Billy Bathgate (Blu-ray) R
In 1935, a New York kid was looking for a hero. He found Dutch Schultz.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 22, 2019
- Originally Released: 1991
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman & Loren Dean | |
Performer: | Steve Buscemi, Steven Hill, Stanley Tucci, John Costelloe, Mike Starr, Billy Jaye, Frances Conroy, Moira Kelly, Kevin Corrigan, Xander Berkeley & Bruce Willis | |
Directed by | Robert Benton | |
Edited by | Alan Heim, David Ray & Robert M. Reitano | |
Screenplay by | Tom Stoppard | |
Composition by | Mark Isham | |
Produced by | Robert F. Colesberry & Arlene Donovan | |
Director of Photography: | Néstor Almendros |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C --
The story sounds promising, yet there's a joyless, dutiful air to everything that happens.
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Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 2/4 --
Billy Bathgate cost a lot of money to make, they say, but it's not there on the screen.
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Chicago Sun-Times
...Lavishly mounted and provocative entertainment....[Hoffman] is a roaring, hypnotic wonder...
Rolling Stone
There's plenty of glossy, slick entertainment here if you haven't gotten overly tired of mob flicks.
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
...Big, generous movie entertainment....[Hoffman] dominates the movie...
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Kidman steals the whole show.
eFilmCritic.com
Despite Dean's alert, open performance, Billy remains an opaque witness to events that are unfolding over his head. Hoffman's performance also is problematic.
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Variety
Product Description:
E.L. Doctorow's acclaimed novel forms the basis of BILLY BATHGATE, which stars Loren Dean as the title character. In the New York of 1935, the naive Bronx-born teenager wangles his way into the gang of his hero, crime boss Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman), as a gofer. Although the boy doesn't know it, Schultz is approaching the end of his storied career and the Feds are closing in, hoping to put him behind bars for income-tax evasion. The youth quickly learns about the endless violence, treachery, and double-crossing that characterize mob life, such as Schultz's cold-blooded execution of his former enforcer, Bo Weinberg (Bruce Willis). After Billy tips Dutch off about some traitorous activity in his organization, he moves up a couple of rungs and is soon entrusted with guarding the gangster's girlfriend, Drew Preston (Nicole Kidman). This proves to be something of a problem, since the beauty has a mind of her own and doesn't take anything from anybody, including Dutch. Worse still, Billy finds himself falling in love with her. Dean's pivotal performance strikes just the right balance between street-smart toughness and wide-eyed wonder, and the protean Hoffman adds his explosive portrait of the ruthless, beleaguered Schultz to his long list of unforgettable roles. Steven Hill also shines as Schultz's kindly, razor-sharp business adviser. The film features handsome, period-specific sets by Patrizia von Brandenstein and characteristically brilliant photography by legendary cinematographer Nestor Almendros (DAYS OF HEAVEN), in his last film.