The Fan
by Tony Scott
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Actor: Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Robert De Niro, Wesley SnipesDirector: Tony Scott
Brand: Toro
Producer: Barrie M. Osborne
Producer: Bill Unger
Producer: Greg Mooradian
Producer: James W. Skotchdopole
Producer: Margaret French-Issac
Writer: Peter Abrahams
Writer: Phoef Sutton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-12-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Fan
Movie Review: A film with many expectations to fulfill!
Summary: 3 Stars
Having watched most of Robert De Niro's famed films since his beginnings ("Greetings" and "Mean streets"), along his countless artistic collaborations with his preferred director, Martin Scorsesse, I would not dare myself to qualify this film as notable. De Niro's most remarkable performances were focused through the seventies (Godfather II, Taxi driver, Deer hunter), eighties ( Ragging bull, Once upon a time in America, Angel heart, The mission, Untouchables and his genial cameo on Brazil) until the early nineties (Goodfellas and his most emblematic achievement until this date -at least to me- Awakenings). But since 1993, (when he makes his debut as director) De Niro (like Gene Hackman) seemed to have been abandoned by the supreme Dionysian muse and he has been repeated himself over and over again. Since "Cape fear", to be exact De Niro doesn't surprise me with his "inner fire" a similar bitter taste in this case, where his role as best actor of his generation is absolutely absent in this case.
A good start with a very dramatic premise, that deserved a major treatment, was obscured by a languorous script with serious dramatic fissures.
On the other hand, Tony Scott is miles away from his three best achievemnts of the past "Top Gun", "The hunger" and "True romance."
Summary of The Fan
Toro OEM Parts: 98-3615 Description: FanLurid thrillers don't get much more shameless than this movie, in which Robert De Niro plays a pathological baseball fan whose obsession is focused on a San Francisco Giants all-star outfielder (Wesley Snipes). While the newly signed baseball star is having trouble getting his favorite uniform number from a competitive teammate (Benicio Del Toro), De Niro is having career troubles at the knife company his father founded, and you can bet that his proximity to high-quality stainless-steel blades will be a factor in the suspenseful plot. Recycling parts of his maniacal roles in Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy, and Cape Fear, De Niro takes his idolatry to violent extremes, eliminating any obstacle to Snipes's stardom until the baseball hero is forced to confront his most terrifying devotee. Directed with brutal excess and souped-up style by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide), this manipulative nail-biter pulls all the right strings in predictable fashion, but it does have moments that are effectively intense. --Jeff Shannon
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