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Angel Heart is a 1987 neo-noir, fantasy, mystery, and erotic thriller film directed and written by Alan Parker. The cast includes Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling. Produced by Alan Marshall and Elliott Kastner, the film was produced by Carolco Pictures, Winkast Film Productions, and Union. Trevor Jones composed the score, while Michael Seresin served as director of photography and Gerry Hambling as film editor.
The narrative is set in New Orleans and New York City, with filming taking place in New Jersey and New Orleans. The original language is English, and the main subjects include incest and amnesia. The film originated from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. It has a runtime of 113 minutes and was distributed by TriStar Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format.
Angel Heart received a budget of 17,000,000 and generated revenue of 17,185,954. Its tagline is "It will scare you to your very soul." Review scores include 7.2/10, 82%, and 61/100. The film is associated with the Bechdel test assessment.
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7.1A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Cast
- Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel
- Robert De Niro as Louis Cyphre
- Lisa Bonet as Epiphany Proudfoot
- Charlotte Rampling as Margaret Krusemark
- Stocker Fontelieu as Ethan Krusemark
- Brownie McGhee as Toots Sweet
Themes
- new york city
- amnesia
- heart
- southern usa
- voodoo
- detective
- drug addiction
- new orleans, louisiana
- investigation
- neurosis
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alan Parker
- Screenplay by
- Alan Parker
- Based on
- Falling Angel , by William Hjortsberg
- Produced by
- Alan Marshall Elliott Kastner
- Starring
- Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling
- Cinematography
- Michael Seresin
- Edited by
- Gerry Hambling
- Music by
- Trevor Jones
- Production company
- Carolco Pictures
- Distributed by
- Tri-Star Pictures
- Release date
- March 6, 1987 ( 1987-03-06 )
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States Canada
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $17.2 million (domestic)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- amnesia
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Screenwriter
- Alan Parker
- Cast member
- George Buck
- Composer
- Trevor Jones
- Producer
- Elliott Kastner
- Production company
- Carolco Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Michael Seresin
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 656487
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Angel Heart Filmlogo.png
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- publication date
- 1987-03-06
- film editor
- Gerry Hambling
- title
- Angel Heart
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.2/10
- capital cost
- 18000000
- box office
- 17185632
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Encyclopedic overview
Angel Heart is a 1987 neo-noir psychological horror film, an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel. The film is written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling. It is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Harry Angel (Rourke), a New York City private investigator, is hired to solve the mysterious disappearance of a singer known as Johnny Favorite. His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.
Following publication of the novel, Hjortsberg began developing the screenplay for a film adaptation, but found that no major studio was willing to produce his script. The project resurfaced in 1985 when producer Elliott Kastner brought the book to Parker's attention. Parker began work on a new script and made several changes to Hjortsberg's novel. He also met with Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna, who agreed to finance the $18 million production through their independent film studio Carolco Pictures. Filming took place on-location in New York City and New Orleans, with principal photography lasting from March to June 1986.
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