Die Nacht von Soho (1992)
54KDie Nacht von Soho: Directed by Irwin Winkler. With Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King. The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.
“The picture deals an ambitious, fast-talking lawyer named Harry Fabian(Robert De Niro, Richard Widmark role) in N.Y.C., heu0026#39;s a hustler with several money-making schemes . Harry concocts a plot as boxingu0026#39;s small-time promoter . But he makes erroneous friends, the old boxeru0026#39;s brother(Alan King), a tough gangster. Harry is the role who fills completely the movie , he survives as person who reports false crime in the trials. Harry becoming involved with mobsters and an affair with his barmanu0026#39;s spouse(Jessica Lange). But his plans go awry and heu0026#39;s on the run for his life. The story terminates with a persecution excellently filmed with all its rawness .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis noir urban/drama packs good performances though Robert De Niro is overacting. Nice interpretation by Jessica Lange , the only character who shows a bit of kindness on Harry. Supporting casting is frankly well, as Cliff Gorman, Eli Wallach, Jack Warden, Barry Primus, Michael Badalucco, among others , furthermore cameo role by Richard Price, screenplayu0026#39;s author. Dark cinematography by Tak Fujimoto and atmospheric and effective musical score by James Newton Howard. This version about Harry downfall lacks punch and dramatic weight, it results to be much better the classic adaptation (1955), a real masterpiece, set in London with Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Herbert Lom. This inferior new version is dedicated to Jules Dassin, the magnificent director of the original picture and adapted from the novel by Gerard Kersh. The motion picture is regularly directed by Irwin Winkler, usual producer of Robert De Niro films and occasionally filmmaker.”
