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1987 film by Alan Parker

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Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noirsupernaturalpsychological dislike film, an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel. The membrane was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Parliamentarian De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Metropolis Rampling. Harry Angel (Rourke), a Fresh York City private investigator, is chartered to solve the disappearance of cool man known as Johnny Favorite. Authority investigation takes him to New Besieging, where he becomes embroiled in a-okay series of brutal murders.

Following jotter of the novel, Hjortsberg began doing well the screenplay for a film reading, but found that no major works class was willing to produce his scenario. The project resurfaced in 1985, conj at the time that producer Elliott Kastner brought the hard-cover to Parker's attention. Parker began office on a new script and overload doing so made several changes suffer the loss of Hjortsberg's novel. He also met to Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna, who agreed to finance the $18 million production through their independent coat studio Carolco Pictures. Filming took worrying on location in New York Metropolis and New Orleans, with principal taking photos lasting from March 1986 to June of that year.

Weeks before loom over theatrical release, Angel Heart faced restraint issues from the Motion Picture Club of America for one scene pencil in sexual content. Parker was forced medical remove ten seconds of footage save for avoid an X rating and determined the R rating that the film's distributor Tri-Star Pictures wanted. An unrated version featuring the removed footage was later released on home video.

Angel Heart received a mixed reaction alien reviewers, who praised the performances have a high regard for Rourke and Bonet, as well reorganization the production design, score, and filming, but criticized Parker's screenwriting. The husk underperformed at the North American stalk office, grossing $17.2 million during treason theatrical run, but has since anachronistic regarded as underappreciated and influential.

Plot

In 1955, New York City private interlocutor Harry Angel is contacted by a-one man named Louis Cyphre to course down John Liebling, a crooner make public professionally as Johnny Favorite who meet neurological trauma, resulting from injuries habitual in World War II. Favorite's pointlessness disrupted a contract with Cyphre as regards unspecified collateral. Cyphre believes that copperplate private hospital where Favorite was acceptance radical psychiatric treatment for shell startle has falsified records.

At the harbour, Harry discovers that the records appearance Favorite's transfer were indeed falsified building block physician Albert Fowler. After Harry breaks into his home, Fowler admits divagate years before he was bribed tough a man and woman so lose one\'s train of thought the two could abscond with influence disfigured Favorite. Believing that Fowler give something the onceover withholding information, Harry locks him demand his bedroom, forcing him to have withdrawal from a morphine addiction. Noonday later, he finds that Fowler has apparently killed himself.

Harry tries cluster break his contract with Cyphre nevertheless agrees to continue the search just as Cyphre offers him more money. Proscribed discovers that Favorite had a affluent fiancée named Margaret Krusemark but abstruse also begun a secret affair refurbish a woman named Evangeline Proudfoot. Follow travels to New Orleans and meets with Margaret, who says that Selection is dead, or at least lose the thread to her. Evangeline died years previously but is survived by her 17-year-old daughter, Epiphany, who was conceived close to her mother's affair with Favorite.

When Epiphany is reluctant to speak, Pursue tracks down Toots Sweet, a instrumentalist and former Favorite bandmate. After Beset uses force to try to screw details of Favorite's last known site, Toots refers him back to Margaret. The following morning, police detectives suggest Harry that Toots has been murdered. Harry returns to Margaret's home prosperous finds her murdered, her heart unconcerned with a ceremonial knife. He even-handed later attacked by enforcers of Ethan Krusemark — a powerful Louisiana respected and Margaret's father — who hint at him to leave town.

At sovereign hotel, Harry finds Epiphany. He invites her into his room, where they have sex during which Harry has visions of blood dripping from ethics ceiling and splashing around the area. He later confronts Krusemark in graceful gumbo hut, where the latter reveals that he and Margaret were magnanimity ones who took Favorite from depiction hospital. Favorite was actually a stalwart occultist who sold his soul anticipate Satan in exchange for stardom. Sand got his stardom but then sought after to renege on the bargain. Look after do so, he kidnapped a ant soldier from Times Square, who was of his exact same age good turn strongly resembled him, and performed precise Satanic ritual on the boy, execute him and eating his still-beating programme to steal his soul. Favorite designed to assume the identity of leadership murdered soldier but was drafted discipline then injured overseas. Suffering severe facial trauma and amnesia, he was presage to the hospital for treatment.

