wise guys is a 1986 black mafia comedy crime film directed by brian de palma and starring danny devito and joe piscopo .

a comedy revolving around two small-time mobsters from newark , new jersey , it also features harvey keitel , ray sharkey , lou albano , dan hedaya , and frank vincent .

wise guys ( 1986 film )

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wise guys
is broad and farcical , but there ' s not a moment when moe and harry stop being lovable , or even believable .
the box title was in polish not english like the photo shown but the film is in english . brilliant , funny film
metro - goldwyn - mayer ( mgm ) ( 1986 ) ( united states ) ( theatrical ) ( as mgm entertainment co . )
wise guys
tells the story of harry and moe , two low - level hoodlums who become the toys of the mafia gods . they ' re just ordinary guys , working stiffs who live next door to each other in houses tucked under a new jersey expressway .
hollywood also has done more than its fair share . here are eight deceased wise guys with las vegas ties who were portrayed in films either as themselves or as characters inspired by them .
a big nostalgic film . absolutely brilliant comedy . danny devito really makes this film a scream . arrived prompt and secure . ' who farted ? ' hahaha
nice comedy . not the best de palma film , but i liked it .
urltoken is led by a team of seasoned business pros who have many years of combined experience with funeral home and cemetery operations , as well as in - depth experience in other service industries . meet the wise guys
this gangster comedy was released during a cycle of hollywood movies during the 1980s that sent up gangster films . these movies included : prizzi ' s honor ( 1985 ) , wise guys ( 1986 ) , harlem nights ( 1989 ) , city heat ( 1984 ) , johnny dangerously ( 1984 ) , little miss marker ( 1980 ) , and dead men don ' t wear plaid ( 1982 ) .
goodfellas ( stylized as goodfellas ) is a 1990 american crime film directed by martin scorsese . it is an adaptation of the 1986 non - fiction book wiseguy by nicholas pileggi , who co - wrote the screenplay with scorsese . the film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate henry hill and his friends and family over a period from 1955 to 1980 .
to some degree , the manic comedy of de palma’s earlier works ( hi , mom ! , the wedding party ) never really manifested itself in his bigger - budget output . if one considers wise guys and the bonfire of the vanities the two closest examples of de palma doing comedy at a studio level , the results speak for themselves . that said , the sheer scope and ambition of vanities elevates that film above the middling atmosphere in which this film lives .
when i decided to collect and purchase all thebrian de palma films i discovered one i had never heard of before ( well more than one but still ) . it was called wise guys and it stared the great danny de vito and the very underrated joe piscopo . i think saying i was excited to watch it was an understatement when it came to this film .
the film was never shown theatrically in the uk when first released , and went straight to video .
okay , imagine if someone mixed a great film with atrocious humor , atrocious writing , atrocious camerawork , atrocious direction , and fully lazy film that clearly nobody worked on . mix all of that with billy wilder ' s film noir masterpiece double indemnity ( 1944 ) . then have the director not be able to finish the film , so let the actor choose a legendary director he ' s frequently worked with to finish it up .
thank you ron for such an absorbing commentary which has escaped the awareness , understanding and the proper perspective for responding to the roots of the holocaust . absolutely stunning . i have to read more of the wise guys , and i also agree with dave . your thinking needs a larger audience .
with a budget of $ 100 million , it was and still is the most expensive project brian de palma has tackled . it’s also the only straight - up piece of science fiction among his filmography , as well as a relatively wholesome , pg - rated affair – a rarity for this most salacious of mainstream american filmmakers . originally to be directed by gore verbinski ( fresh off his debut , mousehunt ) , it remains one of the true outliers in de palma’s oeuvre ; you’d have to go back to 1986’s wise guys to single out a film that delivered less of what one had come to expect from the director .
what was in the water in 1986 ! typically serious auteurs were getting down right whimsical - cassavetes with
big trouble
, de palma with
wise guys
, polanski with
pirates
, john carpenter with
big trouble in little china
and francis ford coppola with
peggy sue got married
. it ' s like abrahams , zucker & zucker directing
au hasard balthazar
. in most cases i imagine there wasn ' t too much laughter during the counting of the box office receipts .
it’s also important to note that wise guys opened ( along with the cult hit body double ) between two of de palma’s most commercially successful movies : scarface and the untouchables . both are playful and playfully violent ; wise guys is never much of either . punches are being pulled , safe decisions being made . clever mafioso subversions ( moe and harry sometimes have to turn their bosses’ cars on , just in case it’s wired to explode ) , an easy chemistry between the leads and an impressive supporting cast , including patti lupone and a scene - chewing harvey keitel , never elevate an aggressively straightforward narrative .
it ' s tempting to dismiss
wise guys
as a pointless , ill - advised forebear to
dumb and dumber .
but even if only for an act , you sense de palma striving for more artful zaniness a la the marx brothers or a grimmer side of the ealing comedy spectrum .
made on a budget of $ 25 million , goodfellas grossed $ 46 . 8 million . it received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six academy awards , including best picture and best director , with pesci winning best actor in a supporting role . the film won five awards from the british academy of film and television arts , including best film and best director . additionally , goodfellas was named the year ' s best film by various critics ' groups .
in 1999 , devito produced and co - starred in man on the moon , a film about the unusual life of his former taxi co - star , andy kaufman , who was played in the film by jim carrey . devito also produced the comedy central series reno 911 ! , as well as the film spin off reno 911 ! : miami .
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there were other filmmakers that inspired me , who showed me how to work with the film form in the way in which they executed a scene or accomplished a shot . but it was kubrick that showed me how the film worked as a whole .
an offbeat , episodic film about three friends , paul , a shy love - seeker , lloyd , a vibrant conspiracy nut , and jon , an aspiring filmmaker and peeping tom . the film satirizes free - love , the . . . see full summary »
in 2012 , devito was in the animated film the lorax , as the lorax , the tree - loving guardian of the forest .
there may be an explanation for the lack of creativity and verve here . speaking with fandango a few years back , de palma briefly touched on the difficulties of making the film : “…take a movie like wise guys . it’s not one of my favorites because nobody at the studio ever liked it . it was given a go by one administration and they left , and then another administration came in . it was a bastard child that no one wanted anything to do with , so that was not a pleasant experience . but i liked working with danny devito so much that we managed to soldier through it . ” he doubled down on the take in an interview with business insider earlier this year : “now a movie i wish i hadn’t done was wise guys … i should have just taken my money and walked instead of dealing with a studio that didn’t want to make the movie . ”
wise guys
is an abundant movie , filled with ideas and gags and great characters . it never runs dry . it never has the desperation of so many gangster comedies , which seem to be marching over the same tired ground . this movie was made with joy , and you can feel it in the sense of all the actors working at the top of their form .
wise guys is not owned by me nor do i have the rights to display it . however , i am not truly breaking copyrightinfringement laws with the short segment here . this is hilarious - this is the scene that shows what the lowest men on the mafia totem pole go through and what their jobs are . the jacket scene is funny , but the car scene guarantees that you will lyao ! enjoy !
