Gloria, the gangster bride
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| German title | Gloria, the gangster bride |
| Original title | Gloria |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 122 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | John Cassavetes |
| script | John Cassavetes |
| production | Sam Shaw |
| music | Bill Conti |
| camera | Fred Schuler |
| cut | George C. Villaseñor |
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Gloria the Gangster Bride is a 1980 gangster film starring Gena Rowlands in the title role and written and directed by John Cassavetes . In 1999 the American director Sidney Lumet shot a remake of the same name with Sharon Stone in the title role.
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The film tells the story of a woman who comes from a criminal background in New York and comes into conflict with her old friends when she rescues a boy from the neighborhood whose family is murdered in cold blood by gangsters. At first she tries clumsily to get rid of the boy. When the killers reappear to get the boy, she turns against them. A wild chase begins, which ends in the gangsters' headquarters.
The core of the film is a character study of an aged gangster bride who desires nothing more than to escape the milieu in order to spend the rest of her life in peace with her savings.
The boy, the son of a Puerto Rican friend, is forced on her when the gangsters are already in the house to kill the family. A conflict develops between the disoriented boy, who has just lost his family, and the sullen woman, whose life has also been overturned by this event. When she realizes the futility of fleeing and takes the initiative, this also leads to a greater closeness between the two protagonists.
Film music
The soundtrack comes from Bill Conti.
- Main Title
- The hit
- Aftermath
- Gloria and the boy
- Hide and seek
- On the run
- Bonding
- Chase 1
- A dark night
- Chase 2
- A boy alone
- Reunion and Finale
A “Limited Collector's Edition” (2000 pieces) was released in 2006 on the “Varese Sarabande” label. In the CD booklet, Cassavetes and Bill Conti have their say about the genesis of the soundtrack, as well as one of the musicians involved. Bill Conti expresses himself enthusiastically about the artistic freedom and the generous music budget.
Reviews
"An action film about the ubiquity of violence, which ironically reverses the patterns of the gangster film genre and, with its fairytale-like ending, also accepts the dream world of the cinema."
Awards
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 1980 .
Gena Rowlands was nominated for the 1981 Oscar for Best Actress for her acting performance ; but this won Sissy Spacek ( Nashville Lady ). The Boston Society of Film Critics awarded her the Best Actress Award for this role in 1980 .
John Adames, however, was awarded the Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor of 1980 for his role as the boy .
Web links
- Gloria, the gangster's moll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bill Conti at Discogs (English)
- Gloria, the gangster bride in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gloria, the gangster bride. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 7, 2017 .