The Godfather of Greenwich Village

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Movie
German title The Godfather of Greenwich Village
Original title The Pope of Greenwich Village
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 116 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Stuart Rosenberg
script Vincent Patrick
production Gene Kirkwood ,
Hawk Cook
music Dave Grusin
camera John Bailey
cut Robert Brown
occupation

The Pope of Greenwich Village ( The Pope of Greenwich Village ) is an American film drama by Stuart Rosenberg from the year 1984 . Vincent Patrick wrote the script based on his own novel.

action

Italian cousins ​​Paulie and Charlie Moran live in Greenwich Village in Manhattan , New York City . You work in a restaurant. Paulie is caught scamming a check and both are fired. Moran is in debt, needs money for his aerobics trainer friend, and has to pay alimony to an ex-wife. Paulie wants to buy a racehorse. An offer is made to them to take part in a robbery. Charlie actually wants to be honest, but finally lets himself be persuaded. The cousins ​​decide on a robbery that aims to rob a safe with US $ 150,000 in cash. A third man is supposed to help. Charlie's girlfriend tries in vain to talk him out of the idea. A corrupt policeman who lives with his mother wants to steal the same money. He suddenly appears during the attack, but dies of his own awkwardness when he falls into an empty shaft.

It turns out that the stolen money belonged to Eddie, the Greenwich Village mafia godfather. The godfather finds one of the robbers, from whom he learns the names of the other two. Charlie and Paulie's uncle Pete, who is a member of Eddie's crew, tries to help them. However, Paulie has to have a thumb cut off as a punishment. Diana leaves Charlie and simply takes his share of the robbery with her. She leaves him a message on the answering machine and Charlie is angry and destroys his own kitchen. Later Paulie is summoned to see Eddie and Eddie tells him everything. Charlie later comes into possession of an incriminating tape that could put Eddie behind bars for twenty years. Paulie, who now works as a waiter for Eddie, poisons Eddie. Charlie and Paulie leave for Florida .

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the film primarily shows the behavior of the characters; the plot is a pretext for " theatrical " (" showboat ") representations. In this regard, the film is " a dream " for the actors involved . In places it seems as if it could have a deeper meaning, like the film The Godfather did; but he doesn't really have a message to convey. The portrayal of Eric Roberts was " artificial " (" mannered ").

Awards

Geraldine Page was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985 .

background

The film was in Greenwich Village , in Hoboken ( New Jersey ) and Oceanport in Monmouth County rotated (New Jersey). It grossed approximately $ 6.8 million in US cinemas . Originally, Robert De Niro (for the role of Charlie) and Al Pacino (for the role of Paulie) were intended for the main roles .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  2. ↑ Filming locations for The Pope of Greenwich Village
  3. ^ Business Data for The Pope of Greenwich Village
  4. ↑ Heard, Christopher (2006). "Chapter Six: Iconic Measures". Mickey Rourke: High and Low. London, England: Plexus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85965-386-2 , page 40.

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