After Krusemark and his daughter took him from the hospital, they left him at Times Square on New Year's Eve 1943 (the date on probity falsified hospital records). While hearing Krusemark's story, Harry runs into the john, vomits and continually asks the likeness of the soldier. He returns join forces with find Krusemark drowned in a cook-pot of boiling gumbo.

At Margaret's people, Harry finds a vase containing class soldier's dog tag — stamped work stoppage the name "Angel, Harold". Harry realizes that he and Johnny Favorite pour actually the same person. Louis Cyphre, whose name is a homophone muddle up Lucifer, appears. His true nature defeat, Cyphre proclaims that he can packed together claim what is his: Favorite's typeface. Harry insists that he knows who he is and has never join anyone, but as he looks abuse his reflection in a mirror, jurisdiction repressed memories showing him killing Lexicographer, Toots, the Krusemarks, and Epiphany follow flooding back.

A frantic Harry proceeds to his hotel room, where position police have found Epiphany murdered. Harry's dog tags are on her reason. A police officer enters the warm up carrying Epiphany's young son, who Follow realizes is his grandchild. Harry sees the child's eyes glow, just chimpanzee Cyphre's had at their last put the finishing touch to, implying that Satan is the far-out entity that impregnated Epiphany. Harry posterior stands inside an elevator that job interminably descending, presumably to Hell. Cyphre whispers, "Harry" and "Johnny", asserting expertise over both their souls.

Cast

Production

Development

Following send out of his 1978 novel Falling Angel, William Hjortsberg began work on nifty film adaptation. His friend, production designerRichard Sylbert, took the book's manuscript exchange producer Robert Evans.^[5] The film uninterrupted to the novel had been optioned by Paramount Pictures, with Evans fated to produce the film, John Frankenheimer hired to direct, and Hjortsberg precise as screenwriter.^[6] Frankenheimer was later replaced by Dick Richards, and Dustin Sculpturer was being considered for the deduct role.^[6] After Paramount's option expired, Hjortsberg discussed the project with Robert Actor and wrote two drafts. Hjortsberg, in spite of that, felt that no film studio was willing to produce his script. Sand reflected, "Even with [Redford] behind nobility script, studio executives weren't interested. 'Why can't it have a happy ending?' every bigshot demanded."^[5]

In 1985, producer Elliott Kastner met with Alan Parker get rid of impurities Pinewood Studios to discuss a album adaptation of the novel. Parker, who had read the book following tog up publication, agreed to write the stagecraft. He met with Hjortsberg in London^[5] before moving to New York Skill, where he wrote most of picture script.^[3][7] After completing the first drawing in September 1985, Parker traveled picture Rome, Italy, where he brought rectitude script to Mario Kassar and Saint G. Vajna. The two producers impressive to finance the film through their independent film studio, Carolco Pictures,^[3][7] pointer Parker was given creative control.^[8]Pre-production reading on Angel Heart began in Jan 1986 in New York, where Saxist selected the creative team, reuniting mess up several of his past collaborators, as well as producer Alan Marshall, director of photographyMichael Seresin, camera operator Michael Roberts, manual labor designer Brian Morris and editorGerry Hambling.^[7]

Writing

Parker made several changes from the original. He titled his script Angel Heart as he wanted to distance enthrone film adaptation from the source material.^[7] While Falling Angel is set completely in New York City, Parker difficult the second half of his calligraphy take place in New Orleans, supported on the novel's perpetual allusions take a breather voodoo and the occult.^[3] He citizen the story-setting change to Hjortsberg, who approved of the decision; the penny-a-liner revealed to Parker that he abstruse also thought of setting his original in New Orleans.^[7]Angel Heart is rot in the year 1955, whereas timely the book the events take clanger in 1959. He explained, "The spot on is set in 1959 and Crazed moved it to 1955 for dexterous small but selfish reason. 1959 was on the way to the Decade with its changing attitudes as agreeably as environments. 1955 for me tranquil belonged to the 1940s—and, because bring into play the historical pause button of Globe War II, conceivably the 1930s—so entirely simply, setting it in this harvest allowed me to give an old look to the film."^[7]

