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Titolo originale: Road to Perdition
Regia: Sam Mendes |
Anno: 2002
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Thriller
Tag: hotel | farm | hitman | illinois | great depression | road trip | based on comic | revenge | organized crime | mafia | bank robbery | based on graphic novel | homework | learning to drive | spoiled son | scarred face | liberty half dollar | lake michigan | 1930s | cautionary | ambivalent | callous |
Cast: Tom Hanks | Paul Newman | Jude Law | Tyler Hoechlin | Daniel Craig | Stanley Tucci | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Liam Aiken | Dylan Baker | Ciarán Hinds | David Darlow | Kevin Chamberlin | Doug Spinuzza | Kurt Naebig | Duane Sharp | Michael Sassone | Roderick Peeples | Keith Kupferer | Lara Phillips | Mina Badie | Heidi Jayne Netzley | Lance Baker | Nicolas Cade | John Judd | Kerry Rossall | Ian Barford | Rob Maxey | Maureen Gallagher | Diane Dorsey | Harry Groener | Peggy Roeder | James Greene | Anthony LaPaglia | Paul Turner | Craig Spidle | Jack Callahan |

Michael O'Sullivan, conosciuto ad amici e nemici come l'Angelo della Morte, se pur coinvolto profondamente nel suo lavoro è anche dedito alla sua vita privata come padre di due giovani. Quando, però, questi due mondi entrano in collisione, tanto che deve assistere alla morte della moglie e del figlio più piccolo, O'Sullivan ed il figlio superstite, Michael jr., abbandonano la loro pacifica vita familiare e si imbarcano in un viaggio di vendetta.

