Ennemis rapprochés

Titre original : The Devil's Own

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Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in Ennemis rapprochés (1997)

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.

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Un membre de l'IRA s'échappe à New York et se cache au domicile d'un policier à part entière qui ignore son identité. Le nouveau venu s'intègre dans la famille, tout en organisant un gros ac... Tout lireUn membre de l'IRA s'échappe à New York et se cache au domicile d'un policier à part entière qui ignore son identité. Le nouveau venu s'intègre dans la famille, tout en organisant un gros achat d'armes pour son organisation.Un membre de l'IRA s'échappe à New York et se cache au domicile d'un policier à part entière qui ignore son identité. Le nouveau venu s'intègre dans la famille, tout en organisant un gros achat d'armes pour son organisation.

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- 1 nomination au total

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Anecdotes
Brad Pitt wanted to leave the production, but was threatened by a lawsuit. In the February 2, 1997, issue of Newsweek, Pitt called the film a "disaster", and said that "it was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking - if you can even call it that - that I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it". Rumors of fighting on the set (especially over which star would be the focus of the film) plagued the production. The original script was discarded and there were at least seven subsequent rewrites. Pitt said the final version was "a mess". "The script that I had loved was gone," he said. "I guess people just had different visions and you can't argue with that. But then I wanted out and the studio head said, 'All right, we'll let you out, but it'll be $63 million for starters." (Harrison Ford later noted that Pitt "forgot for a moment that he was talking to someone whose job it was to write this s*** down".)

Gaffes
When taking Rory/Frankie in to the police station, Tom and his partner leave him alone, though handcuffed, in the rear seat. It is standard police practice to have one officer in back with the suspect, and seated directly behind the driver. This prevents any assault on the driver, or attempt to escape without being observed - or seen too late by way of the rear view mirror as happened here.

Citations
Rory: Don't look for a happy ending. It's not an American story. It's an Irish one.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Liar Liar/The Graduate/Selena/Crash/Kolya (1997)

Bandes originales
Gonna Fly Now
Music by Bill Conti
Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins

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6/10

Why must Hollywood meddle in things it doesn't understand?

I say this making no pretense at completely understanding the Irish conflict myself (you'd have to ask someone with experience of Belfast for a more authentic take on the situation), but the irresponsible way the troubles were used here as a backdrop to what is supposed entertainment staggers me. It isn't as if it needed this detail; the terrorist could have been from any unspecified organisation. In the incompetent handling of sensitive issues that the makers really have no idea of, the production team involved in this really have let themselves down. Brad Pitt realised this too late and henceforth disowned the film, a fact which made me admire and respect him even more.

For this I wanted to hate the film, and yet found myself unable to. Beneath the misbegotten attempts at 'political comment', there is a decent little thriller struggling to get out. Pitt is great as the terrorist (dodgy accent aside) and Ford is as reliable as ever in the role of the honest cop. Director Pakula keeps the story moving at all times and stages the action well. Despite all these pluses, I constantly felt uncomfortable at the ways in which the script tried to manipulate my sympathies. While it's not quite enough to make me downgrade the film on an enjoyment level, it loses big points from an ethical perspective. Shame on you Tinseltown.