Billy Bathgate (1991)
- Directed by
- Robert Benton
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, gangster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 242 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
A teenage boy gets drawn into the dangerous world of a 1930s gangster. He rises through the ranks of the mob while trying to survive the violent fallout of his boss's conflicts.
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What happens
Billy Bathgate is a 1991 American gangster film directed by Robert Benton, starring Loren Dean as the title character and Dustin Hoffman as real-life gangster Dutch Schultz. The film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Bruce Willis. Although Billy is a fictional character, at least four of the other characters in the film are real people. The screenplay was adapted by British writer Tom Stoppard from E.L. Doctorow's 1989 novel of the same name. Doctorow distanced himself from the film for the extensive deviations from the book. It received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, only grossing $15.5 million against its $48 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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