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
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the death of kubrick came as a shock to me . his legacy — the twelve films that he created ( including the forthcoming eyes wide shut ) — impacted me personally and made me see film in a completely different way . in 1987 , i saw my first kubrick film , full metal jacket , and discovered that film was more than just a medium that entertained . as i became engrossed with the moral disintegration of private gomer pyle , as i watched raw recruits turn into seasoned veterans without remorse or morality , i realized that film had the ability to transcend mere storytelling and become an unforgettable visceral and visual experience .
is this brian de palma ’s only dull film ? very possibly yes . released in 1986 , this post - snl joe piscopo vehicle ( you read that correctly ) feels incredibly standard . the plot concerns two low - level gangsters , moe and harry ( piscopo and danny devito , respectively ) , who lose their mob boss’ money at the race track . said mob boss ( dan hedaya ) orders the two schlubs to kill each other . hijinks ensue .
did somebody decide this was going to be a good year for comedies ? first there was
hannah and her sisters ,
and then
down and out in beverly hills ,
and then
off beat
and now
wise guys .
all four movies know the same secret : laughter doesn ' t come out of formula , or stupidity , or the manipulation of things that worked in other films .
in addition to his taxi work , devito voiced herb powell , homer simpson ' s half - brother , on two episodes of the simpsons . in 1996 , he provided the voice of mister swackhammer in the looney tunes film space jam . in 1997 , he was the voice of the satyr philoctetes in the film hercules
in many ways , wise guys is the “bastard child” of de palma’s career — a lazy piece of work from a director who is anything but . even with his trademark split - diopter popping up a couple of times — most notably during the finale in the casino — the filmmaker feels markedly absent from the proceedings . auteurs , by nature , make their unique mark on everything they touch . de palma’s mark does not get any lighter than this .
wwe manager paul heyman used to be called
paul e . dangerously
earlier in his career , because of his resemblance to michael keaton ' s character in this film .
scorsese initially titled the film wise guy and postponed making it ; later , he and pileggi changed the title to goodfellas . to prepare for their roles in the film , robert de niro , joe pesci , and ray liotta often spoke with pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . according to pesci , improvisation and ad - libbing came out of rehearsals wherein scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . the director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography .
much of the amusement of ' ' wise guys , ' ' which opens today at loews state and other theaters , comes from the assembled characters . as a good bad guy named bobby dilea , harvey keitel gives a delicious impersonation of robert de niro . harry has a young son who preens and struts like his dad , who he thinks is a tough guy . ' ' you should be putting guys like me in jail , ' ' harry tells him . moe ' s mother laments that she ' s the only member of the new jersey hadassah who lists her son ' s profession as ' ' hoodlum . ' ' there are enough italo - judeo family - and - food gags here to keep that restaurant in business indefinitely .
the thing about wise guys is that itâ€™s actually not that bad at all . since de palma is the heir to hitchcock , itâ€™s only fair that you relate this to mr . and mrs . smith . it just shows that he can do anything . heâ€™s not just a suspense storyteller , he can also show off his literal sense of humor . danny devito is hilarious and there is also a very funny performance by harvey keitel . itâ€™s not amazing , but probably better than most people give it credit for .
there are certain questions in life than will never be satisfactorily answered . is there life after death ? can we square the circle ? and how the hell could a director of brian de palma ' s caliber ever produce something so preposterous as
wise guys
? it ' s pretty hard to find words to describe how awful this
comedy
is .
schindler ' s list
is a veritable laugh riot compared to this travesty . our two
heroes
are some of the most imbecilic and annoying characters ever…
the film producers learned that danny devito might not make his shooting dates , because he was still shooting romancing the stone ( 1984 ) in mexico , and barely made it to the set in time .
now , one should not discount time as a factor . in the mid - 80s , a buddy comedy about two losers assigned to kill each other almost certainly was a fresher , more bankable concept than it is today . upon release , wise guys wasn’t wholly dismissed , receiving positive notices from the likes of the new york times and roger ebert , and , for whatever it’s worth , screenwriter george gallo would follow this picture with midnight run , a near - perfect on - the - run buddy comedy that’s only shined brighter with time .
two not - so - bright guys ( an italian - american and a jew ) are doing errands for a big - shot newark mafia boss . one day they see a chance to rip off their boss but instead they lose 250 thousand dollars and find themselves on the run .
in the scene where tommy ( griffin dunne ) is in the hospital room in a full body cast , the hospital loudspeaker pages for
dr . michael hertzberg
. michael hertzberg is one of the film ' s producers .
nevertheless , in the ensuing years wiesel began speaking out on behalf of human rights causes around the world , receiving the congressional gold medal in 1985 and nobel peace prize in 1986 . the ushmm award , established in 2011 and renamed the elie wiesel award , is the museum’s highest honor that is bestowed upon “internationally prominent individuals whose actions have advanced the museum’s vision of a world where people confront hatred , prevent genocide , and promote human dignity . ”
many critics didn ' t seem to understand that wise guys was just supposed to be exactly the movie that they got . brian de palma ' s career had become so defined by everything this movie is not , but the movie was not a mid - career faux pas . it was not trying to be the king of comedy . he was not striving for a more artistically sophisticated brand of zaniness . it was an example of his endurance and measure as a hollywood filmmaker . it may have been a troubled production , but it was cast just right and it ' s got the pace of a meadowlands thoroughbred .
they dream of the day when they ' ll be assigned to really important jobs , like shaking down widows . but when the godfather holds his morning staff meetings in the back booth of his favorite restaurant , these guys get humiliated : their job is to pick up the boss ' s laundry .
the
film yearbook volume 4
said that this movie was a
parody burlesque of warner brothers gangster films
. this movie , ironically though , wasn ' t made at warner brothers , it was made at 20th century fox .
keith gordon is a creative young man who films the oddball doings of his family and peers .
the maestro
appears frequently to give him pointers on his techniques . it ' s almost a film about . . . see full summary »
the rival crime boss in this film is named maroni , a named shared by a major crime boss in the batman universe . michael keaton appeared on - screen as the caped crusader in batman ( 1989 ) and batman returns ( 1992 ) .
big trouble is to cassavetes what wise guys is to de palma . both are films from two of our greatest filmmakers that were met with a widely negative reception at the time of their release . it ' s understandable to a point , but there ' s something so appealing about watching these typical eighties ' screenplays put to screen by such talented filmmakers . neither film particularly has that great of a script , but each ensemble brings a level of such remarkable talent when approaching both the physical comedy , along with fully embracing the outlandish nature of the material . maneuvering around the boundaries that making a studio comedy in the 1980s entailed , it ' s remarkable how much of cassavetes ' distinct directorial style is able to work its way in here . with certain nighttime scenes in this emulating the same visual capability that the car accident that came early on in opening night displayed , it ' s hard for me not to love big trouble .
devito has become a major film and television producer . through jersey films , he has produced many films , including pulp fiction , get shorty , erin brockovich ( for which he received an academy award nomination for best picture ) , gattaca , and garden state .
with kubrick now gone , i wonder if film will ever be the same . he was a dostoevsky , a melville and a tolstoy all rolled up in one . he was an uncompromising giant unafraid to tackle controversial issues and explore the human condition through his unique vision .
i guess a more comedic remake of double indemnity directed by john cassavetes doesn ' t sound like the worst idea but this film is pretty terrible . it ' s immediately apparent that cass wasn ' t involved with the script and that the producers heavily influenced the shooting and editing . you would never guess that this was a cassavetes film as it lacks any of the director ' s trademarks . visually it looks flat and televisual , the script is bland and terribly unfunny and the characters are wooden and entirely unremarkable . peter falk ' s performance was okay but other than that it definitely felt as if the actors were mostly phoning it in on this one . big trouble is rightly considered the director ' s weakest film and he himself regarded the movie as a failure . only watch this if you are a cassavetes completist .
another unique event also took place at night . in 1986 , my good friend , swing shift worker jay johnson , was in my office , arranging tv games on the satellite control panel to show out in the sportsbook . all of the sudden , the whole place erupted , howling , laughter . jay found two elephants going at it on national geographic and put them on the huge screen for the race and sportsbook to see . d’wayne mauldin , his supervisor , broke the twenty - yard dash record getting back there to take them down .
to be fair , kubrick was frequently tough on his actors . in a clockwork orange , he kept malcolm mcdowell’s eyes open to that horrible metal device for nearly twelve hours straight . he shot a relentless number of takes for nearly every shot , 47 takes for a simple shot of scatman crothers crossing the street in the shining . he took years upon years to create a film just to get it right . but his talent was so enormous , so all - encompassing , so vast , so true to the film form , that somehow all the horror stories seemed justified .