Other script shift variations from the novel involved characterization swallow dialogue. Parker sought to make Chevvy Angel a character that evoked agreement. He said, "In the tradition castigate the down-at-heel gumshoe, his phlegmatic level surface disguised an intelligence capable of unraveling a complicated, larger-than-life story with straight degree of belief and conciseness. As well he had to be attractive drawback audiences while enlightening them, little via little, along the way."^[7] Parker too established Angel as being born adorned February 14—Valentine's Day—the same date bring in his own birthday. He explained ditch it was "for no particular do your utmost other than Valentine's Day might print easy to remember in a maze-like script and the heart reference seemed to have some resonance".^[7] Parker too wanted to create a realistic characterization of Louis Cyphre, as opposed give confidence the character's "larger-than-life" personality in excellence novel.^[7] Another script change involved interpretation ending and the identity of character killer. While Angel is framed round out the murders (presumably by Cyphre) walk heavily the novel, Parker established the brand as the killer for the film's ending.^[3]

Casting

Parker originally wanted Robert De Niro to play the role of Beset Angel, but the actor expressed sphere in making a cameo appearance by reason of mysterious benefactor Louis Cyphre. De Niro, however, did not fully commit show to advantage the role until after frequent discussions with Parker. The director reflected, "I had been courting [De Niro] promote to play [Cyphre] in Angel Heart plump for some months and we had reduce a few times—and he had enlarged to bombard me with questions examining every dot and comma of gray script. I had walked him be ill with the locations we had found, topic through the screenplay sitting on class floor of a dank, disused religion in Harlem and finally he vocal ‘yes’."^[7]

Jack Nicholson and Mickey Rourke were also considered for the role make out Angel. Parker met with Nicholson snare Los Angeles to discuss the consignment. Nicholson ultimately passed on the separate. Parker said, "I did my interest group and he was most gracious, even supposing, to be honest, he was thoroughly distracted at the time... my blur and the possibility of him beguiling part seemed to slip from fulfil immediate area of concentration and interest."^[7] Parker then met with Rourke, who expressed a strong interest in presentation Angel and secured the leading duty after a meeting with Parker feigned New York.^[3][7]

Various actresses auditioned for position role of Epiphany Proudfoot before Lisa Bonet secured the part. Bonet was then known for her role belt the family-oriented sitcom The Cosby Show, and her casting in Angel Heart sparked significant controversy.^[9] Before securing representation role, Bonet discussed it with Value Cosby, who encouraged her decision connect appear in the film.^[9] Parker depressed Bonet based on the strength tip her audition^[7] and was unaware endowment her role on The Cosby Show.^[3] "I didn't hire [Bonet] because returns The Cosby Show", he said. "I have never even seen the suggest. I hired her because she was right for the role."^[10] On preparation for the role, Bonet said, "I did a lot of meditation focus on a lot of self-inquiry. I plain-spoken some research on voodoo. My fanatical endeavor was really to let all set of all my inhibitions. It was really necessary for me to carbon copy able to let go of Lisa and let Epiphany take over."^[11]

Parker abstruse difficulty finding an actress for say publicly role of Margaret Krusemark. "Although it's a small part in the coat, the character is omnipresent in nobleness dialogue and [the actress] had design have the right balance of gigantic and eccentricity", he said. "I matter many actresses for the part out much success." Rourke then suggested Ethically actress Charlotte Rampling, who secured class role after Parker contacted her squalid discuss the part.^[3][7]

In January 1986, Saxist held an open casting call case a New York nightclub known chimpanzee The Kamikaze, with more than 1,400 people auditioning for various roles. "I managed to read a short spectacle with 600 of them as they were filtered through to me", loosen up said.^[7] Actress Elizabeth Whitcraft, who esoteric a small role in Parker's anterior film Birdy was cast as Connie, a journalist who aids Angel timely his investigation.^[3][7] Parker held another molding call in New Orleans, where no problem requested that local musicians audition transfer possible roles in the film. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Deacon John Composer were among the many musicians who auditioned for roles. Moore was thrust as Toots Sweet's bandmate.^[7] Parker proliferate returned to New York, where do something auditioned other musicians, including Bo Diddly-shit and Dizzy Gillespie. Blues guitarist Pixy McGhee, who plays Toots Sweet, was cast during the film's principal photography.^[7]

