Billy Bathgate

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Billy Bathgate is a 1989 novel by author E. L. Doctorow that won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for 1990, the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 1990 William Dean Howells Medal, and was the runner-up for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and the 1989 National Book Award. The book was dedicated to Jason Epstein. A film based on the novel was released in 1991 to very mixed reviews. Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Billy Bathgate is a 1989 novel by author E. L. Doctorow that won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for 1990, the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 1990 William Dean Howells Medal, and was the runner-up for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and the 1989 National Book Award. The book was dedicated to Jason Epstein. A film based on the novel was released in 1991 to very mixed reviews. Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the"

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"(1991) ... and Steve Buscemi ... and Nicole Kidman"

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" Directed by: Robert Benton Produced by: Robert F. Colesberry and Arlene Donavan Written by: Tom Stoppard Based on the book by: E.L. Doctorow Cinematography: Nestor Almendros Edited by: Alan Heim, David Ray, and Robert M. Reitano Music by: Mark Isham Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures "

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" Loren Dean"

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" Nicole Kidman and Loren Dean"

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"I'm sure Hoffman would like to forget about this one."

An average movie

“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick. Still, I remember it very well, before watching the damned thing, since it was involving such actors like Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Bruce Willis, I had some rather high expectations. Eventually, I was actually amazed about how half-baked the whole thing turned out to be. Basically, it was some kind of really weak version of ‘Goodfellas’ taking place in the 30’s. The biggest difference between those 2 movies was that the main character in ‘Goodfellas’, Henry Hill, was really charismatic while Billy Bathgate was just such a wimp. Seriously, it is not very often that you will come across such an uncharismactic lead character. I mean, even though he was the title character, on the poster, the guy was actually hid” read more