Palookaville (film)

Palookaville
Palookaville
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Alan Taylor
Written by	David Epstein
Produced by	Uberto Pasolini ; Scott Ferguson
Starring	William Forsythe; Vincent Gallo; Adam Trese; Gareth Williams; Lisa Gay Hamilton;
Cinematography
Edited by	David Leonard
Music by	Rachel Portman
Production; companies	Redwave Films ; The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Distributed by	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date	September 7, 1995 (Venice Film Festival);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Palookaville is a 1995 crime comedy film about a trio of burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin,^[1] starring William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese and Frances McDormand and directed by Alan Taylor. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by Italo Calvino^[2]

Plot[]

Sid, Russ and Jerry are three wannabe criminals looking for easy money to break out of their nowhere lives. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence, they are convinced they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control all around them.

Cast[]

William Forsythe as Sid Dunleavy
Vincent Gallo as Russell Pataki
Adam Trese as Jerry
Gareth Williams as Ed the Cop
LisaGay Hamilton as Betty
Kim Dickens as Laurie
Suzanne Shepherd as Mother
Nicole Burdette as Chris
Robert LuPone as Ralph
Sam Coppola as Mr. Kott
Frances McDormand as June
Douglas Seale as Old Man
William Riker as Old Arthur
Leonard Jackson as Bus Driver
William Duell as Money Truck Guard
Peter McRobbie as Chief of Police
Nesbitt Blaisdell as Old Fritz
Bridgit Ryan as Enid

Reception[]

Critical response[]

On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 64% based on reviews from 11 critics (7 positive, 4 negative) with an average rating of 6.4/10.^[3]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4.^[4]

SFGate.com called it "a fine little independent film loaded with character and deserving of wider distribution."^[1]

Accolades[]

1995, nominated, Thessaloniki Film Festival Golden Alexander for director Alan Taylor
1997, won Tromsø International Film Festival Audience Award for Alan Taylor
1998, won London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award for British Producer of the Year for Uberto Pasolini

References[]

^ ^a ^b Stack, Peter (October 25, 1996). "FILM REVIEW -- These Three Stooges Entertaining in 'Palookaville'". SFGATE.
^ (2006). "Playful roberies in Palookaville".
^ "Palookaville (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
^ Ebert, Roger (November 29, 1996). "Palookaville movie review & film summary (1996)". Chicago Sun-Times.

External links[]

Palookaville at IMDb

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[sfgate-1] Stack, Peter (October 25, 1996). "FILM REVIEW -- These Three Stooges Entertaining in 'Palookaville'". SFGATE.

[2] (2006). "Playful roberies in Palookaville".

[3] "Palookaville (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-05-04.

[4] Ebert, Roger (November 29, 1996). "Palookaville movie review & film summary (1996)". Chicago Sun-Times.

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