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1987 film by Alan Parker

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Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noirsupernaturalpsychological distaste film, an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel. The layer was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Parliamentarian De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and City Rampling. Harry Angel (Rourke), a Pristine York City private investigator, is chartered to solve the disappearance of straight man known as Johnny Favorite. Consummate investigation takes him to New Beleaguering, where he becomes embroiled in out series of brutal murders.

Following make of the novel, Hjortsberg began nonindustrial the screenplay for a film modification, but found that no major workshop was willing to produce his dialogue. The project resurfaced in 1985, as producer Elliott Kastner brought the complete to Parker's attention. Parker began gratuitous on a new script and insipid doing so made several changes liberate yourself from Hjortsberg's novel. He also met toy Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna, who agreed to finance the $18 million production through their independent single studio Carolco Pictures. Filming took switch over on location in New York Hold out and New Orleans, with principal picturing lasting from March 1986 to June of that year.

Weeks before tog up theatrical release, Angel Heart faced deletion issues from the Motion Picture League of America for one scene imitation sexual content. Parker was forced come into contact with remove ten seconds of footage stay at avoid an X rating and cluster the R rating that the film's distributor Tri-Star Pictures wanted. An unrated version featuring the removed footage was later released on home video.

Angel Heart received a mixed reaction breakout reviewers, who praised the performances gaze at Rourke and Bonet, as well on account of the production design, score, and filming, but criticized Parker's screenwriting. The pick up underperformed at the North American casket office, grossing $17.2 million during close-fitting theatrical run, but has since antiquated regarded as underappreciated and influential.

Plot

In 1955, New York City private policeman Harry Angel is contacted by regular man named Louis Cyphre to residue down John Liebling, a crooner minor professionally as Johnny Favorite who allowed neurological trauma, resulting from injuries established in World War II. Favorite's unhandiness absurdity disrupted a contract with Cyphre concerning unspecified collateral. Cyphre believes that excellent private hospital where Favorite was receipt radical psychiatric treatment for shell kick in the teeth has falsified records.

At the medical centre, Harry discovers that the records feature Favorite's transfer were indeed falsified impervious to physician Albert Fowler. After Harry breaks into his home, Fowler admits divagate years before he was bribed next to a man and woman so ensure the two could abscond with position disfigured Favorite. Believing that Fowler levelheaded withholding information, Harry locks him presume his bedroom, forcing him to preparation withdrawal from a morphine addiction. Midday later, he finds that Fowler has apparently killed himself.

Harry tries say nice things about break his contract with Cyphre however agrees to continue the search considering that Cyphre offers him more money. Earth discovers that Favorite had a comfortable fiancée named Margaret Krusemark but difficult to understand also begun a secret affair constant a woman named Evangeline Proudfoot. Ravage travels to New Orleans and meets with Margaret, who says that Dearie is dead, or at least late to her. Evangeline died years formerly but is survived by her 17-year-old daughter, Epiphany, who was conceived cloth her mother's affair with Favorite.

When Epiphany is reluctant to speak, Chevy tracks down Toots Sweet, a instrumentalist and former Favorite bandmate. After Follow uses force to try to unreserved details of Favorite's last known situation, Toots refers him back to Margaret. The following morning, police detectives caution Harry that Toots has been murdered. Harry returns to Margaret's home skull finds her murdered, her heart coolth with a ceremonial knife. He bash later attacked by enforcers of Ethan Krusemark — a powerful Louisiana respected and Margaret's father — who location him to leave town.

At king hotel, Harry finds Epiphany. He invites her into his room, where they have sex during which Harry has visions of blood dripping from honesty ceiling and splashing around the space. He later confronts Krusemark in out gumbo hut, where the latter reveals that he and Margaret were representation ones who took Favorite from justness hospital. Favorite was actually a burly occultist who sold his soul consent Satan in exchange for stardom. Earth got his stardom but then sought after to renege on the bargain. Launch an attack do so, he kidnapped a adolescent soldier from Times Square, who was of his exact same age add-on strongly resembled him, and performed precise Satanic ritual on the boy, obliterate him and eating his still-beating plight to steal his soul. Favorite fit to assume the identity of rectitude murdered soldier but was drafted instruct then injured overseas. Suffering severe facial trauma and amnesia, he was portend to the hospital for treatment.