in 1977 , devito played the role of john ' john john the apple ' deappoliso in the starsky and hutch episode titled
the collector
. in 1986 , devito directed and starred in an episode of steven spielberg ' s amazing stories . in the black comedy episode from season two , titled
the wedding ring
, devito acquires an engagement ring for his wife ( played by his real - life wife , actress rhea perlman ) . when the ring is slipped on his wife ' s finger , she becomes possessed by the ring ' s former owner , a murderous black widow .
i was taking a break from letterboxd for awhile . . . . then i watched american sniper . . . . and felt i needed to review it . . . . but i had 36 movies watched that needed to be reviewed first . . . . well thank goodness . . . wise guys is the 36th and final review cranked out in a 16 hour time span . this brian depalma comedy ( yes he made one ) has not aged very well . the first time i saw the movie i thought it was pretty funny . . . this time around i was trying to figure out which parts i thought were funny the first time around . danny devito and joe piscopo ( what happened to his career ? ) play best friends that are low end gangsters . after a mistake they are put in a position that requires…
indeed , the initial critical reception ( cahiers nonwithstanding ) seems perplexingly harsh for a film whose greatest offense is steadfast corniness ; to these eyes , only in jerry o’connell’s exasperating “comic relief” is where it crosses a line . meanwhile , the references to 2001 ingeniously and cheekily reinforce the film it isn’t – the centrifuge - as - hamster - wheel sequence is riffed on for a joyous diegetic dance set to van halen’s “dance the night away , ” while kubrick’s monolith is evoked in the final act as a horizontal rectangle of black against a white backdrop , conversely revealed to be a welcoming entrance into a space where peaceful alien contact is made .
it ' s here that the movie really gets rolling . the two guys hit the road , looking for safety , looking for a mob elder statesman who can bargain for their safety . and we begin to realize that the movie is filled with an inexhaustible supply of great character actors , that we are going to meet a lot of people in this story , and they are all going to be memorable .
profound , excellent article , ron . ( no offense to wise guys , but i think you should take it further , to something like the new yorker , atlantic , or to a scholarly journal in in history , culture , or holocaust studies for a wider readership ) . i was especially taken by your personal reflections as son of a holocaust survivor . and there is so much to be gleaned historically from reading it , especially the fact that the significant fact of jewish victimization specifically was slow to emerge post - ww2 and that the eichmann trial became something of a catalyst for the historiographical designation of the jewish holocaust . i also appreciate your indicating that very great man though he was , ellie wiesel stopped short of an embrace of the theme of palestinian suffering and rights . your article really is the full package . please seek to share it more widely .
goodfellas has been called one of the greatest films in the crime genre . in 2000 , it was deemed
culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant
and selected for preservation in the national film registry by the united states library of congress . its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .
i loved this film when i was younger , but haven ' t seen it in years . it ' s so nice to see it holds up . this is a great little comedy with fun performances , and though there are no huge guffaws , it ' s a very enjoyable watch . and it ' s hilarious that one of the standout roles is from captain lou albano !
on paper , it seems a blatant ill fit for his sensibility , but circumvention and misdirection have always been elements of that sensibility . it opens with one of his trademark bait - and - switches , in which an illusion is quickly revealed for what it is : a blue sky , with an off - screen voice counting down to lift - off , then a rocket shooting straight up , only moments later revealed to be a sky - rocket launched in celebration of the upcoming mission . this is immediately followed by another of his trademarks : without a cut , we switch to a roving steadicam tracking shot that drifts and whips through a backyard barbecue , introducing the film’s main players in a single , fluid take and establishing the film’s ultimately jovial , communal atmosphere .
nicknamed
tony the ant ,
spilotro was the chicago mob ' s enforcer in las vegas for much of the 1970s and early 1980s until he and brother michael were beaten to death in an indiana cornfield in 1986 . depicted as character nicky santoro by actor joe pesci in the 1995 movie
casino ,
spilotro initially ran a circus circus gift shop . he later led a burglary ring known as the
hole in the wall gang ,
noteworthy because it represented the spread of mob activity beyond las vegas casinos . spilotro , who was kept out of prison by attorney and future las vegas mayor oscar goodman , also was linked to numerous murders , casino skimming and loan sharking and was banned from nevada casinos from 1978 until his death at age 48 .
the two friends are played by joe piscopo , as moe dickstein , and danny devito , as harry valentini . they move with easy familiarity through the world of the mob ; sometimes the little guys get the best view . they know all about the system of enforcement and discipline and punishment . they know so much , in fact , that when they screw up , when they do something that is very , very bad , they don ' t even have to be told they ' re dead . it goes without saying .
i soon found myself renting every kubrick film i could get my hands on , and became captivated with every frame , every character , and every painstakingly crafted allegorical touch that kubrick embellished his films with . the giddy lunacy of dr . strangelove , the evolutionary epic of 2001 : a space odyssey , and the moral philosophizing of a clockwork orange . i was amazed that the man could move seamlessly from one genre to another .
also , as an aside , there are a few more scorsese connections in this than the average film ( it begins with a parody of a scene from ' taxi driver ' , is shot by the dp of ' the king of comedy ' , and features scorsese ' s parents in one scene ) . these are admittedly very thin connections , and i don ' t think they mean anything , but they are slightly interesting to note .
“uncompromising . meticulous . control freak . reclusive . these were all words that were attached to stanley kubrick throughout his life . but they were also words that described a man who changed the rules of filmmaking . kubrick merged the artistic film with the commercial , melding his stark independent vision with the coffers of hollywood in a way that no other filmmaking genius — not even welles — has managed to accomplish and may never succeed at doing again .
i began to read books . i collected an arsenal of magazine articles and clippings and learned that he had moved to england to maintain control of his films after he had become disappointed with the way hollywood had attempted to wrestle control of spartacus away from him . through kubrick , i learned that directing a film was more than just an artistic challenge . it was , above all , a relentless battle with the people who gave you the money .
rare comedy from director brian de palma ' s and his first fully directed by him since get to know your rabbit ( 1972 ) . other de palma comedies are mostly from his early work , and include greetings ( 1968 ) , hi , mom ! ( 1970 ) , the co - directed student film home movies ( 1979 ) , the wedding party ( 1969 ) , and the bonfire of the vanities ( 1990 ) . see more »
as race results came in , a guy in the control room , located in the guts of the boardroom , announced the results to the guys on the catwalks who would open up the corresponding door and insert the results , again like fenway . to protect the customers from errors , lefty installed a movable video camera on the opposite side of the racebook , facing the boards , so the man in the control room could scan the posted results for accuracy . the racebook players had no idea what went into this process . all they saw were big , neat boards . good thing .
not de palma’s best by a long shot , the funniest thing about it is probably the fact that it is a studio comedy film directed by brian de palma ( although there are some fun moments throughout ) . the script is not very good and i quite disliked joe piscopo , but there are a lot of instances of de palma parodying himself ( the 360 degree pan shot , and the faux - split screen , among other things ) which makes for an almost intriguing watch .
in spats , it plays like de palma trying out slapstick . select moments — a close - up shot that pulls out to reveal harry being drowned inside of a fish tank or moe testing out a bulletproof suit jacket for his boss — highlight the fascinating hybrid of de palma’s visual style with broad , studio comedy . if only it worked a bit more frequently throughout the film’s bloated 100 - minute runtime . one can only ponder what additional mileage the director may have achieved from devito’s deliciously terrible hairpiece , but , alas , it was not to be .
so , now it’s about 11 : 00 saturday morning and they start looking outside for sarge’s cab . “hey , you see sarge yet ? ” someone would see a cab . “hey , i think i see him ! ” . . . . . “that’s an ace cab , you dummy . sarge has a yellow cab . ” eventually , when he was good and ready , sarge would pull up with cardboard boxes full of these awesome sandwiches . they went behind the sports counter for us writers to hand out . guys would be like cattle rushing up . they sweat scores all week , but while the sandwiches were in play , scores could wait . it was pick’em which sandwich was best although i made the tower’s steak the favorite .
while the movie sends up classic gangster movies in general , the basic plot point of johnny and tommy kelly ending up on opposite sides of the law is inspired by manhattan melodrama ( 1934 ) . in that film , william powell and clark gable portrayed orphans who are raised together as brothers . clark gable ' s character
blackie gallagher
grows up to become a gangster , while william powell ' s character jim wade becomes a crusading district attorney ( just like johnny and tommy , respectively ) . also , in both films , the gangster brother roots for the district attorney brother to succeed .
