Themes: Protecting the Innocent, Mothers and Sons, Orphans
Main Cast: Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty, George C. Scott, Bonnie Bedelia
Release Year: 1999
Country: US
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Director Sidney Lumet has remade the 1980 movie by his contemporary, John Cassavetes, casting Sharon Stone in the role of Gloria (portrayed in the original by Cassavetes' wife, Gena Rowlands), a street-toughened woman sliding into middle age. When the neighbors are murdered by a group of mobsters, one of which is a former boyfriend, Gloria takes the couple's seven-year-old son (Jean-Luke Figueroa) on the run. In time, she learns why the boy's parents were killed, and maybe just a little about herself. Sidney Lumet, director of '70s classics Network and Dog Day Afternoon, focuses more on the relationship between Gloria and the boy than did the original. Coincidentally, this would make the film very similar to the Brazilian Central Station, released at virtually the same time. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide
Mike Starr - Sean; Barry McEvoy - Terry; Don Billett - Raymond; Jerry Dean - Mickey; Tony di Benedetto - Zach; Teddy Atlas - Ian
Credit
Carlos A. Menendez - Art Director, Donald J. Lee, Jr. - Associate Producer, Amberwren Briskey-Cohen - Associate Producer, Louis Di Giaimo - Casting, Josie Rosen - Co-producer, Dona Granata - Costume Designer, David Sardi - First Assistant Director, Sidney Lumet - Director, Tom Swartwout - Editor, Chuck Binder - Executive Producer, G. Mac Brown - Executive Producer, Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score), Mel Bourne - Production Designer, David Watkin - Cinematographer, Gary Foster - Producer, Lee Rich - Producer, Laura Lambert - Set Designer, Christopher Newman - Sound/Sound Designer, Steve Antin - Screenwriter
