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Actor: Burt Lancaster, Hollis McLaren, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy, Susan SarandonBrand: Atlantic
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
Published: 2002-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Atlantic City
Movie Review: AN INTENSE CHARACTER STUDY DEPICTING HOW ONE MAN CLINGS ONTO OLD HABITS YET SURVIVES A FAST CHANGING WORLD
Summary: 5 Stars
FIRST THOUGHTS:
Seeing trailers of this film that showed Burt Lancaster in an uncharacteristically rueful light kept me from seeing this wonderfully understated film for 26 years!
IN A NUTSHELL: SHOWING RATHER THAN TELLING MAKES FOR GREAT STORYTELLING
For 104 minutes we live a few days of Lou's [Burt Lancaster] life with him. We see what he sees, and feel what he feels. Through the showing of his daily grind, we come to empathize, and eventually to respect the man that he is, though he desperately wants to be someone else.
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT: [WARNING -*- PLOT SPOILERS BELOW -*-]
So who is Lou? Lou is an aging relic who lives in today but whose mind is on yesteryears long past. Yet -- he still is what he seems always to have been, a wanna-a-be gangster. Right now, his daily routine consists of looking after an old widow for cigarette money and cheap rent, collecting quarters as a numbers runner, and watching Sally [Susan Sarandon] through his venetian blinds. It is watching Sally perform her evening ritual of undressing while squezzing lemon juice over her arms and breasts that is the high point of his recent existence. Doesn't sound like much, but all that changes rather quickly when Lou seizes the opportunity to become a big-shot, sugar-daddy for Sally by literally stumbling into drug trafficing. It was quite by chance, but also by design, and Lou finds himself in for some high-stakes which involve some mortal risks. How he resolves the risks is at the core of both the film, "Atlantic City" and Lou, the human being.
THE EFFECT OF THE FILMMAKERS:
The director of the film, Louis Malle, a renowned French filmmaker, weaves his story of life in America's bottom rung from the perspective of someone on the outside looking in. Though it may not be an objective perspective, it is a relatively fresh one with an effective script by John Guare, who also wrote, "The Six Degrees of Separation". The effect of Guare and Malle on "Atlantic City" was simply to breathe new life, and a fresh angle into the "Crime/ Romance-Drama/ Casino/ Drug-Ring/ Life-Choices" genre which had long ago become a very tired and cliched topic.
THE CAST/ DIRECTOR/ SCREENWRITER:
---*- Burt Lancaster - Lou
---*- Susan Sarandon - Sally
---*- Michel Piccoli - Joseph
---*- Kate Reid - Grace
---*- Robert Joy - Dave
---*- Hollis McLaren - Chrissie
---*- Louis Malle - Director
---*- John Guare - Screenwriter
MAJOR AWARDS: THE ACADEMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE ONLY [Won many foreign awards]
---*- Best Actor [Nom] Burt Lancaster 1981 Academy
---*- Best Actress [Nom] Susan Sarandon 1981 Academy
---*- Best Director [Nom] Louis Malle 1981 Academy
---*- Best Original Screenplay [Nom] John Guare 1981 Academy
---*- Best Picture [Nom] 1981 Academy
---*- Best Actor- Drama [Nom] Burt Lancaster 1981 Golden Globe
---*- Best Director [nom] Louis Malle 1981 Golden Globe
---*- Best Foreign Film [nom] 1981 Golden Globe
ABOUT THE DVD:
It is an excellent widescreen transfer, but has only one theatrical trailer for a special feature, and you can choose English subtitles if you are hard of hearing.
BOTTOM LINE: POTENT FILM
This is a much better film than I expected it to be. Put simply, Lancaster and Sarandon had great chemistry, and ignited every scene they were in, especially in those they were in together. "ATLANTIC CITY" is a case of excellent acting combined with a taut script that shows rather than tells, which always spells - potent film.
Summary of Atlantic City
The story of the changes encountered by people when gambling is legalized in Atlantic City. Lancaster stars as a bodyguard to an aging beauty queen.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-MAR-2004
Media Type: DVD
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