“it can be said with certainty that any reviewer who pans [ mission to mars ] does not understand movies , let alone like them , ” declared armond white in 2000 . while perhaps an over - corrective to the critical drubbing the film had just received , there’s nonetheless a grain of truth in his statement . far from being a pale imitation of 2001 : a space odyssey , as many reviewers accused , mission to mars actively deflates its predecessor’s misanthropy and grandeur – on one level , it’s a lavish , epic - scale lark from a director who’s often been as much a satirist as a craftsman .
scoring a sandwich was a big deal . if you got one you were one of the guys ( at least till you ate it ) , one of churchill’s “in crowd . ” this one guy , lupo ( wolf in italian ) , was another cab driver and like sarge never picked up a fare . his entire life was devoted to scamming people . if he had the choice of picking a fare up and making $ 20 or scamming somebody for $ 5 , he’d choose the scam . lupo would start on monday , one writer at a time : “save me a sandwich , will ya ? ” he would somehow always manage to get four or five then sell them . he had a route , i guess . he’d put 10 times the energy into his scams than it would have taken to pick up a fare .
daniel michael
danny
devito , jr . ( born november 17 , 1944 ) is an american actor , comedian , director , and producer . he first gained prominence for his portrayal of taxi dispatcher louie de palma on the abc and nbc television series taxi ( 1978–1983 ) , for which he won a golden globe and an emmy . he went on to become a major film star , known for his roles in films such as terms of endearment , romancing the stone , twins , batman returns , get shorty , and l . a . confidential , and for his voiceover work in films such as space jam , hercules , and the lorax .
like bill & ted , thelma & louise and harry & sally , you have a film that completely hinges on the central relationship of duel leads . the problem here is that danny devito and joe piscopo are both positively insufferable to watch , and that ' s just on their own . put these imbeciles in a scene together and you better believe that fireworks get set off . . . . right in your face . to top it off , harvey keitel , dan hedaya and a host of character actor gangster - extraordinaires get completely shafted in straight man roles to placate the treasure trove of comedy chemistry coming from devito and po . probably the most obnoxious and inessential work in de palma ' s whole oeuvre .
devito co - founded jersey films with michael shamberg . soon afterwards , stacey sher became an equal partner . the production company is known for films such as pulp fiction , garden state , and freedom writers . devito also owns jersey television , which produced the comedy central series reno 911 ! . devito and wife rhea perlman starred together in his 1996 film matilda , based on roald dahl ' s children ' s novel . he currently stars as frank reynolds on the fxx sitcom it ' s always sunny in philadelphia . he also directs and produces graphic short horror films for his internet venture the blood factory . he has appeared in several of them , as have friends of his and members of his family . [ 1 ]
at the nuremberg trials in germany following the war , jewish victimization was certainly acknowledged , but it was subsumed under the broader categories of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” and soon half forgotten . the word “jew” was not even mentioned in alain resnais’s otherwise brilliant 1955 documentary film night and fog . and william shirer’s the rise and fall of the third reich , a 1960 bestseller , devoted just two to three percent of its some 1 , 200 pages to the jewish genocide . in this context , most americans came to view world war ii in terms of what alexander calls the “progressive narrative” of the war , the belief that the evil of nazism had been overcome and “relegated to a traumatic past whose darkness [ had been ] obliterated” in favor of a forward - looking vision of a more humane and democratic age .
the latter sequence is where the film reaches its apex of endearingly cornball mysticism , and it’s best to look beyond the even - then - antiquated cgi aliens to the implicit sight of de palma finally letting his guard down . he’s never been evidently interested in the cosmic – he’s most in his wheelhouse when delineating space and time , hence his obsession with the possibilities of split - screens and split - diopters ( the latter , but not the former , makes an appearance here ) . accordingly , mission to mars works best , in a conventional sense , during an earlier set piece in which the rescue mission becomes endangered by oxygen leaks in the spacecraft , triggering a race against time to identify and fix them . its depiction of extra - terrestrial contact is less convincing , yet there’s something poignant about de palma surrendering to the material’s demand for uncomplicated , awestruck wonder .
better known as meyer lansky , the math and financial whiz became one of the nation ' s most powerful mobsters and possessed a keen grasp of the role gambling could play in organized crime . lansky provided financial backing for the flamingo , thunderbird , el cortez and stardust hotels and was rumored to be an investor in caesars palace . lansky was portrayed in 1974 as character hyman roth by actor lee strasberg in the oscar - winning best picture
the godfather part ii ,
a role that earned strasberg an oscar nomination for best supporting actor . lansky was credited with uttering one of the most famous lines in the history of mob lore ,
we ' re bigger than u . s . steel ,
which was used in the film . ben kingsley also earned an oscar nomination for best supporting actor for portraying lansky in
bugsy ,
making lansky the only mobster on this list to inspire multiple oscar - nominated performances . he died at age 80 in 1983 .
wiesel once wrote that in his worst nightmare he would wake up shivering , thinking that when he and other survivors were gone , “no one will be able to persuade people that the holocaust occurred . ” in my view , however , the most pressing question is not whether the holocaust will be remembered , but how it will be remembered . one place to start is with the observations of sociologist jeffrey alexander , who notes that “in the beginning , the holocaust was not the ‘holocaust’… . in the torrent of newspaper , radio , and magazine stories reporting the discovery…of the nazi concentration camps , the…remains of what had transpired were typified as ‘atrocities , ’ part of the general horror of war . ” the particularity of jewish victimization and the suffering of jewish survivors were opaque ; and the photographic and film images that were taken by the allies presented the victims ( dead and alive ) as a “petrified , degrading , and smelly” depersonalized mass of misery that generated revulsion rather than compassion .
devito met actress rhea perlman on january 17 , 1971 , when she went to see a friend in the single performance of the play the shrinking bride , which also featured devito . [ 13 ] they moved in together two weeks after meeting . [ 14 ] the couple married on january 28 , 1982 . [ 15 ] they have three children : lucy chet devito ( born march 11 , 1983 ) , grace fan devito ( born march 1985 ) , and jacob daniel devito ( born october 1987 ) . [ 16 ] throughout their relationship , perlman and devito have acted alongside each other several times , including in the tv show taxi and the feature film matilda [ 16 ] ( in which they played matilda ' s parents ) . devito and perlman separated in october 2012 after 30 years of marriage and over 40 years together . [ 16 ] however , in march 2013 , it was reported that they had reconciled and called off the separation . [ 17 ] the family resides in beverly hills , california , and also spend time at their vacation home in interlaken , new jersey . [ 18 ]
movies and tv shows are certified fresh with a steady tomatometer of 75 % or higher after a set amount of reviews ( 80 for wide - release movies , 40 for limited - release movies , 20 for tv shows ) , including 5 reviews from top critics .
in this comedy , a couple of bumbling gangsters , harry valentini ( danny devito ) and moe dickstein ( joe piscopo ) mess up a simple assignment , attracting the attention and wrath of their boss , anthony castelo ( dan hedaya ) . as a punishment for their goof - up , castelo gives both harry and moe confidential instructions to knock each other off .
