Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Directed by
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, action film, film noir, comedy drama, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 1,864 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a Prohibition-era city, two rival gangs clash for control. A clever but loyal adviser tries to play both sides to stay alive.
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What happens
Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides against each other. In 2005, Time chose Miller's Crossing as one of the 100 greatest films made since the inception of the periodical. Time critic Richard Corliss called it a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the breeze like the frisbee of a fedora sailing through the forest". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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