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Little Odessa
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Little Odessa is a 1994 American crime drama film directed and written by James Gray. The movie features Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Maximilian Schell, and Moira Kelly in the cast. Produced by Paul Webster through companies including Live Entertainment and Immigrant Pictures, the narrative is set in Brooklyn and focuses on organized crime. The film’s tagline describes the plot as involving "Brothers in blood. Partners in crime."
The runtime is 98 minutes, and the original language is English. It was released on October 28, 1994, and distributed by Fine Line Features and Netflix via video on demand. Critical reception includes a Metascore of 64 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 53%. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.7 based on 9,635 votes. It received four wins and six nominations for awards.
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It sits within the topics 1994 American films, 1994 crime drama films and 1994 directorial debut films.
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Film · TMDB
6.5Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.
Cast
- Tim Roth as Joshua Shapira
- Edward Furlong as Reuben Shapira
- Moira Kelly as Alla Shustervich
- Vanessa Redgrave as Irina Shapira
- Paul Guilfoyle as Boris Volkoff
- Natalya Andreychenko as Natasha
Themes
- bratva (russian mafia)
- brother
- dysfunctional family
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
9,635 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- James Gray
- Screenwriter
- James Gray
- Cast member
- David Vadim
- Producer
- Paul Webster
- Narrative location
- Brooklyn
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 956435
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-04-13
- title
- Little Odessa
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 53%
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