Snake Eyes [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Brian De Palma

Overview

Brian DePalma directed this taut thriller, set in Atlantic City, where a corrupt cop investigates a political assassination. Outside an Atlantic City arena-hotel-casino, a TV news reporter stands in a pre-hurricane storm to report on the heavyweight boxing match about to begin inside. A transition to the stadium interior focuses on Atlantic City homicide Detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage), a father with a wife and son, yet also a dishonest cop who maintains a mistress and cheerfully accepts bribes. DePalma's Steadicam follows Santoro on a fast-paced tour of the stadium as the laughing, yelling detective travels stairs and hallways, talks to a gal with a between-rounds placard, visits the dressing room of champ Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw), rides down an escalator to squeeze money from a small-time hood, enters the arena of 14,000 fight fans, talks on his phone with his girlfriend and wife, and sits ringside next to his lifelong buddy, Navy Cmdr. Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise). Behind Dunne, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani) is seated alongside billionaire casino owner Gilbert Powell (John Heard). As the fight gets underway, Dunne abandons his position protecting the defense chief to pursue a suspicious redhead. From his ringside vantage point, Santoro has a close view of the champ, curiously conscious despite taking a kayo punch. At that moment, an assassin fires at Kirkland. Santoro immediately concocts a good cover story for his pal (to explain why Dunne left his post protecting Kirkland). Just after the shooting, Dunne kills a Palestinian extremist, the apparent killer, and Santoro orders the stadium doors locked, hoping he can locate other suspects among the fleeing crowd. One such is Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), an injured woman in a blond wig who spoke with Kirkland seconds before the gunfire. After a video replay reveals the champ took a fall, going down to the floor from a punch that never touched him, Santoro becomes more curious and suspicious, comparing witness accounts, and he attempts to locate Julia, convinced she's the key to truth behind the assassination. As it all comes to a head, Santoro peels through successive layers of corruption, ultimately confronting himself in a self-examination of his own values. Filmed at Montreal's old Forum.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/18/2021
UPC:	0032429354105
Original Release:	0000
Language:	English
Sales rank:	11,939

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nicolas Cage	Det. Rick Santoro
Gary Sinise	Cdr. Kevin Dunne
John Heard	Gilbert Powell
Carla Gugino	Julia Costello
Stan Shaw	Lincoln Tyler
Kevin Dunn	Lou Logan
Michael Rispoli	Jimmy George
Joel Fabiani	Secretary Charles Kirkland
Luis Guzman	Cyrus
David Anthony Higgins	Ned Campbell
Mike Starr	Walt McGahn
Tamara Tunie	Anthea
Chip Zien	Mickey Alter
Christain Napoli	Michael Santoro
Adam C. Flores	Jose Pacifico Ruiz
Mark Camacho	C.J.
Peter McRobbie	Pritzker
Jayne Heitmeyer	Serena
Chip Chuipka	Zietz/Drunk
Eric Hoziel	Rabat
Michaella Bassey	Tyler's Party Girl No. 2
Paul Joseph Bernardo	Casino Security No. 1
Jernard Burks	Tyler's Bodyguard
Desmond Campbell	Arena Security No. 1
Jean-Paul Chartrand	Ring Announcer
Deano Clavet	Arena Security
Tara Ann Culp	Lady at Elevator
Kelly Deadmon	Blonde Reporter
Fr?d?rick De Grandpr?	College Boy No. 1
Sebastien Delorme	College Boy No. 4
George Fourniotis	Blue Shirt No. 3
Christina Fulton	Roundgirl
Kenneth Glegg	Referee
Alain Goulem	PPV Director
Dean Hagopian	Latecomer
Byron Johnson	College Boy No. 2
Guy Kelada	Blue Shirt
Sylvain Landry	Remote Producer
Cary Lawrence	Powell's Aide
Robert Norman Lemieux	FBI Agent
Richard Lemire	Agent No. 2
Christopher MacCabe	Couple No. 2
Sylvain Masse	Cop
Patrick F. McDade	Lawyer
William J. McKeon III	Anthea's Cameraman
Lance E. Nichols	Cop No. 3
Jason Nuzzo	Coin Cup Grabber
Patrick Parent	Detective
Peter Patrikios	Coin Cup Decoy
Jacynthe Rene	Couple No. 1
Stephen Spreekmeester	College Boy No. 3
Eva Tep	Tyler's Party Girl No. 1
John Thaddeus	Cop No. 2
Jim Whelan	Mayor
Brian Anthony Wilson	Casino Security No. 2
Richard Zeman	Agent No. 1
Gerard Max Desilus	Tyler's Party Crash Guy
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Composer

Technical Credits

Brian De Palma

David Koepp

Brian De Palma	Screenwriter,Producer
Peter Bucossi	Stunts
Mary Colquhoun	Casting
Garry Elmendorf	Special Effects
Michael Nomad	Stunts
Michael Scherer	Stunts
Louis A. Stroller	Executive Producer,Producer
Eddie Yansick	Stunts
David Koepp	Screenwriter
Industrial Light & Magic	Special Effects
James Sabat	Sound/Sound Designer
Patrick Rousseau	Sound/Sound Designer

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