Billy Bathgate
Crime
Theatrical Release (US)
~ In 1935, a New York kid was looking for a hero. He found Dutch Schultz. ~
Overview:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Director:
Robert Benton
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$48,000,000.00
Revenue:
$15,565,363.00
Key words:
Cast
Loren Dean
~ as ~
Dustin Hoffman
Dutch Schultz
Nicole Kidman
Drew Preston
Bruce Willis
Bo Weinberg
Steve Buscemi
Irving
Stanley Tucci
Lucky Luciano
Steven Hill
Otto Berman
Billy Jaye
Mickey
John Costelloe
Lulu
Timothy Jerome
Dixie Davis
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Written 2 year(s) ago
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Dustin Hoffman is "Dutch" an aspiring gangster in 1930s New York's City. Together with the business savvy "Otto" (Steven Hill) and a little help from the suave "Bo" (Bruce Willis) he sets out to carve out an empire for himself. Along the way, "Otto" alights on the keen youngster "Billy" (Loren Dean) who soon becomes a part of their operation discovering that there is a life of wealth and opportunity to be had, but that life has it's dark, violent and dangerous side too. What now ensues is authentic looking, flash cars and spiv suits - but the actual execution of the story is really very dull. Willis appears only briefly (though I really did like his footwear) and Nicole Kidman offers the romantic interest for both Hoffman and Dean for a while. The narrative is disjointed. The film flows like glue with too many short, episodic, scenarios that lack any sense of peril or menace, before an ending that though historical fact is really underwhelming. Nobody's finest hour, this film.
