Description
Hoodlum DVD 1997 Harlem, N.Y.C. Der Preis Der Macht / Directed by Bill Duke / Starring: Laurence Fishburne , Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García
UPC 4010232006844
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN Germany
AUDIO: English 5.1, German 5.1, French 5.1, Italian 5.1, Spanish 5.1
SUBTITLES: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, German HOH, English HOH
Total Runtime: 124 minutes
English Summary:
Hoodlum is a 1997 American crime drama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the Black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrated on Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), and Lucky Luciano (Andy García).
In 1934, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) asserts his control of the numbers game. Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano (Andy Garcia), who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey (William Atherton).
Reuniting with his cousin Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride), Bumpy returns to the employ of Harlem crime boss Madame Queen (Cicely Tyson), whose business is threatened by Schultz. Bumpy is introduced to Francine (Vanessa Williams), a friend of Illinois’ girlfriend Mary (Loretta Devine). Schultz’s meeting with the Queen ends in a standoff when he presents her with a rival’s testicles. Walking Francine home from a club, Bumpy charms her with his poetry.
Madame Queen is attacked by Schultz’s men, led by Bub Hewlett (Clarence Williams III), but Bumpy and Whispers (Paul Benjamin) repel the assassins and rescue the Queen. At a meeting of the “Commission”, Schultz remains determined to take over Harlem. After robbing Schultz’s operation with Illinois, Bumpy is chastised by Madame Queen. In retaliation, Schultz hires the Salke brothers to kill Bumpy, and arranges with NYPD Captain Foley (Richard Bradford) to have Madame Queen arrested. At a house party, the 17-year-old Tyrone asks Bumpy for a job, and Francine struggles to reconcile her feelings for Bumpy with his criminal ways.
German Summary:
Der Film spielt in den späten zwanziger und frühen 1930er Jahren und erzählt über den Bandenkrieg zwischen der New Yorker Mafia um Lucky Luciano und Dutch Schultz auf der einen und den Gangstern um Stephanie St. Clair und Bumpy Johnson aus Harlem auf der anderen Seite. Dabei werden auch fiktive Ereignisse gezeigt.
Der Kleinganove Bumpy Johnson wird aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Ihm gelingt ein schneller Aufstieg in der Gang von Stephanie St. Clair, die als Madame St. Clair das Glücksspiel in Harlem kontrolliert, und wird bald zu ihrer rechten Hand.
Es dauert nicht lange, bis die Mafia ihren Anteil aus den Gewinnen fordert. Da sich Bumpy Johnson und Madame St. Claire zunächst weigern, nehmen die Auseinandersetzungen mit Dutch Schultz um die Kontrolle der sog. Harlem Straßenlotterie stetig zu. Nachdem Madame St. Clair durch einen korrupten Richter zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt wird und Bumpy alleine die Führung übernimmt, eskaliert die Gewalt und es kommt zum offenen Bandenkrieg.
Die blutigen Auseinandersetzungen missfallen dem korrupten Bezirksstaatsanwalt Thomas Dewey, der seine eigenen Interessen durch das wachsende Medienecho auf die Gewalttaten gefährdet sieht. Er fordert Dutch Schutz und Lucky Luciano auf, den Bandenkrieg zu beenden, woraufhin sie sich mit Johnson und weiteren Mafiaoberhäuptern treffen, um eine Übereinkunft zur Beendigung des Bandenkrieges zu treffen.
Cast / Besetzung:
- Laurence Fishburne as Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
- Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz
- Vanessa Williams as Francine Hughes
- Andy García as Charles "Lucky" Luciano
- Cicely Tyson as Stephanie St. Clair/Madam Queen
- Chi McBride as Illinois Gordon
- Clarence Williams III as Bub Hewlett
- Richard Bradford as Captain Foley
- William Atherton as Thomas E. Dewey
- Loretta Devine as Pigfoot Mary
- Queen Latifah as Sulie
- Ed O'Ross as Lulu Rosenkrantz
- Eddie Bo Smith Jr. as Tee-Ninchy
- Mike Starr as Albert Salke
- Beau Starr as Jules Salke
- Paul Benjamin as Whispers
- Tony Rich as Duke Ellington
Directed by | Bill Duke |
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Produced by | Frank Mancuso, Jr. |
Written by | Chris Brancato |
Starring |
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Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Cinematography | Frank Tidy |
Edited by | Harry Keramidas |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
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August 27, 1997 |
Running time
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124 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |