Movie Cosmos - Night Falls on Manhattan

Description:

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Top Cast >

Andy García

As Sean Casey

Ian Holm

As Liam Casey

James Gandolfini

As Joey Allegretto

Lena Olin

As Peggy Lindstrom

Shiek Mahmud-Bey

As Jordan Washington

Colm Feore

As Elihu Harrison

Ron Leibman

As Morgenstern

Richard Dreyfuss

As Sam Vigoda

Dominic Chianese

As Judge Impelliteri

Paul Guilfoyle

As McGovern

Bonnie Rose

As Instructor

Norman Matlock

As Detective

Sidney Armus

As Judge

Bobby Cannavale

As Vigoda Assistant #1

Marcia Jean Kurtz

As Eileen

Jude Ciccolella

As Lieutenant Wilson

John Randolph Jones

As Captain Lawrence

Jim Moody

As Mayor Williams

Frank Vincent

As Captain

James Murtaugh

As Man in Asylum

Melba Martinez

As Legal Aid Attorney

Santo Fazio

As Eduardo

Anthony Alessandro

As Shmuel

David Fonteno

As Captain #1

John Seitz

As Captain #2

Robert Sean Miller

As Captain #3

Stephen Beach

As Cop #2

Vincent Pastore

As Cop #3

Nafisah Sayyed

As Half-Naked Girl

Chuck Pfeiffer

As Captain Gentile

Clark D. Williams

As News #1

Bill Boggs

As News #2

Tamara Phillips

As News #3

Louis Guss

As Court Clerk

Richard Bright

As 64 Precinct Lieutenant

Ronald von Klaussen

As 65 Precinct Sergeant

John Di Benedetto

As Patrolman #2

Kevin Ramsey

As Sean's Assistant

Kermit Frazier

As Jury Foreman

Veronica Hall

As Pier Cop

Vic Noto

As Police Diver Cochran

Socorro Santiago

As Lab Assistant

Fran Anthony

As Moderator

Donna Hanover

As TV Newsperson #1

Jack Cafferty

As TV Newsperson #3

Kaity Tong

As TV Newsperson #4

Allen Collodow

As Cop #1

Dennis Paladino

As Cop #2

Mike Cammallere

As Sergeant #1

Jim Mauro

As Lieutenant #1

Salvatore Paul Piro

As Cop #4

Mike Girard Sheehan

As Sergeant #2

Joseph Mosso

As Lieutenant #2

Teddy Coluca

As Reporter #1

Roslyn Cohn

As Reporter #2

Elliot Cuker

As Reporter #3

Yvette Mercedes

As Meter Maid

Kristina Lear

As Girl in Restaurant

Joe Drago

As D.A. Driver

Catherine Schreiber

As Sean's Ass't #2

Top Crew >

Sidney Lumet

Screenplay, Director

Robert Daley

Novel

Les Lazarowitz

Production Sound Mixer

David Sardi

First Assistant Director

Monica Levinson

Production Coordinator

Celia D. Costas

Unit Production Manager

Ken Ferris

Camera Operator

Danny Bramson

Music Supervisor

Pamela Rittelmeyer

Second Assistant Camera

Adger W. Cowans

Still Photographer

Brett Botula

Location Manager

Jack Gill

Stunt Coordinator

Rick Raphael

"B" Camera Operator

Xiomara Comrie

Second Assistant Camera

Eric Swanek

First Assistant Camera

Robin Koenig

Leadman

Fred Merusi

Construction Coordinator

Nicholas Renbeck

Assistant Sound Editor

Deborah Wallach

ADR Editor

Stuart Stanley

Foley Editor

Michael Hyde

Transportation Coordinator

Maggie Murphy

Second Assistant Director

Glenfield Payne

Sound Effects Editor

Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink

Special Effects Coordinator

Jakob Trollbäck

Title Designer

Tim Guinness

Chief Lighting Technician

Robert H. Paquette

Key Construction Grip

Annette Kudrak

Music Editor

Keri Lederman

Production Secretary

Dan Evans Farkas

Assistant Sound Editor

Robert Easton

Dialect Coach

James Hammer

Assistant Costume Designer

Sal Lanza

Dolly Grip

Anthony Ortiz

Boom Operator

Toussaint Kotright

Cableman

Trish Adlesic

Assistant Location Manager

Ron Bochar

Supervising Sound Editor

Jennifer McNamara

Casting Associate

Ann Miller

Property Master

Bruce Pross

Foley Supervisor

Steven Visscher

Foley Editor

Ed Larkin

Key Construction Grip

Lilith Jacobs

Post Production Supervisor

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Pat Distefano

Extras Casting

Gina Alfano

Dialogue Editor

Scott Gertsen

Key Carpenter

Fred Rosenberg

Dialogue Editor

Jeffrey T. Bernstein

Second Second Assistant Director

Peter Sobich Jr.

Assistant Production Coordinator

Phil Hetos

Color Timer

Martha Pinson

Script Supervisor

David Watkin

Director of Photography

Philip Rosenberg

Production Design

Robert Guerra

Art Direction

Carolyn Cartwright

Set Decoration

Jennifer B. Starke

Art Department Coordinator

Joseph G. Aulisi

Costume Design

Josh Kramer

Producer

Kerry Barden

Casting

Billy Hopkins

Casting

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting

Thom Mount

Producer

Sam O'Steen

Editor

Mark Isham

Original Music Composer

John H. Starke

Co-Producer

KG Ramsey

Hairstylist

Michael Kriston

Key Hair Stylist

David Forrest

Key Makeup Artist

Rick Sharp

Makeup Artist

Peter Bucossi

Stunts

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

This film starts and ends with some lovely jazz, thereafter it is all rather an unremarkable crime thriller. When a drug dealer kills three cops and then escapes in a patrol car, the District Attorney "Morgie" (Ron Liebman) announces that when the perpetrator is apprehended, he is going to be prosecuted by the newly qualified lawyer (and ex-cop) son of one of those officers seriously injured by the attacker. "Casey" (Andy Garcia) is that man, and after a curiously far-fetched turn of events finds himself facing the killer in court and next thing, he is DA himself and party to an investigation into police corruption that might well lead to his own nearest and dearest. To be honest, I found this whole thing all just too convenient. It's all just a bit too "nice" and the courtroom scenes at the start which also feature Richard Dreyfuss are really underwhelming. The plot is messy and the conclusion really lacks, well, substance. It looks good and combined with the score is effective at creating a New York that is seedy and immoral - but Garcia just hasn't the gravitas to pull this off and Ian Holm (his father "Liam") is no great shakes either. It's watchable on the telly on a wet winter's evening, but that's about the height of it, sorry.

2023-02-26