Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes) and together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. In Werner Herzog's new film Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way.
or at least a smart cop. As his drug use and gambling spiral out of control, he doggedly pursues a drug dealer suspected of murdering a family. He seems disconnected from the rest of the movie (arguably like his drug-ridden character is disconnected from reality), yet perfectly in sync with Herzog's off-kilter visions of iguanas and break-dancing souls. --Bret Fetzer Director Werner Herzog's career is a catalog of extremes, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans fits in nicely. But even before he became addicted he wasn't a nice guy, and afterward he's still capable of being honorable... Shot in post-Katrina New Orleans (presumably so that Herzog could take advantage of an atmosphere of decay and wreckage that no production design could match), Bad Lieutenant stars Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh, a cop who injures his back and becomes addicted to drugs. Featuring an astonishing supporting cast, including Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, and a wealth of other recognizable faces. The tension that results between the realistic setting and Cage's meta-performance will make some viewers recoil, but others will have a unique and possibly wrenching experience. Anyone looking for a conventional thriller or police procedural will be baffled by Herzog's unpredictable direction--the camera will suddenly linger on an alligator by the side of the road, for example--as well as Cage's weird yet compelling performance, reminiscent of some of his early, off-putting acting in movies like Peggy Sue Got Married and Vampire's Kiss.
Features
- Crew: Casting:Johanna Ray, Cinematographer:Peter Zeitlinger, Composer (Music Score):Mark Isham, Director:Werner Herzog, Executive Producer:Alessandro Camon, Executive Producer:Avi Lerner, Executive Producer:Boaz Davidson, Executive Producer:Danny Dimbort, Executive Producer:Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, Executive Producer:Trevor Short, Producer:Alan Polsky, Producer:Edward R. Pressman, Producer:Gabe Polsky, Producer:John Thompson, Producer:Randall Emmett, Producer:Stephen Belafonte.
- Region: 1: USA, Canada. Display: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen), Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, NTSC.
- SubTitles: Spanish. Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo, English.
- Disc Info: Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1. Cast: View Cast For Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. Screenwriter:William M. Finkelstein. Extras: R Clr Dvd-Standard.
- Street Date: 6 April 2010. Studio: FIRST LOOK PICTURES. Running Time: 121.
Product Info
- Actor
- Fairuza Balk, Tom Bower, Nicolas Cage, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- First Look Pictures
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- EAN
- 0687797129697
- EAN List
- EANListElement: 0687797129697
- Format
- Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
- Label
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Manufacturer
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- MPN
- 687797129697
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Original Release Date
- 2009-01-01
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- 687797129697
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2010-04-06
- Running Time
- 121
- SKU
- SJ-U687797129697
- Studio
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Theatrical Release Date
- 2009
- Title
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
- UPC
- 687797129697
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 687797129697
- ASIN
- B002TVQ48K
- Sales Rank
- 11675
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