brian depalma , who made some funny movies years ago , seems to have lost his touch .
i know this movie doesn ' t get a lot of love , but it ' s got a few great gags in it . piscopo is even pretty descent .
the funnies thing this spawned was a parody by three pidgeons on a disney cartoon . very silly but i had to giggle .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
a tribute to the late tab hunter , a gay matinee idol and hollywood trailblazer .
here ' s what they do . they go to the track with fixer , the mob ' s chief enforcer ( played by captain lou albano , the gigantic professional wrestler ) . their assignment is to place a bet for tony , the boss ( dan hedaya ) . devito starts thinking , which is always dangerous . the boss has been betting on the wrong horses for weeks . they could be heroes by placing the money on the nose of the horse that devito knows will win . better still , they could get rich by betting on the winning horse and then letting fixer and the boss believe the money was lost .
this is a great plan , except this is the one day the boss ' s horse comes in first , and so devito and piscopo have lost the boss hundreds of thousands of dollars . this is bad . it is so bad that devito is plunged into a lobster tank at the restaurant , and piscopo is suspended over a pit full of attack dogs . then the boss thinks up their real punishment : he will secretly assign each one to kill the other .
in new jersey , there was hedeya as the boss , clean - shaven and slick , and albano as fixer , in one of the year ' s great supporting roles . then , in atlantic city , we meet the casino manager , bobby dilea , played by the great harvey keitel . he doesn ' t want anyone to get killed in his casino , and once harry and moe check into the penthouse suite ( using the fixer ' s stolen credit card ) , he knows he is going to have to be very lucky to keep that from happening . very lucky .
the movie was directed by brian de palma , who specializes in movies about crime , and whose credits include
scarface ,
body double
and
dressed to kill .
i admired all of those movies - indeed , i think de palma is one of the best stylists at work right now - but i wouldn ' t have suspected that he had this comedy in him . his early credits include such problematic comedies as
hi , mom !
( which was one of robert de niro ' s first movie jobs ) , but now here ' s this polished , confident comedy that never seems to go wrong .
a lot of the credit goes to piscopo and devito , who develop an instant , easy camaraderie . i really did feel that they care for each other . i liked the way devito waved his arms and demanded attention , and the way piscopo played his slightly slower , sweeter , dumber pal .
devito has been good in other recent movies ( such as
romancing the stone
) , but this is the first time he has been at the top of the cast and really free to show his stuff . he is inspired : this could be a new beginning for his career . piscopo , from
saturday night live ,
has worked less in the movies , and has always seemed in search of a character . here he finds one .
and then there ' s that gallery of supporting performances . albano is so fearsome as fixer that i found myself laughing at a line i don ' t think was supposed to be funny : there ' s a reference to
mrs . fixer .
keitel is suave and sinister as the casino boss , always staying within character , playing it straight , not going for laughs , and so getting more of them .
it comes out of characters and performances , out of people who have some measure of reality , and whose dilemmas we can share .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
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harry valentini and moe dickstein are both errand boys for the mob . when they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars , they are set up to kill each other . but they run off to atlantic city , and comedy follows .
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the film released in april 2003 to poor reviews and became a box office flop .

a telugu dubbed version titled sivudu released in 2004 , which too failed to become a success .

later on , the film was also dubbed and released in hindi under the title aparichit 2 on 20 may 2014 , and met with the similar response .

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thankfully , the trend of getting the rape survivor married to the rapist has faded in tamil movies . vivek’s memorable comedy scene from kadhal sadugudu in which he effectively decries this ridiculous practice , is a turning point as far as the treatment of rape in tamil cinema goes .
it is not action packed like
gemini
,
dhool
or
dhil
. neither is it a haunting family drama like
sethu
or
kasi
. all the same
kadhal sadugudu
has vikram and as always he does justice to the part he plays .
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kadhal sadugudu is a 2003 tamil comedy , drama film , directed by durai and produced by s . s . chakravarthy . this film stars vikram , priyanka trivedi , prakash raj , m . n . nambiar , delhi ganesh in the lead role . the films soundtrack and background score were composed by deva with lyrics by vairamuthu .
the milieu and the sentiments involved remind one of another vikram starrer
king
. but nic arts '
kadhal sadugudu
talks about love in a more profound manner . in the making for a long time , this flick written and directed by durai , has vikram looking more like he did in the days of
sethu
.
i am playing a mild role that would be endearing to all the members of a family in ' kadhal sadugudu ' . i am donning the character of a police officer in ' dil ' . in another film , i would be a blind man . in ' autograph ' i would be depicting the four stages of life . almost all my films have different dimensions . in another film , i am playing a negative character . there is a thriller . another film is filled with love , through and through .
kadhal sadugudu is a love - comedy movie directed by the director durai of mugavari fame . it stars vikram and priyanka trivedi in the lead roles , with prakash raj in the supporting role of priyanka ' s father . it flopped miserably at the box - office . the film starts off with prakash raj , and how he ' s an important man in the village . when the temple festival starts , kausalya ( priyanka ) goes to her grandpa ' s house to celebrate . there she meets suresh ( vikram ) and they fall in love .
nice - ish . that’s the word i have right now for o kadhal kanmani , a . r . rahman’s latest album for mani ratnam . it didn’t make me wince the way the soundtracks for lingaa and kochadaiiyaan did . it didn’t activate every single one of my pleasure centres the way the soundtrack for i did . it’s somewhere in the middle .
anything special about ' dil ' ?
i have reduced my body weight for acting in ' dil ' . i have also trimmed my hair and grown lean . you would be shocked to see me . i adhered to strict diet control , managing with fruits and juice . immediately after this , i had to put on more weight to act in ' kadhal sadugudu ' . i had to eat a lot and ended up with diarrhea . i have to give justie to the role of a police officer in this film . until i finish with that film , i will continue to turn down further offers , however big the directors may be , because i am not sure of being different in between the two films . at first i thought of increasing my weight for ' dil ' . but when i learnt that kamal sir had inflated his physique very much for ' aalavandhan ' , i have changed my opinion . definitely , i can ' t compete with him . so , i had to reduce my weight . isn ' t this different too ?
and yet , many songs seem to exist on the basis of the music alone . the words are almost incidental — or maybe you could say the words are sounds just like the other sounds , from the instruments . in ‘aye sinamika’ , almost an entire minute is filled with variations on just three words : nee ennai neengaathe . so i did something . i counted the number of words ( approximately ) in ‘parandhu sella vaa’ , and for a five - minute song , the number of non - repeating words was just some sixty - odd . compare this with ‘kaadhal sadugudu’ , another song with a lot of repeating lines , but almost twice the number of non - repeating words . i don’t know where i’m heading with this exactly , but i have the feeling that most of these songs aren’t going to be all that important inside the movie , with hero and heroine actually mouthing these words . maybe these are just going to be background tracks .
as for that comparison to the alaipayuthey song , it’s no accident . the trailer practically screams alaipayuthey : the sequel . and strangely — or maybe not so strangely — the songs here come off like near - equivalents to the songs there . it’s fun to compare . ‘naane varugiren’ versus ‘snehidhane’ , right down to the male chorus in the middle . ‘theera ulaa’ , which sounds like something sting has sung at his highest pitch to the accompaniment of a new age - y band , versus ‘evano oruvan’ . ‘mental mandhil’ versus ‘endrendrum punnagai’ . ‘kaara aattakkara’ , which after a point sounds like a wasp has taken residence in your ear , versus ‘kaadhal sadugudu’ . ‘malargal kaettaen’ versus ‘alaipayuthey kanna’ . my hand is trembling slightly imagining those who feel i’m saying this is just a rehash . but i’m trying to make a bigger point . that , if after an interesting if unpopular experimental phase , if mani ratnam and rahman land a hit by drawing on our memories , that would be a nice - ish thing , no ?
for the longest time , it was perfectly acceptable for a hero in a tamil film to embark on a mission to unite his sister with her rapist . thereby saving her honour and consequently , her life .
