Andy Garcia is a highly acclaimed and versatile Cuban-American actor, director, and musician. Born as Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, he has made a significant impact in the film industry with his iconic characters and dedication to his craft. Despite his success, Garcia remains a private and guarded individual, focusing on his acting roots and personal projects. Let’s take a closer look at his journey, from his early life to his rise to stardom and his notable contributions to the world of cinema.
Andy Garcia. Depositphotos
Andy Garcia’s parents, Amelie Menéndez and René García Núñez, were both Cuban natives. His mother was an English teacher, while his father worked as an attorney and avocado farmer. Garcia’s family was relatively affluent until Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba. In 1961, when Garcia was just two years old, his family fled to Miami Beach, seeking refuge from the political turmoil.
Andy Garcia. Depositphotos
Andy Garcia’s parents, Amelie Menéndez and René García Núñez, were both Cuban natives. His mother was an English teacher, while his father worked as an attorney and avocado farmer. Garcia’s family was relatively affluent until Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba. In 1961, when Garcia was just two years old, his family fled to Miami Beach, seeking refuge from the political turmoil.
- 10/26/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Harrison Ford didn't exactly need a hit in 1989 when he signed on for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," but his agent was probably overjoyed that he was returning to the blockbuster franchise that broadened his appeal beyond "Star Wars." Though the character of Indiana Jones was not tailor made for Ford (Tom Selleck had been offered the role first), he'd imbued the whip-cracking archaeologist with the same roguish, seat-of-his-pants charm that made Han Solo such a dashing delight. Indy is certainly capable, but not overly confident. He's accident prone. He's constantly improvising his way out of peril, and, in doing so, piles more rough mileage on that middle-aged frame.
Moviegoers lined up to see Ford as Han and Indy, but they were less enthusiastic about his dramatic turns. He'd scored a surprise hit as a Philadelphia cop hiding out in Amish country in Peter Weir's "Witness," but found...
Moviegoers lined up to see Ford as Han and Indy, but they were less enthusiastic about his dramatic turns. He'd scored a surprise hit as a Philadelphia cop hiding out in Amish country in Peter Weir's "Witness," but found...
- 12/28/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Looking back on his 35-year career at the Red Sea Film Festival, Andy Garcia noted how far things had changed since he started out as a Cuban American actor. “When I started there were no opportunities. Only gang members.” He would tell casting directors: “I didn’t study Latin acting 101, I studied Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams.” Has the situation improved? Garcia offered qualified optimism: “It’s gotten better, especially in the casting. Not so much in the stories.”
His career has included working alongside stars like Sean Connery, Al Pacino and George Clooney, and under the direction of top helmers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma and Steven Soderbergh.
“It was a dream for me to be an actor and work on films. I’ve really been blessed, but I’m still dreaming. There are a lot of things I want to do, but I’ve had a...
His career has included working alongside stars like Sean Connery, Al Pacino and George Clooney, and under the direction of top helmers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma and Steven Soderbergh.
“It was a dream for me to be an actor and work on films. I’ve really been blessed, but I’m still dreaming. There are a lot of things I want to do, but I’ve had a...
- 12/5/2022
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
This big screen, big star crowd-pleaser is a whopping entertainment yet too disjointed to satisfy as a gangster movie. It can ignore history to make its points, but what is gained by killing off the only characters we really love? Audiences didn’t feel shortchanged: Sean Connery and Robert De Niro deliver strong characterizations and Ennio Morricone’s music is ideal. Brian De Palma’s visual instincts are at full strength too; the show is marvelous to look at. It’s a real winner, at least when its not running in knee-jerk Scarface overkill mode.
The Untouchables 4K
4K Ultra HD + Digital
Paramount
1987 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 119 min. / Street Date May 31, 2022 / Available from Amazon / 25.99
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Steven Goldstein, Del Close, Clifton James.
Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Art Director: William A.
The Untouchables 4K
4K Ultra HD + Digital
Paramount
1987 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 119 min. / Street Date May 31, 2022 / Available from Amazon / 25.99
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Steven Goldstein, Del Close, Clifton James.
Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Art Director: William A.
- 6/4/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When Andy Garcia first got the script for The Untouchables, Brian de Palma’s 1987 thriller about Eliot Ness’ takedown of mob boss Al Capone, he was approached to play Capone hitman Frank Nitti. But he lobbied instead for the role of George Stone, the rookie Chicago cop who joins Ness’ elite squad of prohibition enforcers right out of the police academy. The part appealed to Garcia for several reasons, not the least of which was the opportunity to work closely opposite his idol, Sean Connery, who played hard-nosed veteran cop Jimmy Malone.
- 11/2/2020
- by Maria Fontoura
- Rollingstone.com
The star-studded biopic Capone is due to be released via digital platforms on May 12th. Tom Hardy plays Al Capone in his later years in the movie and he looks fantastic. Linda Cardellini, Kyle MacLachlan, and Matt Dillon co-star. Al Capone is America’s best-known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city and an interesting variety of Hollywood stars have had the leading role as Al Capone in the many films that have been made that featured him as a character.
The first film about Capone was produced when he was still making headlines. The main character may be named Antonio Camonte, but there’s little doubt as to who producer Howard Hughes had in mind when...
The first film about Capone was produced when he was still making headlines. The main character may be named Antonio Camonte, but there’s little doubt as to who producer Howard Hughes had in mind when...
- 4/29/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Piranha
Blu ray
Shout! Factory
1978/ 1.85:1 / 92 min.
Starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
Cinematography by Jamie Anderson
Directed by Joe Dante
In 1968 Joe Dante and Jon Davison teamed up to make The Movie Orgy, a counter-culture take on 1941’s comic blitzkrieg, Hellzapoppin’. Running two hours longer than Ben-Hur, the Dante/Davison opus was an epic mash up of monster movies, kids’ shows, A-Bomb tests and toothpaste commercials – the cinematic equivalent of a Will Elder cartoon.
If it had an agenda, it was pure fun – a seven-hour blow out aimed at altered college kids weened on Mad Magazine and Famous Monsters. These days Bigfoot makes more appearances than The Movie Orgy but when one of those infrequent screenings materializes audiences are galvanized by the onslaught – and surprised by what was hiding in plain sight all the time – the supposedly buttoned-down Eisenhower era was not just deeply subversive but more than a little weird.
Blu ray
Shout! Factory
1978/ 1.85:1 / 92 min.
Starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
Cinematography by Jamie Anderson
Directed by Joe Dante
In 1968 Joe Dante and Jon Davison teamed up to make The Movie Orgy, a counter-culture take on 1941’s comic blitzkrieg, Hellzapoppin’. Running two hours longer than Ben-Hur, the Dante/Davison opus was an epic mash up of monster movies, kids’ shows, A-Bomb tests and toothpaste commercials – the cinematic equivalent of a Will Elder cartoon.
If it had an agenda, it was pure fun – a seven-hour blow out aimed at altered college kids weened on Mad Magazine and Famous Monsters. These days Bigfoot makes more appearances than The Movie Orgy but when one of those infrequent screenings materializes audiences are galvanized by the onslaught – and surprised by what was hiding in plain sight all the time – the supposedly buttoned-down Eisenhower era was not just deeply subversive but more than a little weird.
- 7/30/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Billy Drago, who was known for playing both charming and villainous roles, has died. He was 73.
The Untouchables actor died on Monday, June 24, in Los Angeles, a representative for Drago confirmed to People on Wednesday.
Drago’s credits include roles in more than 100 TV shows and movies, and he worked with the likes of Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood and Gregg Araki during his decades-long career.
Some of his most prominent roles include Charmed, The Hills Have Eyes, Mysterious Skin, Walker Texas Ranger and The X-Files.
The Kansas native was born with the name William Eugene Burrows, and began his career...
The Untouchables actor died on Monday, June 24, in Los Angeles, a representative for Drago confirmed to People on Wednesday.
Drago’s credits include roles in more than 100 TV shows and movies, and he worked with the likes of Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood and Gregg Araki during his decades-long career.