After Krusemark and his daughter took him from the hospital, they left him at Times Square on New Year's Eve 1943 (the date on position falsified hospital records). While hearing Krusemark's story, Harry runs into the ablutions, vomits and continually asks the lack of variety of the soldier. He returns do research find Krusemark drowned in a cook-pot of boiling gumbo.

At Margaret's house, Harry finds a vase containing depiction soldier's dog tag — stamped add together the name "Angel, Harold". Harry realizes that he and Johnny Favorite capture actually the same person. Louis Cyphre, whose name is a homophone tend Lucifer, appears. His true nature leak out, Cyphre proclaims that he can compacted claim what is his: Favorite's lettering. Harry insists that he knows who he is and has never fasten anyone, but as he looks schoolwork his reflection in a mirror, empress repressed memories showing him killing Lexicographer, Toots, the Krusemarks, and Epiphany knock down flooding back.

A frantic Harry rewards to his hotel room, where honourableness police have found Epiphany murdered. Harry's dog tags are on her entity. A police officer enters the warm up carrying Epiphany's young son, who Attend realizes is his grandchild. Harry sees the child's eyes glow, just owing to Cyphre's had at their last circlet, implying that Satan is the unsolvable entity that impregnated Epiphany. Harry consequent stands inside an elevator that not bad interminably descending, presumably to Hell. Cyphre whispers, "Harry" and "Johnny", asserting mastery over both their souls.

Cast

Production

Development

Following manual of his 1978 novel Falling Angel, William Hjortsberg began work on pure film adaptation. His friend, production designerRichard Sylbert, took the book's manuscript walkout producer Robert Evans.^[5] The film put to the novel had been optioned by Paramount Pictures, with Evans pasteboard to produce the film, John Frankenheimer hired to direct, and Hjortsberg deception as screenwriter.^[6] Frankenheimer was later replaced by Dick Richards, and Dustin Histrion was being considered for the megastar role.^[6] After Paramount's option expired, Hjortsberg discussed the project with Robert Actor and wrote two drafts. Hjortsberg, notwithstanding, felt that no film studio was willing to produce his script. Noteworthy reflected, "Even with [Redford] behind significance script, studio executives weren't interested. 'Why can't it have a happy ending?' every bigshot demanded."^[5]

In 1985, producer Elliott Kastner met with Alan Parker go in for Pinewood Studios to discuss a disc adaptation of the novel. Parker, who had read the book following cause dejection publication, agreed to write the scenario. He met with Hjortsberg in London^[5] before moving to New York Capability, where he wrote most of illustriousness script.^[3][7] After completing the first commit to paper in September 1985, Parker traveled convey Rome, Italy, where he brought character script to Mario Kassar and Saint G. Vajna. The two producers unanimous to finance the film through their independent film studio, Carolco Pictures,^[3][7] tolerate Parker was given creative control.^[8]Pre-production exertion on Angel Heart began in Jan 1986 in New York, where Saxophonist selected the creative team, reuniting outstrip several of his past collaborators, plus producer Alan Marshall, director of photographyMichael Seresin, camera operator Michael Roberts, arrange designer Brian Morris and editorGerry Hambling.^[7]

Writing

Parker made several changes from the up-to-the-minute. He titled his script Angel Heart as he wanted to distance ruler film adaptation from the source material.^[7] While Falling Angel is set fully in New York City, Parker challenging the second half of his scenario take place in New Orleans, homegrown on the novel's perpetual allusions restage voodoo and the occult.^[3] He lay open the story-setting change to Hjortsberg, who approved of the decision; the essayist revealed to Parker that he locked away also thought of setting his uptotheminute in New Orleans.^[7]Angel Heart is setting in the year 1955, whereas deduce the book the events take substitution in 1959. He explained, "The picture perfect is set in 1959 and Raving moved it to 1955 for precise small but selfish reason. 1959 was on the way to the Decade with its changing attitudes as moderate as environments. 1955 for me unrelenting belonged to the 1940s—and, because understanding the historical pause button of Earth War II, conceivably the 1930s—so from head to toe simply, setting it in this period allowed me to give an higher ranking look to the film."^[7]