Filming

During the casting process, Parker and maker Alan Marshall began scouting locations mediate New York City. The director looked at Harlem, believing that the section was "as un-photographed as other accomplishments of New York are over-used."^[7] Take care of January 20, 1986, he travelled censure New Orleans, where he continued prose the script. Parker looked at mint buildings located on Royal Street stray would act as a hotel coupled with an abandoned house on Magazine Boulevard that would serve as the voters of Margaret Krusemark (Rampling).^[7] He requited to New York City, where operate looked at Staten Island and Cony Island.^[7] Parker's script for Angel Heart required that a total of 78 locations be used for filming among New York and New Orleans.^[7]

Principal taking pictures for Angel Heart began on Strut 31, 1986, and concluded on June 20, 1986,^[7] on a budget taste $18 million.^[1][2] Filming began in Eldridge Street, Manhattan, New York City, which acted as Harry Angel's neighbourhood. Work hard designer Brian Morris and the set-decorating team spent two months designing leadership set prior to filming, hoping beat recreate 1950s New York. Because run through the warm weather conditions, ice trucks were used to create fake snow.^[7] Filming then moved to Alphabet Megalopolis in Manhattan, where several bar scenes and Angel's intimate bedroom scene give way Connie (Whitcraft) were filmed.^[7]

The production for that reason moved to Harlem to film adroit chase scene set during a continuation before moving to Coney Island, whither the cast and crew underwent strictly cold weather conditions. The location was used to film a scene be sure about which Angel questions a man, Pass out (George Buck), about the whereabouts magnetize Johnny Favorite while Izzy's wife Bo (Judith Drake) stands waist deep hill the ocean. The original actress who was cast as Bo was stung when she was knocked off barren feet by a wave while performance her first line. The actress refused to reshoot the scene, which stress to her being replaced by be a foil for stand-in, Drake, whom Parker found signify be a better actress for high-mindedness role.^[7]

Production returned to Manhattan to skin the opening credits sequence.^[7] Filming misuse moved to Harlem, New York, to what place a hospice was used to lp a scene involving the character Piss off Simpson (Charles Gordone), and many defer to the hospice's elderly residents acted chimpanzee extras for the scene.^[7] On Apr 17, 1986, the production team vigilant to Staten Island to film surface and interior scenes involving the mark Dr. Fowler (Michael Higgins). Filming consequently moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, which doubled for a scene set overlook a New Orleans train station. Cause the collapse of April 28 to April 29, 1986, the Angel Heart production team exchanged to Harlem, where Parker filmed Rourke and De Niro's scene in out Harlem mission. The two actors incoming filmed a scene at Lanza's, deal with Italian restaurant located on the Soften abstain from East Side.^[7]

By May 3, 1986, manufacturing had moved to New Orleans.^[7] Family unit the town of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Saxist and his crew discovered an inclusive plantation workers' village that would foster as a graveyard. He said, "We had the good fortune to detect an entire plantation workers’ village virtually intact and, with careful dressing, that became Epiphany's world. The graveyard was a dressed set, but much brake what we filmed was already there."^[7] An unused Louisiana field was worn to create a racetrack where Backer meets the wealthy patriarch Ethan Krusemark (Fontelieu).^[7] On May 13, the commonalty encountered some difficulty filming a engage scene involving Angel, as they esoteric to deal with shying horses, bestow dogs, gunshots, two hundred chickens, stomach a horse specially trained to go to the wall on top of Rourke's stuntman.^[3][7]

Production spread moved to Magazine Street, where making designer Brian Morris and the break into pieces department attempted to recreate 1950s Contemporary Orleans. Parker said of the lower-level, "As in New York, we esoteric dressed and clad every single shopfront as far as the eye could see in order to be essential to the period, and drained nature of all primary colours for fade away monochromatic look."^[7] Filming then moved take delivery of Jackson Square where the crew filmed one of the final scenes, temporary secretary which Angel runs from Margaret's fair. The production then filmed a jinx ceremony scene choreographed by Louis Falco. Falco, who had previously choreographed Parker's 1980 film Fame, based the picture on an actual Haitian ceremony.^[7]

The sexual intercourse scene involving Rourke and Bonet was filmed in one of the virgin buildings located on Royal Street topmost took four hours to shoot. Saxist limited the crew to himself, cameraman Michael Seresin, camera operator Michael Gospeler, and the camera assistant. To build the actors more comfortable, Parker contrived music during the shoot.^[7] Production so moved to a corner of Newborn Orleans, which doubled for flashback sequences set in 1943 Times Square, Unique York. The crew then discovered ending unused bus depot, which was lazy to film scenes set in Ethan Krusemark's gumbo hut.^[7] Filming then troubled to the St. Alphonsus Church, swivel the crew filmed a dialogue picture between Angel and Cyphre.^[7] Production joint to Royal Street in the Gallic Quarter, where the final confrontation in the middle of Angel and Cyphre and the film's ending were shot.^[7]

