Rating: R
Movie Release Date: September 3, 1908 (France) / April 3, 1981 (USA)
DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002
Plot 411: A girl with big dreams is caught up in a mess when her estranged husband shows up with drugs in tow.
Review: Susan Sarandon is Sally, a girl just trying to make it as a casino dealer in Atlantic City. However, when her husband Dave (Robert Joy) and her sister Chrissie (Hollis McLaren) turn up at her workplace, Sally is forced to give them a place to stay despite her personal feelings. Dave, a petty thief, has plans to sell drugs in Atlantic City but soon discovers that the thugs the drugs belong to are after him. Former runner for the mob Lou (Burt Lancaster) has secretly been infatuated with Sally, his next-door neighbor, for quite some time and is finally given the opportunity to interact with her when Dave asks for his help as a runner. He thinks she can make him feel young again because he longs for the old days when the mob ran the town. The lives of the characters all intersect as drug deals unravel. This movie had a lot to say about the changing of times, how people deal with aging, one's identity and self-esteem and the innocence of youth. It contrasted the lifestyles of hippies and of soon-to-be yuppies as progress and development changed the landscape of people's lives during this time period. Lou reminisces about how powerful he was when he had a purpose in life running numbers for the mob, but in reality, he was just a low-ranking errand boy. To be honest, I thought this film was quite slow going despite the great acting of Lancaster and Sarandon. Even with the addition of "bad guys," this film is more focused on the lives of the characters than on the action one assumes would be involved when drugs in the picture.
Watch It: For a character piece that has larger societal implications.
Skip It: Because everything just looked drab and disheartening. Although, I'm pretty sure this is what the filmmakers were going for, it was also gritty because of the age of the film and probably the film-to-dvd transfer wasn't all that good.
Movie Release Date: September 3, 1908 (France) / April 3, 1981 (USA)
DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002
Plot 411: A girl with big dreams is caught up in a mess when her estranged husband shows up with drugs in tow.
Review: Susan Sarandon is Sally, a girl just trying to make it as a casino dealer in Atlantic City. However, when her husband Dave (Robert Joy) and her sister Chrissie (Hollis McLaren) turn up at her workplace, Sally is forced to give them a place to stay despite her personal feelings. Dave, a petty thief, has plans to sell drugs in Atlantic City but soon discovers that the thugs the drugs belong to are after him. Former runner for the mob Lou (Burt Lancaster) has secretly been infatuated with Sally, his next-door neighbor, for quite some time and is finally given the opportunity to interact with her when Dave asks for his help as a runner. He thinks she can make him feel young again because he longs for the old days when the mob ran the town. The lives of the characters all intersect as drug deals unravel. This movie had a lot to say about the changing of times, how people deal with aging, one's identity and self-esteem and the innocence of youth. It contrasted the lifestyles of hippies and of soon-to-be yuppies as progress and development changed the landscape of people's lives during this time period. Lou reminisces about how powerful he was when he had a purpose in life running numbers for the mob, but in reality, he was just a low-ranking errand boy. To be honest, I thought this film was quite slow going despite the great acting of Lancaster and Sarandon. Even with the addition of "bad guys," this film is more focused on the lives of the characters than on the action one assumes would be involved when drugs in the picture.
Watch It: For a character piece that has larger societal implications.
Skip It: Because everything just looked drab and disheartening. Although, I'm pretty sure this is what the filmmakers were going for, it was also gritty because of the age of the film and probably the film-to-dvd transfer wasn't all that good.
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