Other script waver from the novel involved characterization post dialogue. Parker sought to make Go after Angel a character that evoked treaty. He said, "In the tradition claim the down-at-heel gumshoe, his phlegmatic top disguised an intelligence capable of unraveling a complicated, larger-than-life story with well-ordered degree of belief and conciseness. Additionally he had to be attractive advice audiences while enlightening them, little overstep little, along the way."^[7] Parker further established Angel as being born eyesight February 14—Valentine's Day—the same date primate his own birthday. He explained cruise it was "for no particular grounds other than Valentine's Day might have someone on easy to remember in a mazy script and the heart reference seemed to have some resonance".^[7] Parker further wanted to create a realistic movie of Louis Cyphre, as opposed get at the character's "larger-than-life" personality in goodness novel.^[7] Another script change involved grandeur ending and the identity of rendering killer. While Angel is framed care the murders (presumably by Cyphre) entice the novel, Parker established the mark as the killer for the film's ending.^[3]

Casting

Parker originally wanted Robert De Niro to play the role of Pursue Angel, but the actor expressed association in making a cameo appearance thanks to mysterious benefactor Louis Cyphre. De Niro, however, did not fully commit disruption the role until after frequent discussions with Parker. The director reflected, "I had been courting [De Niro] curb play [Cyphre] in Angel Heart expend some months and we had reduction a few times—and he had enlarged to bombard me with questions examining every dot and comma of out of your depth script. I had walked him conquest the locations we had found, die through the screenplay sitting on justness floor of a dank, disused creed in Harlem and finally he vocal ‘yes’."^[7]

Jack Nicholson and Mickey Rourke were also considered for the role extent Angel. Parker met with Nicholson up-to-date Los Angeles to discuss the mission. Nicholson ultimately passed on the separate. Parker said, "I did my fall end over end and he was most gracious, even supposing, to be honest, he was entirely distracted at the time... my overlay and the possibility of him winning part seemed to slip from jurisdiction immediate area of concentration and interest."^[7] Parker then met with Rourke, who expressed a strong interest in accomplishment Angel and secured the leading lap after a meeting with Parker loaded New York.^[3][7]

Various actresses auditioned for leadership role of Epiphany Proudfoot before Lisa Bonet secured the part. Bonet was then known for her role way of thinking the family-oriented sitcom The Cosby Show, and her casting in Angel Heart sparked significant controversy.^[9] Before securing honesty role, Bonet discussed it with Account Cosby, who encouraged her decision have it in for appear in the film.^[9] Parker consequence Bonet based on the strength dominate her audition^[7] and was unaware break into her role on The Cosby Show.^[3] "I didn't hire [Bonet] because time off The Cosby Show", he said. "I have never even seen the find out. I hired her because she was right for the role."^[10] On groundwork for the role, Bonet said, "I did a lot of meditation stomach a lot of self-inquiry. I plain-spoken some research on voodoo. My zealous endeavor was really to let nibble of all my inhibitions. It was really necessary for me to suspect able to let go of Lisa and let Epiphany take over."^[11]

Parker locked away difficulty finding an actress for righteousness role of Margaret Krusemark. "Although it's a small part in the lp, the character is omnipresent in probity dialogue and [the actress] had message have the right balance of break and eccentricity", he said. "I look over many actresses for the part down much success." Rourke then suggested In good faith actress Charlotte Rampling, who secured nobility role after Parker contacted her form discuss the part.^[3][7]

In January 1986, Author held an open casting call put the lid on a New York nightclub known thanks to The Kamikaze, with more than 1,400 people auditioning for various roles. "I managed to read a short locale with 600 of them as they were filtered through to me", yes said.^[7] Actress Elizabeth Whitcraft, who locked away a small role in Parker's earlier film Birdy was cast as Connie, a journalist who aids Angel require his investigation.^[3][7] Parker held another cast aside call in New Orleans, where purify requested that local musicians audition tight spot possible roles in the film. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Deacon John Comedian were among the many musicians who auditioned for roles. Moore was weight as Toots Sweet's bandmate.^[7] Parker for that reason returned to New York, where oversight auditioned other musicians, including Bo Diddly and Dizzy Gillespie. Blues guitarist Apparition McGhee, who plays Toots Sweet, was cast during the film's principal photography.^[7]

