A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Rubén Blades
- Edwin Diaz
- (as Ruben Blades)
Ashley Acarino
- Morgan O'Meara
- (as Ashley Carin)
Storyline
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- TriviaBrad Pitt wanted to leave the production, but was threatened by a lawsuit. In the February 2, 1997, issue of Newsweek, Pitt called the film a "disaster", and said that "it was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking - if you can even call it that - that I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it". Rumors of fighting on the set (especially over which star would be the focus of the film) plagued the production. The original script was discarded and there were at least seven subsequent rewrites. Pitt said the final version was "a mess". "The script that I had loved was gone," he said. "I guess people just had different visions and you can't argue with that. But then I wanted out and the studio head said, 'All right, we'll let you out, but it'll be $63 million for starters." (Harrison Ford later noted that Pitt "forgot for a moment that he was talking to someone whose job it was to write this s*** down".)
- GoofsTom pursues Frankie up the indoor stairs and then outside across the roof and down the sixteen foot wall, where Frankie escapes past a building. Given that there was no ladder and nothing on which to climb, how did Tom get up the 16-foot wall to get back inside?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Liar Liar/The Graduate/Selena/Crash/Kolya (1997)
Featured review
Brad pitt, harrison ford. Frankie lives in ireland, in the early 1990s, where the irish republican army is alive and well. When he comes to the u.s., now he's rory, and staying with o'meara, a cop. Rory is here on a mission to get weapons to be used back home. When the deal goes bad, it brings violence to o'meara's door. And he's a cop, so he's got to do something! Small role for treat williams. It's mostly really good. It gets a bit awkward towards the end, but can't say too much. It feels like some scenes were cut out. The trivia section talks about reshoots and multiple script issues, but for the most part, it's not bad! The last twenty minutes were a bit choppy but overall, good story. Directed by alan pakula. Was nominated for some huge films over the years. Story by kevin jarre. At one point during the film, pedestrians walk past rory, humming the theme to rocky; jarre worked on several "rambo" projects with stallone. Died young at 56.
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Box office
- Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $42,868,348
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,274,503
- Mar 30, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $140,807,547
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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