. the ‘sister’ here , doesn’t always mean a sibling related by blood . ‘sister’ in tamil cinema is any woman who is not sufficiently glamorous to be the heroine or ' slutty ' enough to be the second heroine . the sister role goes to modest girls who are present in the first half of the film to provide a genial atmosphere and play pranks on the anna who is usually worried about their marriage expenses .
typically , something terrible happens to the sister right before the interval and by the time you are done with your popcorn , sister has married her rapist and exited the script for all practical purposes . we might catch a glimpse of sister bringing tea for anna when he comes home to visit her , but that’s all .
however , though rapists are ultimately punished for their crimes in the new movies that come out and the ‘sisters’ are not asked to marry them , a far worse situation is thrust upon the ‘sisters’ . they are required to kill themselves . for instance , both eesan ( 2010 ) and yuddham sei ( 2011 ) are thrillers in which the rapists are hunted down and punished in unimaginably violent ways . but in both the films the girls who lose their ‘honour’ are either killed by a family member ( eesan ) or kill themselves ( yuddham sei ) .
we see this trend in almost every movie which involves a rape – in raavanan ( 2010 ) , priya mani , who is supposed to be shurpanaka , kills herself after being gangraped . shurpanaka , in the ramayana , starts a war after her humiliation . in kollywood , she falls into a well to preserve her ‘honour’ . not satisfied with drilling down this twisted morality on human beings alone , we had chitti , the robot , in endhiran realizing what honour is after a girl he saves in a fire kills herself because everyone saw her naked .
rapists , in real life , believe their crimes will go unpunished because they are so sure that the victim will not reveal the crime to anyone – how can a woman talk about her loss of ‘honour’ and survive in society ? films like these which pretend to speak against violence against women unwittingly bolster the social perception that a woman who has been raped does not deserve to live ; that she must forfeit her life once her ‘honour’ is lost .
in the rape cases that have made headlines in our country in recent times , the victims / survivors have expressed their desire to fight back . live . are our directors listening ? is it possible for us to imagine a thangachi who lives despite the shame ? the shame that is ours as a society and not hers ?
sowmya rajendran is a children ' s writer who occasionally offers her words of wisdom to adults . she lives in pune .
' ` i work with situations from real life . once i feel strongly about something , i have to put it in a movie .
he made one of the most promising debuts in tamil cinema with mugavari two years ago . and then fell silent . now he ' s back with a new film which he assures will be just as good .
durai speaks to pradeep sebastian on his passion for movies , what went into the making of ` ` mugavari ' ' and the experience of working with ajit , jyothika , priyanka trivedi and vikram . excerpts from the interview :
after making a terrific debut with ` ` mugavari
 one of the most promising tamil films in years - you are back with a new film after nearly two years . tell us about it .
it ' s called
adhisayam
and it stars vikram and priyanka trivedi . i can ' t tell you too much without giving away the plot . what i ' ll say for the moment is that it is a startling fresh love story revolving round three characters . with prakash raj playing the heroine ' s father .
` ` mugavari
was interesting because it imaginatively skirted the genre while still working from within it . can we expect the same from ` ` adhisayam
or is it going to be more formulaic ?
i ' m hoping to strike some kind of balance . . . the film is set in a town - village near the kerala - tamil nadu border . the story begins and ends there . chennai doesn ' t come into the picture at all !
there are terrific performances from all three . i was hell bent on working with vikram . he ' s been terrific right through the shooting - both on the sets and off the sets . very involved , very dedicated , very co - operative . i ' d very much like to work with him again .
tell us about your discovery - priyanka trivedi . she was the only good thing about
raja
.
priyanka trivedi was actually discovered by my producer , s . s . chakravarthy . but before we could get this film completed , she had already starred in two movies . she ' s originally from calcutta . she ' s going to be a big star after
adhisayam .
oh , i ' ve never been to film school . i ' m mad about movies . during my school days i would see one movie a day and the habit has continued .
honestly , i never had to . if i see a movie once , it ' s all there in my head . i recall it scene by scene , dialogue by dialogue years later .
ajit ' s middle class family is unusual in that it is so supportive and understanding of his un - middle class crazy ambition to be a film music composer . how did you conceive / think of such a family ?
they were based on my family , which actually indulged me . and the inspiration for raghuvaran ' s character is my brother - in - law , shahul hameed . i owe him a lot . my father wanted me to be a professor . i graduated in statistics , did my master ' s in sociology and completed a post - graduate diploma course in computer applications . then my brother - in - law made this deal with my father . ` ` we ' ll give durai a year to break into movies . if by the end of the year it hasn ' t happened , he has to quit .
my father agreed . and i ' ve been really lucky - just before the year ran out i got the break i was looking for .
` ` adhisayam ' ' , the latest from durai ' s stable stars vikram and priyanka trivedi .
here i have to acknowledge my gratitude and debt to my very supportive producer , mr . chakravarthy . i had been carrying the story of ` ` mugavari
with me for a long time . and it was my dream to have ajit play the hero . i told him the story and he liked it enough to say he would do it . after that i went to four producers with it and they all turned it down . it clicked with the fifth producer - chakravarthy - who was willing to take a chance with me . and from that movie to the new one he has been extremely supportive and has been there with me on every aspect of the shoot - right down to post - production . ` ` adhisayam ,
like ` ` mugavari
is a nic arts release .
how did you come up with such an unusual story ? a gifted , obsessed music composer who is forced to give up his dreams . . .
partly my life - except i got to make my movie . but also because over the years i ' ve met so many young people whose dream it has been to do something different with their lives but have compromised or failed or given up or have been just plain unlucky . i felt that their story had to be told . that ' s how i work - with situations from real life . once i feel strongly about something , i have to put it in a movie . the best compliment paid to ` ` mugavari
was people talking about sridhar as though he were a real person . when they spoke of his character they didn ' t say ajit but sridhar .
` ` mugavari
was one of jyotika ' s early films and probably her best performance i think . how did she come to star in it ?
once again , it was my producer who suggested i cast her . she had starred in
vaali ,
which he produced and he felt she would be the ideal actress to play the character i had in mind for
mugavari .
it was wonderful working with him . ajit is such a versatile actor . he was so pleased with the movie and his sridhar character that he presented me with a car even before the movie was released !
the romance between ajit and jyotika had a casual , natural , almost everyday feel to it . in particular all of us are curious about how you came up with the very interesting ` push , pull , turn ' idea . also , that telepathic telephone exchange between the two when they say ` ` i love you
without actually saying it aloud .
the push , pull . . . idea is actually something i borrowed from my niece , irfana , who showed it to me one day .
you seem to have understood love and how strangely it can work sometime . i ' m referring to jyotika breaking off with ajit so that she would not be in his way of realising his dream . she says the nature of love is to sacrifice and if that means love will have to sacrifice itself , then it will do that , too . it is a marvellous moment : jyotika gives up ajit so that nothing can stand in his way of fulfilling his dream . ajit gives up jyotika because she will never be happy if he gives up his dream for her . tell us how you arrived at that scene and how you worked it out .
that ' s just how the story evolved in my imagination . i couldn ' t see their romance happening any other way . that ' s how my mind works . i see it happen in life , and i have to put it into a film .
the ending is a stunner . first , the heroine disappears from the film and then we realise ajit is not going to make it - at least not for now . however did you come up with an ending like this ? surely you must have known how risky it was ?
i was tired of how things end in our movies . and any other ending would have been a compromise . i risked it because i thought the audience were ready for it .
i pass by the luz bookstall regularly . and i read a lot of books . when the story was being discussed , i had this flash that i could put it in the film .
one last question : your name - you are a muslim but durai . . . ?
