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- BFI identifier116455
- Date1987-01-02 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
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- SynopsisNew York, 1955, Harry Angel is a seedy private eye who is hired by a mysterious businessman to find a musician who apparently did not fulfill the terms of his contract. Angel's search leads him to New Orleans and danger. (Synopsis)
- Work historyNationality note: Although a Dutch company, Carolco International, N.V., is listed as one of the copyright holders they are not believed to have financed the film and so the film is not counted as a Dutch co-production.
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- CastMickey Rourke (Harry Angel)
Robert De Niro (Louis Cyphre)
Lisa Bonet (Epiphany Proudfoot)
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Title
Angel Heart (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/947A-EC10-792D-4D19-F6D2-MCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Hjortsberg, William - SCR-26
Angel Heart (1987) - Documentation - Material relating to the film 'Angel Heart', a New Orleans detective novel written and directed by Alan Parker. The film, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Lisa Bonet was based upon the 1978 novel ‘Falling Angel' written by William Hjortsberg, although Parker changed some of the action to New Orleans and the time period to 1955. It was financed by an independent film company Carolco International who had previously made some of the Rambo franchise and distributed by Tristar. The film opened in New York on the 6th March 1987, almost a year after the shoot had begun in that city. The UK release was on 18 September 1987. Includes scripts, notes, schedules, call sheets, correspondence, diary, design, marketing, posters and photographs. See also: PKR-1-1-4 Festivals and lectures where Alan Parker discusses this film. See also: http://alanparker.com/film/angel-heart/ and Chapter 8 in 'The Films of Alan Parker, 1976-2003 by David F Gonthier, Jr. and Timothy M. O'Brien. McFArland & Company Inc. 2015 - PKR-1-15
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Work - 116455 - 1987-01-02 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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