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Palookaville

1996 · 92 min

A low-key, wryly funny character study of hapless dreamers, more about family chaos than the heist itself.

Directed by
Alan Taylor
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese
Tagline
One foot in the door. The other one in the gutter.
Overview
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.

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Directed by
Alan Taylor
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • crime
  • class
  • ambition
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Alan Taylor
Written by
David Epstein
Starring
William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams, LisaGay Hamilton, Bridgit Ryan, Kim Dickens, Suzanne Shepherd
Music
Rachel Portman
Cinematography
John Thomas
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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