Some of his most prominent roles include Charmed, The Hills Have Eyes, Mysterious Skin, Walker Texas Ranger and The X-Files.
The Kansas native was born with the name William Eugene Burrows, and began his career...
- 6/27/2019
- by Ashley Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
Billy Drago, who played Frank Nitti in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables,” died in Los Angeles on Monday from complications of a stroke, his agent confirmed to TheWrap. He was 73.
Born William Eugen Burrows Jr. in Kansas, Drago took his stage name from his grandmother’s maiden name. After a brief career as a radio host, he joined a theater company that took him to Canada and New York before starting his screen career in 1979 with the TV movie “No Other Love”
Drago had guest TV roles on shows like “Hill Street Blues” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” and in 1985, he earned a role in Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” as one of six corrupt deputies who meet their end at Eastwood’s gun. But it was in 1987 that Drago got his big break in “The Untouchables,” playing Al Capone’s ruthless right-hand man.
Also Read: Hollywood Remembers Albert Finney...
Born William Eugen Burrows Jr. in Kansas, Drago took his stage name from his grandmother’s maiden name. After a brief career as a radio host, he joined a theater company that took him to Canada and New York before starting his screen career in 1979 with the TV movie “No Other Love”
Drago had guest TV roles on shows like “Hill Street Blues” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” and in 1985, he earned a role in Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” as one of six corrupt deputies who meet their end at Eastwood’s gun. But it was in 1987 that Drago got his big break in “The Untouchables,” playing Al Capone’s ruthless right-hand man.
Also Read: Hollywood Remembers Albert Finney...
- 6/27/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Billy Drago, who often played harming but chilling gangster roles and appeared in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” and Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider,” died Monday in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke. He was 73.
The character actor played Al Capone’s henchman Frank Nitti in 1987’s “The Untouchables.”
On TV series “Charmed,” he put his reptilian stare to good use as the demon Barbas in several episodes over five seasons.
Born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kan., his actor-director father was said to be of Native American origin. His mother’s family was of Romany extraction; he took their name Drago as his stage name. Starting out as a stuntman, he moved to New York and beginning his acting career.
Drago started acting in the late 1970s, appearing in films including “Cutter’s Way,” “No Other Love” and “Windwalker.” On television, he had guest roles in “Hill Street Blues,...
The character actor played Al Capone’s henchman Frank Nitti in 1987’s “The Untouchables.”
On TV series “Charmed,” he put his reptilian stare to good use as the demon Barbas in several episodes over five seasons.
Born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kan., his actor-director father was said to be of Native American origin. His mother’s family was of Romany extraction; he took their name Drago as his stage name. Starting out as a stuntman, he moved to New York and beginning his acting career.
Drago started acting in the late 1970s, appearing in films including “Cutter’s Way,” “No Other Love” and “Windwalker.” On television, he had guest roles in “Hill Street Blues,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Billy Drago, a character actor whose best-known roles were as Hollywood villains, has died. He passed on Monday, June 24 in Los Angeles, according to his publicity firm. No cause of death was given.
Born William Eugene Burrows Jr., Drago appeared in more than 100 film and television roles. His most well-known roles were as hitman Frank Nitti in Brian De Palma’s 1987 film The Untouchables and as the Demon of Fear Barbas in TV’s Charmed.
A versatile character actor whose career spanned four decades, Drago worked with Clint Eastwood, Michael Jackson, Chuck Norris and Takashi Miike, among others. His diverse roles spanned action, comedy and horror films, television series, and music videos.
Drago was born July 18, 1946 in Hugoton, Kansas. He began his career in Kansas radio, first as an Associated Press journalist, then as host of his own highly-rated program. A stint with a touring theater group, along with acclaimed performances in New York City,...
Born William Eugene Burrows Jr., Drago appeared in more than 100 film and television roles. His most well-known roles were as hitman Frank Nitti in Brian De Palma’s 1987 film The Untouchables and as the Demon of Fear Barbas in TV’s Charmed.
A versatile character actor whose career spanned four decades, Drago worked with Clint Eastwood, Michael Jackson, Chuck Norris and Takashi Miike, among others. His diverse roles spanned action, comedy and horror films, television series, and music videos.
