The Big Town
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bruce Dern, Diane Lane, Lee Grant, Matt Dillon, Tommy Lee Jones Brand: Columbia/Tristar DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1 Running Time: 109 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-05-24 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of The Big Town
Movie Review: Worth a roll of the dice
Summary: 4 Stars
The varied reactions to this movie by other reviewers are interesting, but nonetheless surprise me. De gustibus and all that, I suppose.
Released in 1987 but set in 1957, this is a well written and well acted drama with much of the feel of 40s and 50s noir. The look of the film, presumably deliberately, also has the style of an earlier era. The sound track, with Ivory Joe Hunter, Lincoln Chase, Big Joe Turner and others, couldn't be more suitable. The sleaze, of course, is much more advanced than would have been permissible thirty years earlier.
The hero, J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon), is more complex than a pure country innocent corrupted by a wicked woman Lorry Dane (Diane Lane), a stripper at the Gem Club. A small town gambler trying to make it big in Chicago, he has his own dark, or at least not-so-light, side, which is why he takes up with Lorry so readily. Yet, he at least struggles with his conscience even if he doesn't always do the right thing. Tommy Lee Jones and Bruce Dern are in fine form as villains, Lee Grant has just the right touch, and Diane Lane has never been more stunning or more credible in a role. The Big Town is not a big movie, but it is a good one.