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29 de set. de 1989 · Johnny Handsome: Directed by Walter Hill. With Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman. After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Walter Hill
- 1989-09-29
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- Soundtrack
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John Sedley is a man with a disfigured face, mocked by others as "Johnny Handsome." He and a friend are double-crossed by two accomplices in a crime, Sunny Boyd and her partner Rafe, and a Judge sends Johnny to jail, where he vows to get even once he gets out. In prison, Johnny meets a surgeon named Fisher, who is looking for a guinea pig so he can...
Development
The novel was published in 1972. Film rights were bought that year by 20th Century Fox who announced the film would be produced by Paul Heller and Fred Weintraub for their Sequoia Productions Company.However the film was not made. The material was optioned by Charles Roven who tried to interest Walter Hill in it in 1982. Hill turned it down. "I turned it down three years later and about two years after that", said Hill. "I thought it was a good yarn ... [but] ... At the same time, there is th...
Shooting
Shooting took place in November 1988 in New Orleans, where Hill had previously made Hard Times and Southern Comfort. Ellen Barkin said she wanted to play her role because her character, Sunny Hill said Hill enjoyed working with Rourke: "In most cases", Hill says, "producers hope for a huge American box office and treat the European market as a nice little bonus. We're doing the opposite. We're hoping to do respectable business here. But Mickey is a huge star over in Europe. 9 1/2 Weeks and An...
The film premiered in September 1989 at the Toronto Festival of Festivals. It also screened at the Venice Film Festival. Johnny Handsome received mixed reviews from critics. It holds a rating of 60% on Rotten Tomatoesbased on 15 reviews. Henriksen and Barkin were nominated by the Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor and Best S...
The soundtrack for the movie was written by Ry Cooder, with 4 of the 16 songs co-written with Jim Keltner. The music was performed by Cooder, Keltner and Steve Douglas, with occasional horn backing, arranged by Van Dyke Parks. The soundtrack was produced by Cooder.
After the film's theatrical run, the film was released on videocassette and laserdisc in 1990 by International Video Entertainment. In 2002, the film was finally released on DVD, but without any bonus material and was shown in only a full frame presentation. In 2010 the film was released on Blu-ray through Lions Gate Entertainment in its original w...
In 2008, Slant Magazine published a review of the Mickey Rourke film The Wrestler which commented on the similarities between that and Johnny Handsome:
Johnny Handsome at IMDbJohnny Handsome at AllMovieJohnny Handsome at Box Office MojoJohnny Handsome at Rotten Tomatoes- $20 million
- Ry Cooder
- September 29, 1989
30 de mar. de 2020 · Directed by Walter Hill. With Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman and Elizabeth McGovern.Blu-ray (Amazon) : https://amzn.to/47DxIlrWatch (Prime) http...
Sinopse. Um vigarista de pouca importância é depreciativamente chamado de Johnny Handsome (Mickey Rourke), em virtude de ter um rosto grotescamente deformado. Durante o tumulto...
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- Drama, Suspense, Policial
- Walter Hill
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© 2024 Google LLC. Trailer for Walter Hill's film starring Mickey Rourke, Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker, Lance Henriksen, Scott Wilson, Davi...
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Johnny Handsome. Mickey Rourke as Johnny Handsome. Film noir: A motion picture with an often grim urban setting, photographed in somber tones and permeated by a feeling of disillusionment, pessimism and despair. -- Random House Dictionary.