Drago was born July 18, 1946 in Hugoton, Kansas. He began his career in Kansas radio, first as an Associated Press journalist, then as host of his own highly-rated program. A stint with a touring theater group, along with acclaimed performances in New York City,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Billy Drago, best known for his work playing Al Capone's top henchman in The Untouchables, died Monday in Los Angeles, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.
Drago appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years, including X-Files and Charmed, but he was most recognized for portraying real-life mobster Frank Nitti (always wearing a white suit) in the Brian De Palma 1987 classic.
At the time, THR's review of The Untouchables noted, "Also deserving praise on the bad guy's side is Billy Drago as the psycho, trigger-happy Frank Nitti — his mean and vicious glint is ...
Drago appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years, including X-Files and Charmed, but he was most recognized for portraying real-life mobster Frank Nitti (always wearing a white suit) in the Brian De Palma 1987 classic.
At the time, THR's review of The Untouchables noted, "Also deserving praise on the bad guy's side is Billy Drago as the psycho, trigger-happy Frank Nitti — his mean and vicious glint is ...
- 6/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Billy Drago, best known for his work playing Al Capone's top henchman in The Untouchables, died Monday in Los Angeles, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.
Drago appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years, including X-Files and Charmed, but he was most recognized for portraying real-life mobster Frank Nitti (always wearing a white suit) in the Brian De Palma 1987 classic.
At the time, THR's review of The Untouchables noted, "Also deserving praise on the bad guy's side is Billy Drago as the psycho, trigger-happy Frank Nitti — his mean and vicious glint is ...
Drago appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years, including X-Files and Charmed, but he was most recognized for portraying real-life mobster Frank Nitti (always wearing a white suit) in the Brian De Palma 1987 classic.
At the time, THR's review of The Untouchables noted, "Also deserving praise on the bad guy's side is Billy Drago as the psycho, trigger-happy Frank Nitti — his mean and vicious glint is ...
- 6/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Former Iatse Sound Local 695 business agent Jim Osburn is taking his fight against Iatse president Matt Loeb all the way to the Supreme Court, accusing Loeb of “stifling dissent” through “dictatorial tactics.” Loeb placed the Sound Local into trusteeship in February 2014 and removed Osburn from office just weeks after Osburn had been re-elected to a post he’d held on and off for nearly 30 years.
Osburn’s 42-page petition for a writ of certiorari (read it here), written by his attorney Sunny Wise, asks the high court to decide “whether stifling robust dissent without a true indicia of due process is tolerable when an International President cleverly imposes and quickly lifts a trusteeship after permanently removing only dissenting leaders from office.”
Two of the dissenters were Osburn and his longtime partner, Elizabeth Alvarez, the local’s former recording secretary, who also is a petitioner in the case.
Osburn’s blistering...
Osburn’s 42-page petition for a writ of certiorari (read it here), written by his attorney Sunny Wise, asks the high court to decide “whether stifling robust dissent without a true indicia of due process is tolerable when an International President cleverly imposes and quickly lifts a trusteeship after permanently removing only dissenting leaders from office.”
Two of the dissenters were Osburn and his longtime partner, Elizabeth Alvarez, the local’s former recording secretary, who also is a petitioner in the case.
Osburn’s blistering...
- 2/7/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
"Road to Perdition" is a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense, intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies, plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics, which is anything but a staple of the gangster genre.
This is the second film from theater wunderkind Sam Mendes, following his 1999 Oscar-winning smash hit "American Beauty". Again, he presents us with a highly stylized and skeptical look at the American Dream. This time, though, the dream of home, hearth and close-knit family is achieved through blood and terror: Daddy is a hit man for the mob in a small Illinois town in 1931.
Tom Hanks anchors the film with an impressively weighty performance as a man who doesn't take a good look at this life until it's too late. He is the movie's main drawing card, though the huge success of "American Beauty" will provoke curiosity about Mendes' sophomore effort. While this one lacks the self-conscious hipness and satirical tone that appealed to moviegoers in "American Beauty", the joint DreamWorks-Fox production should generate considerable boxoffice change.
