Storyville (film)

Storyville
Storyville
Directed by	Mark Frost
Written by	Mark Frost; Lee Reynolds
Based on	Juryman; by Frank Galbally; Robert Macklin;
Produced by	Edward R. Pressman; David Roe
Starring	James Spader; Joanne Whalley-Kilmer; Jason Robards; Charlotte Lewis; Michael Warren; Piper Laurie;
Cinematography	Ronald Víctor García
Edited by	B.J. Sears
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production; companies	Davis Entertainment; Grand Bay Films International Pty.
Distributed by	20th Century Fox; (theatrical); Sony Pictures; (actual distribution)
Release date	August 26, 1992
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$422,503

Storyville is a 1992 film directed by Mark Frost and starring James Spader. The film takes its name from the historic Storyville red-light district of New Orleans.

Premise[]

Cray Fowler, a young lawyer running for congress from New Orleans, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some shocking secrets involving his father, his family's fortune and his own political advisors.

Cast[]

James Spader as Cray Fowler
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Natalie Tate
Jason Robards as Clifford Fowler
Piper Laurie as Constance Fowler
Charlotte Lewis as Lee Tran
Michael Warren as Nathan LeFleur
Michael Parks as Michael Trevallian
Chuck McCann as Pudge Herman
Charles Haid as Abe Choate
Woody Strode as Charlie Sumpter
Justine Shapiro as Melanie Fowler
George Cheung as Xang Tran
Steve Forrest as Judge Quentin Murdoch
Jeff Perry as Peter Dandridge

Critical reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 6 reviews.^[2]

Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing, "Storyville is a movie for people who like New Orleans better when it is dark and mysterious. It is for romantics. It is not for pragmatists, who will complain that the characters do not behave according to perfect logic, and that there are holes in its plot. They will be right, of course – this is not an airtight movie – but they will have missed the point, and the fun."^[3]

James Spader's performance was praised by critics,^[4]^[5] including Vincent Canby of The New York Times who wrote, "Mr. Spader may have won prizes for Sex, Lies, and Videotape but he comes of age as an actor in Storyville. The performance is clean, uncluttered and often funny, without sidestepping the material."^[6]

Canby also praised the film's cinematography and Frost's directing, invoking Frost's collaboration with David Lynch on Twin Peaks, and calling the film "far less of a tease than the television series, a good deal shorter and much more fun."^[6]

References[]

^ "Storyville".
^ Storyville at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved July 10, 2020
^ Ebert, Roger (October 9, 1992). "Storyville". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ Oliphant, James (October 14, 2003). "DVD Review: Storyville (1992)". PopMatters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ Hinson, Hal (October 9, 1992). "Storyville". Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Canby, Vincent (August 26, 1992). "Movie Review: Storyville (1992)". New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

External links[]

Storyville at IMDb
Storyville at Box Office Mojo

[1] "Storyville".

[2] Storyville at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved July 10, 2020

[3] Ebert, Roger (October 9, 1992). "Storyville". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[4] Oliphant, James (October 14, 2003). "DVD Review: Storyville (1992)". PopMatters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[5] Hinson, Hal (October 9, 1992). "Storyville". Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[timesreview-6] Canby, Vincent (August 26, 1992). "Movie Review: Storyville (1992)". New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

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