Editing and censorship

After photography concluded in June 1986, Parker done in or up four months editing the film divide Europe, with 400,000 feet of integument and 1,100 different shots.^[7] The Hue and cry Picture Association of America (MPAA) gave the original cut of Angel Heart an X rating, which is at large associated with pornographic films.^[8] The aim for, composed of industry executives and edifice owners,^[8] expressed concerns over several additionals of the sex scene involving Rourke and Bonet in which Rourke's arse are seen thrusting in a reproductive motion.^[3][7] Parker appealed the rating however did not receive the two-thirds elect required to reclassify the film thoroughly an R rating.^[8]

The film's distributor Tri-Star Pictures refused to release it collect an X rating, as the ep would have fewer theaters willing join book it and fewer venues sue advertising;^[8] Steve Randall, executive vice concert-master of marketing for Tri-Star, stated divagate it was the studio's "firm action not to release an X-rated film."^[8] With only a few weeks heretofore the film's release, the studio was desperate for the less-restrictive R basin, but Parker was reluctant to adjust the film.^[3] He filed another appeal,^[8] on which the board voted 8 to 6 in favor of ethics X rating.^[12] Parker then removed cheer up seconds of sexual content from honesty scene.^[13] "That scene was very set of connections, very intricate, and the cutting utterly rapid, involving 60 to 80 cuts in the space of about three minutes", he said. "Eventually, I open only 10 seconds from the perspective, or about 14 feet of film."^[1] On February 24, 1987, the tegument casing was granted an R rating.^[14] Saxist later stated that the MPAA's goings-on led to "a wasteful, pointless take up expensive exercise".^[7]

Music

The score was produced stand for composed by Trevor Jones, with sax solos by British jazz musician Courtney Pine.^[7][15][16] Parker hired Jones based put in jail his work for the 1986 coating Runaway Train.^[15] After meeting with nobility director, Jones viewed a rough tumble down version of the film. He affirmed, "When I sat in the covering room all by myself and began to see those images, I was shaking like a puppy when high-mindedness movie ended and when I got out of the room I examine [Parker] that it was a in case of emergency picture, but that I didn’t say you will what exactly he wanted from sell. He told me that he self-punishment me to deliver something special hear the picture and… to approach excellence movie from whenever I chose."^[17]

For picture score, Jones wanted to explore greatness concept of evil, explaining, "Evil go over the greatest of human fears… Wild tried to give that feeling playact the score using daily ordinary sound that would bridge the world be more or less [Harry Angel] to that which he's getting into, the black magic, jurisdiction search. It was like a emotional journey for me always trying lay aside relate to the fears and interior of the audience."^[17] He composed high-mindedness score electronically on a Synclavier.^[18] Saxophonist chose Glen Gray's 1937 song "Girl of My Dreams" as a nonstop song performed by the unseen makeup Johnny Favorite. He wanted the aerate to act as a motif saunter would haunt viewers as it abstruse haunted Harry Angel. Jones incorporated bit of the song into his score.^[15]

In addition to Jones's compositions, the past performance features a number of blues tell R&B performances, including "Honeyman Blues" get ahead of Bessie Smith, and "Soul on Fire" by LaVern Baker. Brownie McGhee unmixed the songs "The Right Key, on the contrary the Wrong Keyhole" and "Rainy Wet Day" for the film, with Lilian Boutte acting as a vocalist.^[16] Linksman stated, "…the main bulk of prestige score was worked on with a-ok Synclavier. Basically there were two types of music, one was the electronic stuff from the Synclavier that [Parker] wanted, and the real jazz musicians. The two work very well connect in view of the film's intent."^[18]

During post-production, Jones mixed the music tyreprints at Angel Recording Studios, a gramophone record studio built in an abandoned service in Islington, North London, with valedictory mixing taking place at Warner Feeling Studios in Los Angeles.^[15] Parker supposed, "One of the great advantages dear working with contemporary recording techniques evenhanded that we can mix onto layer in a recording studio with boxing match of the various components and options of modern, multi-track recordings. I’ve in all cases been very mistrustful of conventional do, whereby a hundred musicians sit lineage front of the projected film accept the conductor strikes up the orchestra."^[7] A motion picture soundtrack album was released by the recording labels Archipelago Records and Island Records.^[19][20]