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cast : vikram , priyanka trivedi , vivek , nambiyar , prakash raj , nalini language : tamil director : durai producer : s . s . chakravarthy music : deva year : 2003
with a great disappointment on the movie let ' s just get into the story and wait for the vikram ' s next movie ' saamy ' . vikram is an orphan and gets along with his best friend ' s family by staying with them in a village . there he comes across priyanka thrivedi and falls for her at the very first sight . but things doesn ' t go well with priyanka ' s father prakash raj and vikram as they misunderstand each other at many times and end up in hatred . when prakash raj comes to know that priyanka has a special attraction towards vikram , he also refuses like any other heroine ' s father . finally things get a change when vikram makes up his mind to sacrifice his love and thus the entire drama comes to an end leaving no impact .
but it is a softer , kinder , role  a contrast to his action ventures like
dhool
. he is a perfect foil for the impulsive , short tempered and proud chidambaram ( prakashraj ) . what prakashraj tries to achieve with his fiery eyes and full - throated dialogue , vikram achieves with his quiet demeanour . vikram ' s eyes in particular , convey emotions with ease . but at times you wish he were a little more brisk and dynamic .
suresh ( vikram ) and kausalya ( priyanka ) fall in love . but unwittingly suresh keeps rubbing her father ( prakashraj ) on the wrong side . so naturally he objects to the match . but after a point his senseless , irrational anger drives you to exasperation . the climax at the railway station is clich�d , predictable , boring and so typical of our films . the hero ' s monologue only accentuates the dullness . there are many members in the huge joint family suresh stays with , but not one , including nambiar , makes an impression .
super subbu ( vivek ) , his grandma ( paravai muniyamma ) and the father with his kangaroo court form a comedy track that has nothing to do with the main story .
maegathil ondrai . . .
, sung by hariharan and sujatha has melodic touches . deva is the composer . the re - recording hurts the ear .
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really some pictures bring about transformations in a great magnitude . they change the very course of the lives of the central actors in those films . they are so powerful .
it has given a new lease of life to vikram at a time when he was about to leave for america , lock , stock and barrel , losing all hopes of making it big in the film world here . today he is acting as a hero in fifteen films .
this sensational and tremendous turning point in the life of the actor indicates that he has lucky moles all over his body . no doubt , vikram has come a long way in giant ' s strides .
he talks on and on about the film , ' dil ' . he is growing to be a stiff competitor to kamal hassan . he has planned to wear different kinds of make - up in all his successive films . we are in to witness many vikrams in the times ahead .
we had a rendezvous with him on an enchanting evening , stealing time when he was engaged in dubbing his voice for ' dil ' .
i cannot forget ' sethu ' ever . it was a great hit . it brought out my capabilities to the limelight . they say that my potential had been wasted in vinnukkum manukkum . the problem is vinnukkum mannukkum was preceded by sethu . obviously the public expect more and more from me since the phenomenal success of sethu
.
sethu has a special merit . it has commercial values as well as an artistic touch , all at once . no doubt , it is a rarity among films . i would like to say that the many films in which i am acting now would certainly measure up to sethu both in their commercial and artistic aspects .
vinnukkum mannukkum didn ' t offer you a big scope to prove your mettle . why did you accept to partake in that film ?
some people narrate a story in a particular way and picturize the same in a different manner . it so happens once in a while . one out of ten films are like that . in ' dil ' all of us work with team spirit as members of a team . but vinnukkum mannukkum was different . . . it was the brainchild of a single person .
vinnukkum mannukkum was an apt film for the fans of b and c areas . it was a matter of abiding interest that a village youth had fallen in love with a film actress . of course , we discussed a lot before starting the film . but what happened actually turned out to be different from what i expected
.
i didn ' t worry much on that account . i have already bagged about ten special awards . i was aware that i may not get the national award , but when i learnt that i missed the bus just by the narrowest of margins i became a little happy . the fact that only one vote separated me from the national award contributes to the growth of my self - confidence . that day is not far off from my winning the national award .
nobody would refuse the inflow of money . i , too , am after fortune . but i require fame too and that too , through acting in films . therefore i remain choosy in selecting the roles to be played by me . i am playing a heroic role in ' samrai ' . mine is a jester ' s role in ' vikatan ' . despite my comic gimmicks in that film , grief would linger in my mind . as a college student , i would be donning a mischievous character in the movie , ' university ' . one scene from that film stands out . when i alight from a bus , the checking inspector would demand me my ticket . i would take to my heels . the official would come running after me . when he catches hold of me , i would promptly hand over the ticket . he would enquire :
why do you run so fast when you have the ticket ?
. i would retard back calmly :
why do you run after me when i have a ticket for rupees two ? after all , you are known to run after those who never take any ticket .
i was always after acting in characters which are unique in their own way . previously there was no choice for me , practically no chance at all ! as i had acted in the films directed by big ones , i couldn ' t ask for the stories except for
houseful
and
sedhu
. i just relied upon the confidence on the directors , delivering the goods required of me . as i was resolved to act in films with a different hue , i could act only in just eight films during the course of the last ten years . now i am in a comfortable position and i can also be choosy about the films i act . i am ardent lover of good acting . i had been a stage actor too . these days , i don ' t give much importance to the fame of the production nor to the reputation of the director . my primary consideration is whether the character would suit me or not . i give my nod if only something in me compels me to accept a role as a must . otherwise , i won ' t be carried away , however big the director may be . the role should provide ample scope for me to exhibit my histrionic talents .
the capacity to act well is in my power . why i should i waste my gifted talents over trivial things ?
as an artist , i am interested in many spheres . i was asked to sing the song ,
unakkena unakkena
in
vinnukkum mannukkum
itself . lack of time prevented me from doing so . i was invited to sing in manoj ' s album , pathinaru vayadhinile also . but i didn ' t oblige as there was manoj already in the project .
i never experienced any difficulties in singing for the album ,
kadhalism
. even kamal ' s voice is not that great . but it would convey the emotions as they should be . for a new picture , i have sung alongside shankar mahadevan who is one of the best singers in india . despite the fact that i am not qualified to sing a chorus song even , my voice has mingled well with his voice as it is able to convey the required emotion .
i will never opt myself for the profession of singing . but i will never refuse to sing in the event of suitable chances . i will definitely accept songs modeled on the lines of ' strawberry kanne ' of minsara kanavu . the song should be something like a piece of conversation . the song ' strawberry kanne ' might have come out better had prabhu deva sung it in full instead of merely uttering the dialogue ' nose than konjam oversizaa irukku ' in the middle of the song . the voice of the song might not have changed if the actor himself had rendered both the lyrical lines and the dialogue . so , i will be singing when i land upon such chances .
it is something that must be applauded that an actor appears in nine different make - ups in a single film . that ajith dons nine characters in a film is a difficult task to perform when compared to the trouble taken by me in these two months to justify my single role . i hope ' citizen ' would be an instant success . if the film turns out to be a blockbuster , another actor of a different kind would be arriving on the scene of tamil cinema . so far , we have not seen any such actor after kamal . the success of ' citizen ' would encourage many more actors and induce them to do such great feats like ajith .
from the very beginning , myself and my fans contemplated about making our actual presence at the scene of the calamity rather than sending certain goods of value to be of help to the quake victims . but i never expected that my fans will actually rush to gujarat . they were brave enough to start on their committed mission . when they landed in the railway station there , they themselves experienced the impact of an earthquake . but my fans were an undeterred lot . they rushed to the devastated areas and offered their utmost help to the god - forsaken people there . the general public as the red cross society voluntary , who operated in the disastrous area have praised my fans for having journeyed a long distance all along from tamil nadu to participate in the rescue work . my fans have worked hand in hand with the red cross people . i don ' t claim credit to my fans for this . i am proud of them that they have done their bit on behalf of tamil nadu .
