Snake Eyes
by Brian De Palma
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Actor: Carla Gugino, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Nicolas Cage, Stan ShawDirector: Brian De Palma
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
Producer: Brian De Palma
Writer: Brian De Palma
Producer: Chris Soldo
Producer: Jeff Levine
Producer: Louis A. Stroller
Writer: David Koepp
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-02-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Snake Eyes
Movie Review: dePalma's Unique Directorship is worth the price
Summary: 4 Stars
As old newer classics go, this one is definitely worth the admission price. It starts out with a long, incredibly well choreographed setup in which a camera follows Cage, constantly ad libbing as only Cage can, and this whole sequence unfolds over many breathtaking minutes, with no apparent "cuts" in the action. That was memorable when I saw this flick over a decade ago, and it's still unsurpassed by the CGI junk that we see today. Gary Sinise is wonderful as the sneaky evil dude, and Carla Gugino was new and gorgeous.
Summary of Snake Eyes
An assassination attempt thrusts a detective into a murder case with 14000 potential suspects and a deadly conspiracy where nothing is what it appears to be. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/17/2005 Starring: Nicolas Cage Gary Sinise Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: Biran De PalmaBrian De Palma's 1998 thriller is largely an exercise in airing out his orchestral, oversized visual style (think of his Blowout, Body Double, or Raising Cain) for the heck of it. The far-fetched story features Nicolas Cage as a crooked police detective attending a championship boxing match at which the Secretary of Defense is assassinated. The unfortunate Secretary's right-hand man (Gary Sinise) happens to be Cage's old friend, a fact that complicates the cop's efforts to reconstruct the crime from conflicting accounts--a directorial strategy bearing similarities to Kurosawa's Rashomon. The outrageousness of the scenario essentially gives De Palma permission to construct a baroque cathedral of spectacular camera stunts, which (he well knows) are inevitably more interesting than the hoary conspiracy plot. (The opening scene alone, which runs on for a number of minutes and consists of one, unbroken shot that moves in from the street, following Cage up and down stairs, and in and out of rooms until finally ending ringside at the match, is breathtaking.) The shifting points of view--based on the contradictory statements of witnesses--also give De Palma license to get creative with camera angles and scene rearrangements. The script bogs down in the third act, but De Palma is just revving up for a big, operatic finish that is absolutely gratuitous but undeniably impressive. Yes, it's style over substance in Snake Eyes, but what style we're talking about.--Tom Keogh
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