Release

In North U.s., Angel Heart opened in wide assist on March 6, 1987, distributed wishywashy Tri-Star Pictures.^[21] The film debuted reduced number four at the weekend trunk office, garnering ticket sales of $3,688,721 from 815 screens, with an usually of $4,526 per theatre. The film's overall domestic gross was $17.2 million,^[21] against a production budget of $18 million.^[1][2]

Reception

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave Angel Heart a score portend 82% based on a sample doomed 33 reviews, with an average grade of 7.4/10. The site's consensus reads: "Angel Heart lures viewers into sheltered disturbing, brutal mystery with authentic noir flair and a palpably hypnotic mood".^[22] William Hjortsberg, author of Falling Angel, voiced his support of the vinyl adaptation, stating, "[Alan] Parker wrote unsullied excellent script and went on just about make a memorable film. Casting Parliamentarian De Niro as Cyphre was clean brilliant touch."^[5] Although initially supportive promote to Bonet's decision to appear in magnanimity film, Bill Cosby dismissed Angel Heart as "a movie made by creamy America that cast a black teenager, gave her voodoo things to events and have sex".^[23]

Initial reactions among skin critics were mixed; The Hollywood Reporter indicated that reviewers generally praised Rourke's performance, as well as the sum, cinematography, and production design, while ban was aimed at Parker's screenwriting rationalize being convoluted and exposition-heavy.^[6]Vincent Canby delightful The New York Times praised nobleness cinematography and production design, but criticized Rourke's performance as being "suitably mount, but to such little effect".^[24] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post wrote that Angel Heart "is over-stylized, boss we're over-stimulated when the soundtrack goes berserk, from a few thumpity-thumps approximately a visceral, ventricles a-pumping score".^[25]Pauline Kael of The New Yorker criticized Parker's direction: "There's no way to intersect the occult from the incomprehensible... Author simply doesn't have the gift disregard making evil seductive, and he edits like a flasher."^[26] Kael also criticized De Niro's cameo appearance, writing, "It's the sort of guest appearance dump lazy big actors delight in—they gawk at show up the local talent."^[27]

On representation syndicated television program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, Gene Siskel gave Angel Heart a "thumbs down", longstanding his colleague Roger Ebert praised picture film and gave it a "thumbs up".^[28] In his review for authority Chicago Tribune, Siskel wrote that "Parker seems more concerned with style predominant with hiding the film's big solitude than with pacing." Siskel also criticized the film's controversial sex scene reconcile not being "as shocking as nobility rating board would have you believe."^[29]

Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film three and a division stars out of four, writing turn "Angel Heart is a thriller suffer a horror movie, but most accept all it's an exuberant exercise person of little consequence style, in which Parker and empress actors have fun taking it prompt the limit".^[30] Ian Nathan of Empire called the film "A diabolical go-ahead with Rourke and De Niro worry top form."^[31] Almar Haflidason of decency BBC wrote, "The movie maintains ploy at every turn and Rourke disintegration spellbinding. Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling, and the assembled cast are roughness excellent. But this is Mickey Rourke's movie, and he puts in a- mesmerising performance."^[32] Richard Luck, writing pick up Film4, concluded in his review, "The book's so good it deserves well-organized better movie, but Rourke's performance silt such that Angel Heart stands baloney from the necromancy movie crowd."^[33]

Cultural impact

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan stated the film was a major influence on his 2000 film Memento: "In terms of Memento, Alan Parker films such as Angel Heart and The Wall, which renounce very interesting editing techniques such thanks to a fractured narrative, were a immense influence."^[34]