Michael Sullivan (Hanks) works as an enforcer for crime boss John Rooney (played by Paul Newman, who makes evil look almost dignified with his white-haired, senatorial demeanor). Rooney raised Michael as he would a son and has given him everything he has in life.
Michael has two sons of his own by a loyal and unquestioning wife, Annie Jennifer Jason Leigh). The eldest, Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin), now 12, has only a formal relationship with his dad. Rooney too has a son, a grown one named Connor (Daniel Craig), who disappoints his father by bungling tasks. Connor resents not only his father's power but his love for Michael.
One night, Michael Jr., curious what his father does for Mr. Rooney, sneaks into his dad's car and witnesses a man's murder. Everyone wonders if the boy will keep his mouth shut. Michael Sr. simply says, "He's my son". But others aren't certain. A hit man targets the entire family but kills only Annie and the youngest son, missing his main targets, Michael Sr. and Jr.
Michael takes his son to Chicago to see Frank Nitti (Stanley Tucci), Al Capone's "go to" guy. Nitti turns down Michael's plea to turn a blind eye to his need for revenge against the Rooney family. Nitti then quietly puts out a contract on Michael, hiring a seedy, Weegee-like crime photographer named Maguire (Jude Law), who moonlights as a hit man.
Father and son hit the road to Perdition, literally a small town where the boy's aunt will take him in, but in reality it's the road to hell, at least for Michael Sr. He can only hope his son will choose a different path when he grows up.
David Self's screenplay, based on Max Allan Collins' graphic novel, which in turn draws on the classic Japanese comic book series "Lone Wolf & Cub," contains surprising twists and macabre portraits of crime figures. When the boy at one point says he enjoys Bible stories, you realize you may well be watching one. For "Perdition" views the sins of both fathers with stern Old Testament morality, allowing neither to escape the consequences of his actions.
This is a dark, wintry film as the sun seldom shines and Thomas Newman's music themes repeat themselves as if to underline the inevitability of what is to come. As they did in "American Beauty", Mendes and cinematographer Conrad Hall intricately designed each shot. Everything is artfully composed without a hint of naturalism. Murders take place with stylized precision, the sadism becoming a mere abstraction. The palette is muted with a monochromatic look, and characters are dressed in dull, heavy clothes.
Hanks gets everything possible out of his character, a man sent down the wrong road in life before he is even aware of his course. Newman is the weary warrior of crime, resigned to his villainy yet anguished that he is forced by blood to protect the wrong "son." Law is almost cartoonish in a skin-crawling portrait of an eager sociopath. Craig embraces his character's weakness, seeing it as the only way to counterbalance his father's immense power.
Hoechlin, whose character serves as the film's narrator and point of view, gives a restrained and natural performance, a young boy torn between the need for his father's approval and horror over his dad's profession. At a very early age, he must wrestle with questions of morality and courage and whether one needs to be a chip off the old block.
ROAD TO PERDITION
DreamWorks
DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox present a Zanuck Co. production
Credits: Director: Sam Mendes; Screenwriter: David Self; Based on the graphic novel by: Max Allan Collins; Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes; Executive producers: Walter F. Parkes, Joan Bradshaw; Director of photography: Conrad Hall; Production designer: Dennis Gassner; Music: Thomas Newman; Costume designer: Albert Wolsky; Editor: Jill Bilcock. Cast: Michael Sullivan: Tom Hanks; John Rooney: Paul Newman; Maguire: Jude Law; Annie Sullivan: Jennifer Jason Leigh; Frank Nitti: Stanley Tucci; Connor Rooney: Daniel Craig; Michael Sullivan Jr.: Tyler Hoechlin.
MPAA rating: R, running time 111 minutes.
This is the second film from theater wunderkind Sam Mendes, following his 1999 Oscar-winning smash hit "American Beauty". Again, he presents us with a highly stylized and skeptical look at the American Dream. This time, though, the dream of home, hearth and close-knit family is achieved through blood and terror: Daddy is a hit man for the mob in a small Illinois town in 1931.
