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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Sam Mendes
Genres: Period Film, Crime Drama, Gangster Film, Drama, Crime
Released Date: July 12, 2002 (USA)
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Summary:
The acclaimed graphic novel from crime writer Max Allan Collins becomes this big budget Dreamworks drama from director Sam Mendes and screenwriter David Self. Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan, a morally conflicted Depression-era hit man committing murder in the name of his employer, John Rooney (Paul Newman). A kindly, aging Irish crime boss who raised Sul... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Tom Hanks - (Michael Sullivan)
Paul Newman - (John Rooney)
Jude Law - (Maguire)
Jennifer Jason Leigh - (Annie Sullivan)
Stanley Tucci - (Frank Nitti)
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Review:
An elegant, mournful gangster picture that joins the ranks of Miller's Crossing (1990) and The Godfather (1972) as an example of the genre's best, this adaptation of a fact-based graphic novel is another showcase for the visual talents of director Sam Mendes, following up his Oscar-winning cinematic debut, American Beauty (1999). The fi... Continue >>

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