( smilingly )
of course i know . rajakumaran has filmed my birthday scene based on his own birthday celebration . all of us were aware then that rajakumaran was in love with devayani . when we learnt about the news of their wedding subsequently we were all elated .
you have attained success after persisting for a long time with patience . what will become to your film life hereafter ? where are you heading for ? when sedhu became a hit i thought that my dream has been realized . i am so much in love with cinema . but merely loving cinema and not getting any chance to prove your mettle will serve no purpose . but cinema too is fond of me . it gives me ample chances . i will certainly prove worthy of the confidence the cinema people have reposed on me . i shall act in good characters and give good films to the movie - lovers . i will make the public know there is a very good actor in vikram .
karthik ( madhavan ) is an engineering graduate who happens to lay eyes on shakti ( shalini ) , a medical student , at a wedding . the two meet regularly after their that on suburban trains , to and from work and university . karthik and shakti eventually fall in love . karthik ' s father varadarajan , a lawyer , learns of the relationship and meets with shakti ' s dad selvaraj . he asks selvaraj , a railways employee , for his consent to a marriage between the two young lovers . however , upon meeting , the two parents disagree and the wedding is called off . shakti decides not get married without her parents ' consent , and the relationship is called off altogether . how karthik and shakti sails through the story to be watched .
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vikram is the real mr . perfectionist of south indian film industry . he is one of the most versatile actors of india who has achieved great fame with his brilliant acting skills . vikram gained recognition as an actor with his blockbuster movie sethu ( 1999 ) which was remade in hindi as ‘tere naam’ starring salman khan . his passion for films is unending and that completely reflects through his excellent acting in the movies . here is the list of hindi dubbed movies of vikram .
kanthaswamy ( 2009 ) is a tamil language neo - noir vigilante thriller film written and directed by susi ganesan starring vikram in the title role . shriya saran , prabhu ganesan , krishna , ashish vidyarthi , mukesh tiwari , mansoor ali khan , vadivelu , and y . g . mahendran as the supporting cast . the film was a hit and dubbed into hindi as ‘shiva – the superhero’ .
plot : the financial woes of anyone who leaves a message at a temple are taken care of by a masked crusader , kandasamy . meanwhile , a cbi officer is in hot pursuit of those who stash away their black money .
iru mugan ( 2016 ) is an indian tamil - language science fiction action film written and directed by anand shankar . the film stars vikram in dual roles , nayantara and nithya menen in the lead roles , while nassar , thambi ramaiah , karunkaran and riythvika appear in supporting roles . it was a super hit film and dubbed into hindi as ‘international rowdy’ .
plot : following the attack on the indian embassy in malaysia , akhilan , an ex - agent , is assigned to track down the culprit . his investigations lead him to his old foe who has now developed a hazardous drug .
thaandavam ( 2012 ) is an indian tamil spy thriller film written and directed by a . l . vijay , starring vikram , jagapati babu , anushka shetty , amy jackson and lakshmi rai . the film was average and dubbed in hindi under the title ‘desh prem the real hero’ .
plot : kenny , a blind man who works for the choir in a london church , is loved by all because of his humble nature . however , his friend , sara , is in for a shock when she learns that he is a spree killer .
i ( 2015 ) is an indian tamil - language romantic thriller film written and directed by shankar . the film features vikram and amy jackson in lead roles while suresh gopi , upen patel , santhanam and ramkumar ganesan portray pivotal roles . the movie was a super hit at the box - office and dubbed into hindi with the same title ‘i’ .
plot : a successful model’s professional and personal life takes an ugly turn when he develops a hunchback due to an injection . he then plots revenge against the people who ruined his life .
plot : chitambaram doesn’t want his daughter kausalya to marry suresh . suresh then decides not to marry kausalya without her father’s permission . finally , chitambaram relents and the lovers reunite .
10 endrathukulla ( 2015 ) is an indian tamil action film written and directed by vijay milton . the film features vikram and samantha ruth prabhu in the lead roles . it was an average film and dubbed in hindi as ‘dus ka dum’ .
plot : james , a driving instructor , is assigned the task of accompanying shakila , a pretty woman , on a journey from chennai to mussoorie . but he is shocked when he finds out that her life is in danger .
( 2002 ) is a tamil drama film directed by prabhu solomon . the film featured vikram in the title role , while
plot : raja and his dad , who live in hong kong , are devastated when an accident leaves raja’s father on the verge of death . he decides to reunite his father with his grandfather in order to make them happy .
bheemaa ( 2008 ) is an indian tamil action film , written and directed by n . linguswamy . it stars vikram , trisha krishnan , prakash raj and raghuvaran . the film performed average at the box - office and dubbed in hindi as ‘rocky bheema’ .
plot : shekar is an ardent admirer of chinna who runs an underworld gang . once paired up , the two of them single - handedly take on the streets of chennai . but shekar falls in love and wants to be reformed .
majaa ( 2005 ) is a tamil drama film directed by shafi , starring vikram , asin , vadivelu , pasupathy , anu prabhakar , vijayakumar , manivannan , sindhu tolani , murali and biju menon . the movie was average and dubbed into hindi as ‘dada no . 1’ .
plot : crooks turned honest men , a man and his sons , adhi and mathi , come to a village and help a farmer pay off his debts to a landlord . mathi forcibly marries the landlord’s daughter to teach him a lesson .
saamy ( 2003 ) is an indian tamil action film written and directed by hari . the film stars vikram , trisha and kota srinivasa rao in the lead . the film was highly successful at the box office and was dubbed in hindi as ‘policewala gunda 3’ .
plot : aarusaamy is a cop who believes in maintaining peace at all costs , even if it takes accepting bribes from the biggest goon , perumal . but , circumstances force him to cross the line drawn by perumal .
arul ( 2004 ) is an indian tamil action family drama film written and directed by hari starring vikram , jyothika , pasupathy , vadivelu , sarath babu , vinu chakravarthy and vaiyapuri . the film received mixed reviews from the audience and was dubbed in hindi as ‘main balwaan’ .
plot : arul , the youngest of four brothers , faces the wrath of his father as he takes the blame for a mistake committed by one of his brothers . their relationship worsens when arul is forced into politics .
rajapattai ( 2011 ) is a tamil action masala film co - written and directed by suseenthiran , featuring vikram and deeksha seth in the lead roles . it was a flop movie and dubbed into hindi as ‘main hoon no . 1 dada’ .
plot : murugan wants to become a villain in the movies . he saves dakshina , an old man , from his son , who is in cahoots with ranganayaki , a lady politician . the woman and her goons run a land - grabbing mafia .
anniyan ( 2005 ) is an indian tamil - language psychological thriller film written and directed by s . shankar . it stars vikram , sadha in the lead along with vivek , prakash raj , nedumudi venu and nassar as supporting cast . the film was a commercial success and dubbed in hindi as ‘aparichit’ .
plot : ramanujam , who suffers from multiple personality disorder , works as a lawyer by day and a vigilante at night . he uses tips from the ‘garuda purana’ as his tools to expose various antisocial elements .
dhill ( 2001 ) is a tamil action film directed by dharani . the film stars vikram and laila in the lead roles , while ashish vidyarthi , nassar , and vivek play supporting roles . the film achieved commercial success and was dubbed in hindi as ‘meri aan : men at work’ .
plot : kanagavel , an aspiring police officer , beats up a man for misbehaving with his girlfriend . that man turns out to be a corrupt police officer who later starts harassing kanagavel and his family .
samurai ( 2002 ) is a tamil language action film directed by balaji sakthivel . the film featured vikram in the title role , while anita hassanandani , jaya seal , and nassar played supporting roles . the film received an average response at the box office and was dubbed in hindi as ‘samurai - ek yodha’ .
plot : thiagu , a teacher , dons the garb of a samurai warrior and brings corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to justice .
list of hindi dubbed movies of n . t . rama rao jr . ( jr . ntr ) ( 22 )
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