Product Information
Jimmy Kilmartin gets caught in the seedy New York criminal underground but he must somehow save himself and his family...Product Identifiers
ProducerSusan Hoffman, Barbet Schroeder
EAN5039036006200
eBay Product ID (ePID)3955682
Product Key Features
ActorMichael Rapaport, Stanley Tucci, Ving Rhames, David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathryn Erbe, Helen Hunt
Film/TV TitleKiss of Death
DirectorBarbet Schroeder
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageCzech\Danish\Finnish\Hebrew\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish
Run Time96 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
FeaturesFeaturette\7 Video Clips\Trailer\Interactive Menus\Scene Access, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerTrevor Jones
Production DesignerMel Bourne
ReviewsNew York Times - ...Mr. Caruso has a fine natural abrasiveness....In KISS OF DEATH he becomes a movie star with a vengeance, the kind of movie star he was meant to be..., Los Angeles Times - ...Compelling....One of the most effective neo-noirs....With a fine piece of work in his hands, Schroeder has brought all his skill to bear on KISS OF DEATH, and it has made all the difference..., Entertainment Weekly - "...[Cage's] most startling pre-VEGAS performance..." -- Rating: B+, Rolling Stone - ...Cage comes gloriously unglued....Caruso is also ideally cast..., Variety - ...A crackling thriller....[Cage] walks away with the picture, thanks to a stunning performance, unlike anything he's done to date...
Additional InformationKISS OF DEATH opens with ex-convict Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) attempting to distance himself from his shady past. His cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up at his door begging for help with one more heist, and Jimmy agrees to participate against his better judgment. Things go sour when a detective is shot, and Jimmy is left to take the fall. As Jimmy's hopes for a normal life with his wife (Helen Hunt) and daughter fade, he becomes a pawn of the police in their attempts to bring down a psychotic gangster named Little Junior (Nicolas Cage).<BR>Caruso and a pumped-up, supremely menacing Cage highlight a spectacular cast that also features Samuel L. Jackson as the cop who becomes Jimmy's solitary ally and Stanley Tucci as a Machiavellian district attorney. Novelist Richard Price supplies the screenplay, and director Barber Schroeder (SINGLE WHITE FEMALE) ensures that KISS OF DEATH, based loosely on the 1947 film of the same name, unfolds with the grooved precision of a well-made watch while bristling at every turn with the volatile life of a vividly imagined criminal underworld.
ScreenwriterRichard Price
Costume DesignerTheadora Van Runkle
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Movie/TV TitleKiss Of Death
EditorLee Percy
Director of PhotographyLuciano Tovoli