Approfondimenti

While in the time period the film takes place, Frank Nitti is the boss of the Chicago outfit. His un [...] D
Maguire's crime scene photography work is based on Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, a famous crime scene phot [...] D
Originally set for a Christmas, award-contention release until Sam Mendes asked for more time. Inste [...] D
According to author Max Allan Collins, real-life gangsters John and Connor Looney's names were chang [...] D
Producer Dean Zanuck had never seen a graphic novel before, until he was pitched the idea of "Road t [...] D
Tom Hanks and cinematographer Conrad L. Hall asked Sam Mendes to tone down the violent excesses of t [...] D
Sam Mendes: [Water marks the event of a death] D
The lake house in Michigan was reconstructed from existing foundations, and then taken down after th [...] D
The piano piece that Paul Newman and Tom Hanks play at the opening funeral was performed by them. D
According to author Max Allan Collins, the "Road to Perdition" graphic novel was an American homage [...] D
When Michael kills Rooney in the street, Thomas Newman's 'Ghosts' is the music that plays during the [...] D
Originally a Steven Spielberg property, though Spielberg never actively pursued it as a definite pro [...] D
Sam Mendes confessed that Paul Newman walked on his hands between takes to amuse the crew on the set [...] D
The scene where John Rooney (Paul Newman) and Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) are playing the piano tog [...] D
The movie is dedicated to cinematographer Conrad L. Hall; it was his final feature film. He would po [...] D
In the reverse shots of Michael Sullivan, Jr., when he's being driven through the snowy town by his [...] D
The diner where Michael (Tom Hanks) and Maguire (Jude Law) meet was bought on the internet by produc [...] D
The movie is loosely based on actual events, and a real enforcer for mobster John Looney, who was be [...] D
Tyler Hoechlin won his part after a nationwide casting call that encompassed over 2,000 young actors [...] D
The film was falsely speculated to be a remake of Kozure Ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsu [...] D
Sam Mendes claimed that Tom Hanks performed the scene in which Sullivan outdraws the gun at the spea [...] D
One of the historic filming locations, St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Beecher, Illinois, (the white, [...] D
Tom Sizemore was strongly considered to play Al Capone, as was Alfred Molina. D
This film takes place in the winter of 1931. It was in the fall of that year that Al Capone and Fran [...] D
In a deleted scene, an angry and sickly Al Capone was featured in a meeting with Maguire and John Ro [...] D
Ciarán Hinds & Daniel Craig starred together in Munich (2005) D
Frank Nitti's office is based on the office of Jeffrey Katzenberg. D
Both John and Connor Rooney foreshadow the accidental killing of Peter Sullivan instead of Michael. [...] D
The bead of sweat that rolls down Tom Hanks' face during his first encounter with Jude Law, though s [...] D
Temperatures occasionally dropped to -30 degrees Fahrenheit (-34.4 degrees Celsius) while filming to [...] D
The photographs shown in Harlen Maguire's (Jude Law's) apartment also appear in a book by Lucy Sante [...] D
The iconic shot of the Sullivans' car driving into Chicago involved 120 period cars on a quiet Sunda [...] D
One day, when cinematographer Conrad L. Hall was setting up a shot of Paul Newman, Hall looked throu [...] D
Paul Newman was unanimously the producers' first choice for the part of John Rooney. D
Jude Law hated his appearance for the film, and insisted on wearing a cap every time he wasn't on ca [...] D
The film unites Dylan Baker and Ciarán Hinds who are known for playing the same role in different [...] D
As Maguire approaches the Geneva Hotel with a shotgun under his coat, a small grocery store can be s [...] D
Prior to the brief travel scene along the "Road to Perdition", with Michael Sullivan, Jr. (Tyler Hoe [...] D
Tom Hanks's son Chet Hanks has said this is his favorite performance and film of his dad. "In every [...] D
Up until the killing in the warehouse, Michael Sullivan, Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin) has little access to h [...] D
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annie Sullivan) and Jude Law (Harlan Maguire) previously started in eXistenZ ( [...] D
The film is set in 1931, and costume designer Albert Wolsky had real trouble finding distinctive clo [...] D
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annie Sullivan) is the half-sister of Mina Badie, who plays the waitress servi [...] D
Frank Nitti was a chain smoker, so Stanley Tucci had to get through approximately eighty cigarettes [...] D
In order to court Paul Newman to appear in the film, Sam Mendes paid the actor a visit at his apartm [...] D
The whole cast and crew were very nervous when it came to Paul Newman's first day on set. Ironically [...] D
Due to stereotyping issues, Stanley Tucci generally avoided roles in gangster movies. However, the p [...] D
To create a villain that could challenge the physically imposing Tom Hanks, director Sam Mendes want [...] D
Paul Newman had an assist with his accent from Irish writer Frank McCourt, the author of "Angela's A [...] D
For the bank robbery sequences, Tyler Hoechlin (Michael Sullivan, Jr.) had to learn to drive, someth [...] D
After his success with his directorial debut "American Beauty (1999)," Sam Mendes was the flavor of [...] D
One of the locations for one of the bank robberies was physically perfect, but the wrong way around. [...] D
This is the only Sam Mendes movie not listed on Movie Insider. D
Maguire (Jude Law) is not in the original graphic novel. He is a creation of writer David Self. D
Make-up artist Daniel C. Striepeke's first instruction to the cast was to stay out of the sun as muc [...] D
Robson Green was considered for a role. D
Sam Mendes: As one of John Rooney's bodyguards in the rainy shoot-out towards the end of the film. D
Final on-screen/live-action feature film appearance by Paul Newman. D
Sam Mendes and Conrad L. Hall sought to give the film the look of the works of artist Edward Hopper. D
Jude Law worked with a magician to learn how to lace a coin through his fingers; a trick he performs [...] D
A major difference between the graphic novel and film is that in the book, Michael Sullivan Jr. can [...] D
Tom Hanks wore a bit of makeup for this film -- most notably a prosthetic nose -- to make his charac [...] D
Anthony LaPaglia filmed a scene in which he played Al Capone, but it was decided to leave Capone off [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Tom Hanks and Paul Newman; and four Oscar nominees: Jude L [...] D
Apart from the historical characters, Frank Nitti and Al Capone, none of the gangsters who are menti [...] D

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