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City Hall

  • 1996
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 51 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,2/10
23.569
IHRE BEWERTUNG
John Cusack, Al Pacino, and Bridget Fonda in City Hall (1996)
Trailer
trailer wiedergeben0:31
1 Video
38 Fotos
Politischer ThrillerDramaKriminalitätMysteryThriller

Die versehentliche Erschießung eines Jungen in New York führt zu einer Untersuchung durch den stellvertretenden Bürgermeister und zu unerwartet weitreichenden Folgen.Die versehentliche Erschießung eines Jungen in New York führt zu einer Untersuchung durch den stellvertretenden Bürgermeister und zu unerwartet weitreichenden Folgen.Die versehentliche Erschießung eines Jungen in New York führt zu einer Untersuchung durch den stellvertretenden Bürgermeister und zu unerwartet weitreichenden Folgen.

  • Regie
    • Harold Becker
  • Drehbuch
    • Ken Lipper
    • Paul Schrader
    • Nicholas Pileggi
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Al Pacino
    • John Cusack
    • Bridget Fonda
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,2/10
    23.569
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Harold Becker
    • Drehbuch
      • Ken Lipper
      • Paul Schrader
      • Nicholas Pileggi
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Al Pacino
      • John Cusack
      • Bridget Fonda
    • 85Benutzerrezensionen
    • 48Kritische Rezensionen
    • 62Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Mayor John Pappas
    John Cusack
    John Cusack
    • Kevin Calhoun
    Bridget Fonda
    Bridget Fonda
    • Marybeth Cogan
    Danny Aiello
    Danny Aiello
    • Frank Anselmo
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Judge Walter Stern
    David Paymer
    David Paymer
    • Abe Goodman
    Anthony Franciosa
    Anthony Franciosa
    • Paul Zapatti
    • (as Tony Franciosa)
    Richard Schiff
    Richard Schiff
    • Larry Schwartz
    Lindsay Duncan
    Lindsay Duncan
    • Sydney Pappas
    Nestor Serrano
    Nestor Serrano
    • Det. Eddie Santos
    Mel Winkler
    • Det. Holly
    Luna Lauren Velez
    Luna Lauren Velez
    • Elaine Santos
    • (as Lauren Vélez)
    Chloe Morris
    • Maria Santos
    Ian Quinlan
    Ian Quinlan
    • Randy Santos
    Roberta Peters
    Roberta Peters
    • Nettie Anselmo
    Angel David
    Angel David
    • Vinnie Zapatti
    Larry Romano
    Larry Romano
    • Tino Zapatti
    Rob LaBelle
    Rob LaBelle
    • James Wakeley
    • Regie
      • Harold Becker
    • Drehbuch
      • Ken Lipper
      • Paul Schrader
      • Nicholas Pileggi
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    6talisencrw

    A disappointment considering the cast--especially a post-'Heat' Pacino!

    Being a huge fan of Al Pacino (from the likes of 'Heat', the 'Godfather' movies, and 'Dog Day Afternoon' especially) and having had a huge crush on Bridget Fonda ('Single White Female', anyone?) back in the day (Peter Fonda's famous daughter was named 85th sexiest star in film history, and Mrs. Danny Elfman hasn't been involved in film, unfortunately, since 2002), I was hugely disappointed in this film, especially since I had loved director Harold Becker's previous 'Sea of Love', which also starred Pacino. The first half was decent and involving, but it kind of slid off the rails, interest-wise for me, the rest of the way and got too talky and uninspired.

    I don't really know if the problem was with the script or its direction. I know I'm not the greatest John Cusack fan in the world (I find he's much better in comedy, like his sister Joan), but he had pretty good co-stars, whose talents were basically wasted, in Martin Landau, Anthony Franciosa and Danny Aiello (these guys were BORN for these roles and films, so on paper, this should have really worked out well). I had always wondered why this film had bombed so miserably, and now I know why. In cases like this, more should have been done to alter the story arc, just some basic tweaks, to make it more suspenseful and/or (though I usually balk at such 'Hollywood' tendencies) some romantic tension (a beauty such as Fonda's was misused--they may as well have hired someone else). All in all, a wasted opportunity that's worth a look if you like dramas about corruption--just don't go in with big expectations, and don't bother with a re-watch.
    yisraelh

    Good.

    I liked this neglected movie quite a bit, for a number of reasons.

    The characters. I found them believable, real, with some depth, in conflict. Not cardboard, cartoon-like. I found that I could really identify with and care about them.

    The story. I thought it was really interesting and realistic. The behind-the-scenes look at political machinations was exciting. I tend to like movies without special effects, that are not unrealistic fantasies. ("Ordinary People" generally comes to my mind.) I thought that this movie simply took real-life type people, put them in interesting situations, filled with conflict, and had us watch them deal with the problems they were in.

    I also think the movie had a message for us, in terms of right and wrong. In fact, it's downright Shakespearian. (Contrast this with another Al Pacino movie, "Heat", where the criminals are portrayed just as sympathetically as the law enforcement officers, and there is no inkling at all that there is anything morally wrong with armed robbery. I'm uncomfortable with that.)

    It's refreshing to see a movie in this day and age without gratuitous sex, violence, bombs and bullets, profanity.

    On a cinematic level, I found the directing, acting (the entire cast) and production to be first rate.

    I realize that many, many people (possibly the large majority) don't see things as I've described here. But if what I've written resonates, then you'll probably like this movie a lot.
    7SKG-2

    Can't decide if it's thriller or drama

    I had been long awaiting this movie ever since I saw the trailer, which made it look like a political drama, starring three of my favorite actors; Al Pacino, John Cusack, and Bridget Fonda. And even though it was directed by Harold Becker, who has done uneven work, he and Pacino did combine on SEA OF LOVE, which ranks among each of their best work. But interference on some level(for starters, several of the scenes in the original trailer don't appear in the movie) and changing of tone(subsequent trailers make it look like a thriller) make this, while watchable, nowhere near as it could have been.

