Phoenix (1998)
- Starring:
- Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, (more)
- Director(s):
- Danny Cannon
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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This noir crime drama set in Arizona and updated for post-modern sensibilities is similar in tone to other hip B-movie homages such as Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994) and the previous year's award winning L.A. Confidential (1997). Ray Liotta stars as Phoenix police detective Harry Collins, a good-hearted cop with an understanding bartender (Anjelica Huston) and a gambling problem that's gotten him $32,000 in debt to a bookie, Chicago (Tom Noonan). Although Chicago offers to forgive Harry's debt in exchange for a murder, and Harry's crooked partner Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) offers to kill Chicago, Harry refuses their generosity, insisting that he will never welsh on a bet or betray a friend. Instead, Harry devises a plan to rip off a sleazy loan shark and strip club owner, Louie (Giancarlo Esposito) with the help of Mike and two fellow corrupt cops, James (Daniel Baldwin) and Fred (Jeremy Piven). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast:
- Ray Liotta - Harry Collins
- Anthony LaPaglia - Mike Henshaw
- Jeremy Piven - Fred Shuster
- Tom Noonan - Chicago
- Brittany Murphy - Veronica
- Anjelica Huston - Leila
- Daniel Baldwin - James Nutter
- Giancarlo Esposito - Louie
- Xander Berkeley - Clyde Webber
- Kari Wuhrer - Katie Shuster
- Director(s):
- Danny Cannon
- Writer(s):
- Eddie Richey
- Producer(s):
- Victoria Nevinny, Tracie Graham-Rice
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations)
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