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'''''Palookaville''''' is a 1995 [[crime film|crime]] [[comedy film|comedy]] film about a trio of burglars and their [[dysfunctional family]] of origin,<ref name="sfgate" /> starring [[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]], [[Lisa Gay Hamilton]], [[Vincent Gallo]], Adam Trese and [[Frances McDormand]] and directed by [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]]. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by [[Italo Calvino]]<ref>{{cite news |date=2006 |last=Bolongaro|first=Eugenio|author-link=Eugenio Bolongaro|title=Playful roberies in Palookaville|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249918305 }}</ref>
'''''Palookaville''''' is a 1995 [[crime comedy]] film about a trio of burglars and their [[dysfunctional family]] of origin,<ref name="sfgate" /> starring [[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]], [[Lisa Gay Hamilton]], [[Vincent Gallo]], Adam Trese and [[Frances McDormand]] and directed by [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]]. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by [[Italo Calvino]]<ref>{{cite news |date=2006 |last=Bolongaro|first=Eugenio|author-link=Eugenio Bolongaro|title=Playful roberies in Palookaville|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249918305 }}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==

Revision as of 11:52, 18 April 2022

Palookaville
Promotional poster
Directed byAlan Taylor
Written byDavid Epstein
Produced byUberto Pasolini
Scott Ferguson
Starring
CinematographyJohn Thomas
Edited byDavid Leonard
Music byRachel Portman
Production
companies
Distributed byThe Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b Stack, Peter (October 25, 1996). "FILM REVIEW -- These Three Stooges Entertaining in 'Palookaville'". SFGATE.
  2. ^ Bolongaro, Eugenio (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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