    Which is too bad, because I really wanted to like this movie. There was great potential here to be a film about how government can still be worthwhile despite all the corruption, and to make a complex statement about that corruption, not the usual good guys vs. bad guys. And there is good acting here. Pacino and Cusack are both very good, and Danny Aiello gives one of the best performances of his career. But Fonda is wasted in her role, having nothing to do, and while there is merit in the central storyline, when it turns to a thriller, the movie loses its way, briefly recovers in the final scene between Cusack and Pacino, and then falls down completely in the end. I wish I could like this more, but no.
    7Prismark10

    City Hall Intrigue

    This is one of the best acted political films you will see.

    At the beginning you get a good idea of some of the wheeling and dealing the local politicians do just to get votes and keep various factions satisfied.

    There are four writers credited with the screenplay and three of those are recognised top drawer writers.

    It is obvious that the film has gone through various manifestations, gestations, rewrites and conceptual readjustments before a final, locked script emerged.

    The movie dealing with a shooting that leaves a cop dead as well as an innocent child sets off a chain of events that leads to political skulduggery.

    While others might find the film hard going, even dense, there is no denying the quality of the acting.
    7chloejfilmstudent

    huge fan of Al Pacino

    Being a huge fan of Al Pacino (from the likes of 'Heat', the 'Godfather' movies, and 'Dog Day Afternoon' especially) and having had a huge crush on Bridget Fonda ('Single White Female', anyone?) back in the day (Peter Fonda's famous daughter was named 85th sexiest star in film history, and Mrs. Danny Elfman hasn't been involved in film, unfortunately, since 2002), I was hugely disappointed in this film, especially since I had loved director Harold Becker's previous 'Sea of Love', which also starred Pacino. The first half was decent and involving, but it kind of slid off the rails, interest-wise for me, the rest of the way and got too talky and uninspired.

    I don't really know if the problem was with the script or its direction. I know I'm not the greatest John Cusack fan in the world (I find he's much better in comedy, like his sister Joan), but he had pretty good co-stars, whose talents were basically wasted, in Martin Landau, Anthony Franciosa and Danny Aiello (these guys were BORN for these roles and films, so on paper, this should have really worked out well). I had always wondered why this film had bombed so miserably, and now I know why. In cases like this, more should have been done to alter the story arc, just some basic tweaks, to make it more suspenseful and/or (though I usually balk at such 'Hollywood' tendencies) some romantic tension (a beauty such as Fonda's was misused--they may as well have hired someone else). All in all, a wasted opportunity that's worth a look if you like dramas about corruption--just don't go in with big expectations, and don't bother with a re-watch.

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    • Wissenswertes
      To help prepare for his role, Al Pacino spent time with then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins.
    • Patzer
      Although the action of the film covers only a few days, Kevin Calhoun's (John Cusack) weight appears to fluctuate considerably from scene to scene.
    • Zitate

      Mayor John Pappas: I was warned not to come here. I was warned. They warned me, "Don't stand behind that coffin." But why should I heed such a warning, when a heartbeat is silent and a child lies dead? "Don't stand behind" this coffin. That boy was as pure and as innocent as the driven snow. But I must stand here, because I have not given you what you should have. Until we can walk abroad and recreate ourselves; until we can stroll along the streets like boulevards; congregate in parks free from fear, our families mingling, our children laughing, our hearts joined - until that day we have no city. You can label me a failure until that day. The first and perhaps only great mayor was Greek. He was Pericles of Athens, and he lived some 2500 years ago, and he said, "All things good on this Earth flow into the City, because of the City's greatness." Well, we were great once. Can we not be great again? Now, I put that question to James Bone, and there's only silence. Yet could not something pass from this sweet youth to me? Could he not empower me to find in myself the strength to have the knowledge to summon up the courage to accomplish this seemingly insurmountable task of making a city livable? Just livable. There was a palace that was a city. It was a PALACE! It was a PALACE and it CAN BE A PALACE AGAIN! A PALACE, in which there is no king or queen, or dukes or earls or princes, but subjects all: subjects beholden to each other, to make a better place to live. Is that too much to ask?

      Audience: No!

      Mayor John Pappas: Are we asking too much for this?

      Audience: No!

      Mayor John Pappas: Is it beyond our reach?

      Some Audience Members: No!

      Mayor John Pappas: Because if it is, then we are nothing but sheep being herded to the final SLAUGHTERHOUSE! I will not go down, THAT WAY!

      [the audience begins shouting approval]

      Mayor John Pappas: I choose to FIGHT BACK! I choose to RISE, not fall! I choose to LIVE, not die! And I know, I know that what's within me is also WITHIN YOU.

      Audience Member: Amen!

      Mayor John Pappas: That's why I ask you now to join me. Join me, RISE UP with me, RISE UP on the wings of this slain angel.

      [Audience members begin shouting "Yes" at every pause]

      Mayor John Pappas: We'll rebuild on the soul of this little warrior. We will pick up his standard and RAISE it high! Carry it forward until THIS CITY - YOUR CITY - OUR CITY - HIS CITY - IS A PALACE OF GOD! IS A PALACE OF GOD! I am with you, little James. I am you.

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    • Soundtracks
      A Wonderful Guy
      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 18. April 1996 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • City Hall: La sombra de la corrupción
    • Drehorte
      • Teaneck, New Jersey, USA(city hall interiors)
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Castle Rock Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • 40.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 20.340.204 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 6.950.794 $
      • 18. Feb. 1996
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 20.340.204 $
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      • 1 Std. 51 Min.(111 min)
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