Tom Hanks anchors the film with an impressively weighty performance as a man who doesn't take a good look at this life until it's too late. He is the movie's main drawing card, though the huge success of "American Beauty" will provoke curiosity about Mendes' sophomore effort. While this one lacks the self-conscious hipness and satirical tone that appealed to moviegoers in "American Beauty", the joint DreamWorks-Fox production should generate considerable boxoffice change.
Michael Sullivan (Hanks) works as an enforcer for crime boss John Rooney (played by Paul Newman, who makes evil look almost dignified with his white-haired, senatorial demeanor). Rooney raised Michael as he would a son and has given him everything he has in life.
Michael has two sons of his own by a loyal and unquestioning wife, Annie Jennifer Jason Leigh). The eldest, Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin), now 12, has only a formal relationship with his dad. Rooney too has a son, a grown one named Connor (Daniel Craig), who disappoints his father by bungling tasks. Connor resents not only his father's power but his love for Michael.
One night, Michael Jr., curious what his father does for Mr. Rooney, sneaks into his dad's car and witnesses a man's murder. Everyone wonders if the boy will keep his mouth shut. Michael Sr. simply says, "He's my son". But others aren't certain. A hit man targets the entire family but kills only Annie and the youngest son, missing his main targets, Michael Sr. and Jr.
Michael takes his son to Chicago to see Frank Nitti (Stanley Tucci), Al Capone's "go to" guy. Nitti turns down Michael's plea to turn a blind eye to his need for revenge against the Rooney family. Nitti then quietly puts out a contract on Michael, hiring a seedy, Weegee-like crime photographer named Maguire (Jude Law), who moonlights as a hit man.
Father and son hit the road to Perdition, literally a small town where the boy's aunt will take him in, but in reality it's the road to hell, at least for Michael Sr. He can only hope his son will choose a different path when he grows up.
David Self's screenplay, based on Max Allan Collins' graphic novel, which in turn draws on the classic Japanese comic book series "Lone Wolf & Cub," contains surprising twists and macabre portraits of crime figures. When the boy at one point says he enjoys Bible stories, you realize you may well be watching one. For "Perdition" views the sins of both fathers with stern Old Testament morality, allowing neither to escape the consequences of his actions.
This is a dark, wintry film as the sun seldom shines and Thomas Newman's music themes repeat themselves as if to underline the inevitability of what is to come. As they did in "American Beauty", Mendes and cinematographer Conrad Hall intricately designed each shot. Everything is artfully composed without a hint of naturalism. Murders take place with stylized precision, the sadism becoming a mere abstraction. The palette is muted with a monochromatic look, and characters are dressed in dull, heavy clothes.
Hanks gets everything possible out of his character, a man sent down the wrong road in life before he is even aware of his course. Newman is the weary warrior of crime, resigned to his villainy yet anguished that he is forced by blood to protect the wrong "son." Law is almost cartoonish in a skin-crawling portrait of an eager sociopath. Craig embraces his character's weakness, seeing it as the only way to counterbalance his father's immense power.
Hoechlin, whose character serves as the film's narrator and point of view, gives a restrained and natural performance, a young boy torn between the need for his father's approval and horror over his dad's profession. At a very early age, he must wrestle with questions of morality and courage and whether one needs to be a chip off the old block.
ROAD TO PERDITION
DreamWorks
DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox present a Zanuck Co. production
Credits: Director: Sam Mendes; Screenwriter: David Self; Based on the graphic novel by: Max Allan Collins; Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes; Executive producers: Walter F. Parkes, Joan Bradshaw; Director of photography: Conrad Hall; Production designer: Dennis Gassner; Music: Thomas Newman; Costume designer: Albert Wolsky; Editor: Jill Bilcock. Cast: Michael Sullivan: Tom Hanks; John Rooney: Paul Newman; Maguire: Jude Law; Annie Sullivan: Jennifer Jason Leigh; Frank Nitti: Stanley Tucci; Connor Rooney: Daniel Craig; Michael Sullivan Jr.: Tyler Hoechlin.
MPAA rating: R, running time 111 minutes.
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