L'ombra del diavolo

Titolo originale: The Devil's Own

1997
T
1h 51min

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6,2/10

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Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in L'ombra del diavolo (1997)

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

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Un membro dell'IRA scappa a New York e si nasconde a casa di un poliziotto a tutti gli effetti ignaro della sua identità. Il nuovo arrivato si integra nella famiglia, mentre organizza un gro... Leggi tuttoUn membro dell'IRA scappa a New York e si nasconde a casa di un poliziotto a tutti gli effetti ignaro della sua identità. Il nuovo arrivato si integra nella famiglia, mentre organizza un grosso acquisto di armi per la sua organizzazione.Un membro dell'IRA scappa a New York e si nasconde a casa di un poliziotto a tutti gli effetti ignaro della sua identità. Il nuovo arrivato si integra nella famiglia, mentre organizza un grosso acquisto di armi per la sua organizzazione.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,2/10

74.219

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

4600

852

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

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6/10

Worth checking out at least once

A thriller about an IRA gunman (Brad Pitt) who draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. Frankie McGuire is one of the IRA's deadliest assassins. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop (Harrison Ford) who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity.

Ford last appeared in a movie two years before this one in 1995's Sabrina (one of Ford's few financial flops) a remake of the 1954 film with its trio of stars, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden. Before that he'd been on a good run with The two Jack Ryan movies (Patriot Games and Clear and Preset Danger) and The Fugitive.

Whilst Brad Pitt was starting to become the Mega Star he is hitting home runs with roles in Interview With A Vampire, Legends Of The Fall, Seven, 12 Monkeys and Sleepers.

You can see what attracted the stars to the movie as the premise is a good one, however once Ford was cast, it was decided to rewrite the script to make his character more central and the script wasn't finished when they started shooting. Ego clashes, budget overruns and long delays saw Pitt tried to walk away from the project. He settled for denouncing the movie as "the most irresponsible bit of film making – if you can even call it that – that I've ever seen." Upon it's release. The movies ending was reshot two days before it's release too.

As expected Ford and Pitt are the best things in this movie, and the parts where this movie works is because of them. It's a shame this was the last movie of Alan Jay Pakula because I like his work as a Director. Be it Klute, All The Presidents Men or Starting Over and Sophie's Choice he showed himself to be a good director.

Worth checking out at least once

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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".)

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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.