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28Aug2017

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Heat | 1995 | UK Quad

Heat is a 1995 film directed by Michael Mann. He also co-produced the film with Art Linson as well as writing the screenplay. It stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight and Val Kilmer. The storyline follows Neil McCauley, a professional thief who has Lt. Vincent Hanna, an LAPD robbery-homicide detective trying to track him and his gang down following the robbery of an armoured car. The film is based on the true story of a real Neil McCauley, a calculating criminal and ex-Alcatraz inmate who was tracked down by Detective Chuck Adamson in 1964. On March 25, 1964, McCauley and members of his regular crew followed an armoured car that delivered money to a Chicago grocery store. Once the dr...

5Jun2017

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Goodfellas | 1990 | BFI R2016 | UK Quad

Goodfellas is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese. It was produced by Irwin Winkler with the screenplay was co-written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese. The film is based on an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy written by Nicholas Pileggi. It stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. The storyline is based on Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of the mafia. Covering his relationship with wife Karen Hill and his rise and fall along with his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVitto in the Italian-American crime syndicate over a period from 1955 to 1980. Initially, Martin Scorsese had named the film Wise Guy after the book is was based on but had postponed make it; later, he and Nicholas Pileggi ...

18Dec2016

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Raging Bull | 1980 | Final | UK Quad

Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent. Scorsese was initially reluctant to develop the project, though he eventually came to relate to La Motta's s...

The Untouchables | 1987 | Final | UK One Sheet

19Sep2016

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The Untouchables | 1987 | Final | UK One Sheet

The Untouchables is a 1987 gangster film directed by Brian De Palma. It was produced by Art Linson with David Mamet writing the screenplay based on the autobiographical memoirs in the book of the same name by Eliot Ness (co-written with Oscar Fraley) and originally published in 1957. The film stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. The storyline follows Eliot Ness, a government agent played by Kevin Costner who is chasing notorious gang leader Al Capone played by Robert De Niro. Sean Connery plays Irish-American officer Jimmy Malone who is based on the real life Irish-American agent and "Untouchables" member Marty Lahart. The film reflects the autobiographical account of Eliot Ness and the efforts of his Untouchables team to bring Capone ...