"Little Odessa" 19 May 1995 (USA).
Tagline: Between good and evil and heaven and hell is...
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User review: 6.7
PlotThis film tells a bitter tale of a dysfunctional family. Joshua, a cold-blooded professional killer, returns to his Brighton Beach boyhood home for a "job." He knows it will be difficult to return to the Russian-immigrant community of his youth--in his eyes, we see anticipation of the inevitable emotional pain and psychic turmoil that seeing his forsaken family and estranged companions will bring him. To do his job, and try to maintain some semblence of sanity, he has had to wall off his humanity from even himself. Seeing his kid brother, who adores him, talking with his dying mother, who still loves him, and yes, arguing with his abusive father, begins to wreak havoc with his personal defenses. As his steely demeanor begins to dissolve, we are shown the soul of a hit-man crumbling away, piece by piece. Finally, all that he now allows himself to admit that he loves is agonizingly torn away from him and he is left with the ultimate punishment for his transgressions. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}
Movie Trivia This film contains just 454 shots in about 92 minutes of action (i.e. excluding the credits). This equates to an average shot length of about 12 seconds. This is very long compared to the 3 - 6 second standard of most Hollywood films made in the 1990s.
The building used for Mr Schell's mistress was 9701 Shore Road, also used in Saturday Night Fever (1977).
It took director James Gray two years to get the financing in place to make _Little Odessa (1994)_.
Movie GoofupsRevealing mistakes: In the scenes where Mr. Schell is supposedly speaking Russian, his language is unintelligible beyond the simplest words.
Movie QuotesJoshua Shapira: [Joshua is about to execute Pahlevi] Hey, do you believe in God? Pahlevi: [sobbing] Yes! Joshua Shapira: Good. We'll wait ten seconds and see if he comes to save you. Arkady Shapira: You know there is a saying: When a child is six years old, it says, "the father can do everything". When he's twelve, he says, "the father can almost do everything". When he's sixteen, he says, "the father is an idiot". When he's twenty-four, he says, "the father wasn't maybe such an idiot" , and then, when he's forty, he says, "if I could only ask my father". But I'm afraid my sons will never ask themselves that.
Filming LocationsBay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Directed by: James Gray Runtime: 98 min Released in: USA Language(s): English Production company: Fine Line Features
Official CertificationsUSA:R | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15
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