Billy Bathgate

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1738 movies items)

" Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. Billy soon finds himself in a world where wealth and fortune live next door to danger and death. According to critics, the film’s greatest crime was it was meh. Audiences didn’t arrest the film."

Favorite Drama Films: 1990-1991 (111 movies items)

" 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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"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