..... Detective
Sidney Armus ..... Judge
James Murtaugh ..... Man in Asylum (as Jim Murtaugh)
Melba Martinez ..... Legal Aid Attorney

Synopsis:

The dominant themes of director Sidney Lumet's distinguished career are in full force in Night Falls on Manhattan, a moral melodrama involving a young district attorney (Andy Garcia) who takes on a career-making case only to uncover his father's possible involvement in pervasive police corruption. Balancing personal ethics and political compromise in a high-wire act of power and its abuse, Lumet relies on dialogue and superb performances (including those by Ron Leibman, Richard Dreyfuss and Lena Olin) to achieve a devastating impact. The script (based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley) is too smart and Lumet's direction too sure-footed to fall back on the black-and-white exploits of conventional criminals and their crimes. The movie's moral framework (like that of Lumet's earlier film Q&A) is more realistic, dealing in the grey areas between right and wrong where misdeeds can arise from the best intentions. At the centre of Garcia's dilemma is his father, a seasoned New York cop played so convincingly by Ian Holm that you'd never guess the actor was British. Although it received mixed reviews when released in 1997, Night Falls on Manhattan ranks among Lumet's finest films.

Andy Garcia stars with Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss in this electrifying political thriller from celebrated director Sidney Lumet. Sean Casey (Garcia) is just another idealistic assistant D.A. - until his prosecution of a cop-killing drug lord catapults him into the center of New York's tempestuous political arena. Vowing to follow the clues wherever they lead, the young D.A. embarks on a search for the truth that will force him to question his faith in the law, his loyalty to loved ones and his place in a system where justice is the ultimate con.

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

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