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" Raul Julia, Teri Garr, Rebecca De Mornay and Allen Garfield "
"Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious romantic musical with songs by Tom Waits is hugely flawed yet still impressive. Frederic Forrest and Teri Garr play a couple struggling to stay together and so find love with other people, all in the backdrop of Las Vegas. A treat for the eyes as Coppola tries to give us something more stagey and brimming with colour, yet the characters don't quite gel and there are moments where the direction if overdone. "
“Since I’m a big fan of Francis Ford Coppola’s work, I was really eager to check this movie and it took me many years to finally watch the damned thing. Well, I wish I could say it was worth the wait but, unfortunately, it turned out to be rather underwhelming. I don’t know, it seems that after ruling the 70’s by making back-to-back 4 masterpieces, Coppola didn’t think he should try so hard this time around. Actually, even though it seemed to be a rather simple movie, it eventually cost 10 times more than what was planned because, for some reasons, Coppola decided to shot the whole thing on stages and decided also to make some expensive technical experimentations. In fact, the guy lost so much money on this movie that it completely derailed his career and, as a result, all the mov” read more