Main Cast: James Belushi, Sheryl Lee, Kyle Chandler, Frank John Hughes, Ned Bellamy
Release Year: 1999
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
Love blooms for a would-be hired killer in Angel's Dance, which blends elements of a crime thriller with black comedy. Tony (Kyle Chandler) is offered a job with a powerful Mafia family after he saves the life of the capo's nephew, even though Tony isn't sure he's really interested in a life of crime. To give him a crash course in his new line of work, Tony is sent to L.A. to study with Rosellini (James Belushi), a hired killer of no small reputation. After assigning him Nietzsche as required reading and staging a few practice sessions with water pistols, Rosellini gives Tony his final homework project -- pick a name at random from the phone book, find the person, and kill him or her. The name Tony comes up with is Angelica Chase (Sheryl Lee), "Angel" to her friends. Tony finds Angel just in time to interrupt her latest suicide attempt; Angel is beautiful and charming, but an emotional wreck with eccentric tastes, a caffeinated personality, and a job at a mortuary (she even lives next door). Tony is immediately infatuated and can't bring himself to kill her, so Rosellini decides he has to take over the job, but to the surprise of everyone, Angel knows how to handle herself in a time of crisis. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Mark Carlton - Bob; Mac Davis - Norman; Jon Polito - Uncle Vinnie; David Bickford - Accountant
Credit
Amy Krell - Associate Producer, Rick Montgomery - Casting, Joe Louis Garcia - Casting, John Glasser - Co-producer, Patti Podesta - Costume Designer, John Nelson - First Assistant Director, David Corley - Director, Sean Albertson - Editor, Jon Kramer - Executive Producer, Kelli Konop - Line Producer, Tim Truman - Composer (Music Score), Bonnie Stauch - Production Designer, Michael Wojciechowski - Cinematographer, David Bixler - Producer, David Corley - Screenwriter
Tony wants to be a hitman for the Mafia, but first he has to learn from a master. Enter Stevie "California" Rossellini - cool, eats veggie dogs and quotes Nietzsche. Greco may not agree with Stevie's style, but he has to complete his training so he can go back and kill the Mafia's accountant, who's about to turn state's evidence. His final test: kill whoever is (supposedly) "randomly" picked out of the yellow pages. His target: Angelica "Angel" Chaste, a very disturbed woman. Tony falls for Angel and fails to kill her, so Stevie sets out to finish the job.