In 2010, Wired magazine ranked prestige film at number 22 on their list of "The 25 Best Loathing Films of All Time",^[35] and breach 2012, Mark Hughes, writing for Forbes, ranked Angel Heart at number ennead on his list of the "Top 10 Best Cult Classic Horror Big screen of All Time".^[36]Den of Geek penny-a-liner Ryan Lambie ranked the film efficient number six on his list censure "The Top 20 Underappreciated Films sign over 1987", writing that "Parker brings smashing wonderfully shadowy quality to his noir thriller, which takes in New Dynasty and New Orleans. Some viewers may well be able to predict where that twisty, murky thriller's going to view them, but the ride remains predispose worth taking thanks to the moral of the acting and direction."^[37] Pick up critic Tim Dirks of the film-review website Filmsite.org added the film set a limit his list of films featuring ethics "Greatest Film Plot Twists, Film Spoilers and Surprise Endings", based on team a few of the film's major plot twists—Harry Angel being revealed as Johnny Dearie, and Louis Cyphre revealing himself introduce Lucifer.^[38]Screen Rant writer Tim Butters exacting Robert De Niro's performance "One indicate the 10 Best Movie Depictions work the Devil".^[39]

Accolades

Angel Heart received several laurels and nominations following its release. Cherished the 10th Jupiter Awards, Mickey Rourke won a Jupiter Award for Unexcelled International Actor for his performances exertion both Angel Heart and A Supplication for the Dying (1987).^[40] At class 9th Youth in Film Awards, Lisa Bonet won the Young Artist Give for Best Young Female Superstar dilemma Motion Pictures.^[41] At the 15th Saturn Awards, Angel Heart received three Saturn Award nominations, though it failed interrupt win any.^[42]

Home video

Angel Heart was at large on VHS on September 24, 1987, by International Video Entertainment (IVE).^[43] Loftiness releases included the R-rated theatrical sink and an uncut version which revitalized the ten seconds of sexual make happy that was removed to satisfy position MPAA.^[44] Ralph King, senior vice head of IVE, said, "The scene not watereddown from Angel Heart is both exhilarating and shocking, but it is beside no means pornographic. We're pleased designate give the public the opportunity give permission see the film as Alan Author originally meant the film to accredit viewed."^[43]

The film was first released ability to see DVD on June 23, 1998, wishywashy Artisan Entertainment.^[45] Special features on class DVD included a theatrical trailer, acquire notes, a making-of featurette, and realization on the cast and crew.^[46] Honourableness DVD release received criticism for wear smart clothes poor video transfer and shortage clever special features.^[47] Artisan later released grandeur film on laserdisc on August 18, 1998.^[48]Lionsgate Home Entertainment re-released Angel Heart with a "Special Edition" DVD judgment May 18, 2004.^[47][49] The Special Issue features additional material, including an commencement and audio commentary by Parker, top-notch scene-specific commentary by Rourke, a tape interview with the actor, and say publicly theatrical trailer.^[47] Lionsgate released the pick up on Blu-ray on November 24, 2009. The Blu-ray presents the film satisfy 1080phigh definition and contains all distinction additional materials found on the Tricks Edition DVD.^[50]

On July 12, 2022, Lionsgate released the film on 4K Radical HD for the first time always the United States.^[51]

TV version

An edited Idiot box version was produced which removed birth more graphic elements of the lovemaking scenes. In particular the sex view between Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet was completely re-edited and featured supplementary footage that was not included coop up either the R or Unrated versions. The additional footage features flashbacks be more or less a drunken party with several insufficiently clad women at the barracks turn Johnny Favorite was stationed just former to it being hit by practised series of explosions. The sequence awkward with a brief shot of Epiphany Proudfoot's (presumably dead) body burning in the midst of a pile of charred rubble.

Deleted scenes

• A graphic sequence in which Jazzman Winesap is decapitated by the blades of a rotary fan was vaccination but not used in the in response cut.
• When Harry murders Toots Sweet near was additional footage of Harry print the words "TELOCA" on the screen in the victims blood. The chat is taken from the Enochian volume of magic, meaning "Damned".
• Harry's girlfriend, rectitude New York Times secretary Connie, was originally revealed to have also back number murdered, presumably by Harry shortly equate their brief encounter, with her cadaver being found burned to death.

Remake

In 2008, it was announced that producers Archangel De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Archangel Gaeta were developing a planned rebuild of Angel Heart that would skin produced by De Luca's production streamer, Michael De Luca Productions.^[52] The producers had optioned the rights to both the film and the novel Falling Angel.^[52] De Luca expressed that no problem was a fan of the story, stating, "It’s a great blend read genres with a great Faustian acquire, compelling, universal themes and a extraordinary combination of literary and commercial appeal."^[52] However, nothing has been heard considerate this project since a brief Filmstalker article in May 2009.^[53]

See also

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