Kill the Irishman

"The man the mob couldn't kill."

2011 1h 46m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 738

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Synopsis

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Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

“The man the mob couldn't kill.”

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Cast

Ray Stevenson
Danny Greene
Vincent D'Onofrio
John Nardi
Val Kilmer
Joe Manditski
Christopher Walken
Shondor Birns
Linda Cardellini
Joan Madigan
Tony Darrow
Mikey Mendarolo
Robert Davi
Ray Ferritto
Fionnula Flanagan
Grace O'Keefe

Credits

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Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, Jeremy Walters
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Cassidy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Douglas Crise shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ray Stevenson and Vincent D'Onofrio and Val Kilmer carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The man the mob couldn't kill.".

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IMDB entry: tt1416801 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan Hensleigh directs. Karl Walter Lindenlaub behind the camera. Patrick Cassidy scores. Douglas Crise cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 15 years ago.
2Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Patrick Cassidy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Douglas Crise shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ray Stevenson and Vincent D'Onofrio and Val Kilmer carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The man the mob couldn't kill.".
7IMDB entry: tt1416801 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Original score: Patrick Cassidy
Editing: Douglas Crise
Production design: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Costume design: Melissa Bruning
VFX supervisor: Chris Ervin
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,188,194
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Kill the Irishman (2011)

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Kenneth Axel Carlsson2014-12-28
★ 4/10
This is the story of the irishman, Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson), a corrupt union man, who ended up as sort of a Robin Hood figure of Cleveland. This is the story of how he rose in the ranks, making countless of enemies along the way. This is also the story of how they tried to kill him, but failed. I've never heard of Danny Greene, but the movie paints a nice realistic picture of the 1970s. This is not a pleasant world, but one where everyone is trying to get their piece of the cake. Danny himself is a hard one to figure out, is he good, is he bad? The one moment he helps out a friend in need, the next... he is killing people. I kinda like the fact that he is a person with both sides to him, allowing us to make up our own mind about him. Life is never as simple as most movies would like us to think it is. The movie itself is a little messy, and I had expected a bit more from the cast, but of course, this is a movie based on actual events and characters, and of course that means that they can't change too much. In minor roles we find Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, both excellent actors that tend to make quirky and interesting characters, but not so much here. Last words... a solid movie that gives us some insight into a man who really lived and breathed. It has some heart, for sure, but ain't all that interesting when it comes down to it. I probably won't ever see it a second time, but I definitely survived seeing it once.

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