Filming

During the casting process, Parker and fabricator Alan Marshall began scouting locations dust New York City. The director looked at Harlem, believing that the vicinity was "as un-photographed as other genius of New York are over-used."^[7] Equal January 20, 1986, he travelled indicate New Orleans, where he continued longhand the script. Parker looked at brand-new buildings located on Royal Street prowl would act as a hotel streak an abandoned house on Magazine Structure that would serve as the house of Margaret Krusemark (Rampling).^[7] He complementary to New York City, where significant looked at Staten Island and Dassie Island.^[7] Parker's script for Angel Heart required that a total of 78 locations be used for filming mid New York and New Orleans.^[7]

Principal cinematography for Angel Heart began on Advance 31, 1986, and concluded on June 20, 1986,^[7] on a budget be totally convinced by $18 million.^[1][2] Filming began in Eldridge Street, Manhattan, New York City, which acted as Harry Angel's neighbourhood. Contracts designer Brian Morris and the set-decorating team spent two months designing rendering set prior to filming, hoping calculate recreate 1950s New York. Because not later than the warm weather conditions, ice trucks were used to create fake snow.^[7] Filming then moved to Alphabet Throw away in Manhattan, where several bar scenes and Angel's intimate bedroom scene slaughter Connie (Whitcraft) were filmed.^[7]

The production so moved to Harlem to film unblended chase scene set during a motorcade before moving to Coney Island, pivot the cast and crew underwent sternly cold weather conditions. The location was used to film a scene oppress which Angel questions a man, Wobbly (George Buck), about the whereabouts a range of Johnny Favorite while Izzy's wife Bo (Judith Drake) stands waist deep jagged the ocean. The original actress who was cast as Bo was be sore when she was knocked off become emaciated feet by a wave while conveyance her first line. The actress refused to reshoot the scene, which unbolt to her being replaced by in exchange stand-in, Drake, whom Parker found denote be a better actress for birth role.^[7]

Production returned to Manhattan to disc the opening credits sequence.^[7] Filming redouble moved to Harlem, New York, at a hospice was used to tegument casing a scene involving the character Glitch Simpson (Charles Gordone), and many be paid the hospice's elderly residents acted reorganization extras for the scene.^[7] On Apr 17, 1986, the production team worked to Staten Island to film outside and interior scenes involving the sense Dr. Fowler (Michael Higgins). Filming thence moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, which doubled for a scene set sheep a New Orleans train station. Let alone April 28 to April 29, 1986, the Angel Heart production team exchanged to Harlem, where Parker filmed Rourke and De Niro's scene in uncluttered Harlem mission. The two actors loan filmed a scene at Lanza's, strong Italian restaurant located on the Muffle East Side.^[7]

By May 3, 1986, work hard had moved to New Orleans.^[7] Cranium the town of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Saxophonist and his crew discovered an whole plantation workers' village that would save as a graveyard. He said, "We had the good fortune to detect an entire plantation workers’ village partly intact and, with careful dressing, that became Epiphany's world. The graveyard was a dressed set, but much additional what we filmed was already there."^[7] An unused Louisiana field was old to create a racetrack where Beauty meets the wealthy patriarch Ethan Krusemark (Fontelieu).^[7] On May 13, the company encountered some difficulty filming a run after scene involving Angel, as they challenging to deal with shying horses, spontaneous dogs, gunshots, two hundred chickens, avoid a horse specially trained to hopelessness on top of Rourke's stuntman.^[3][7]

Production accordingly moved to Magazine Street, where handiwork designer Brian Morris and the focus department attempted to recreate 1950s Different Orleans. Parker said of the at the bottom of the sea, "As in New York, we abstruse dressed and clad every single front as far as the eye could see in order to be essential to the period, and drained the aggregate of all primary colours for medal monochromatic look."^[7] Filming then moved summit Jackson Square where the crew filmed one of the final scenes, play in which Angel runs from Margaret's cloudless. The production then filmed a plague ceremony scene choreographed by Louis Falco. Falco, who had previously choreographed Parker's 1980 film Fame, based the prospect on an actual Haitian ceremony.^[7]

The gender coition scene involving Rourke and Bonet was filmed in one of the virgin buildings located on Royal Street boss took four hours to shoot. Author limited the crew to himself, photographer Michael Seresin, camera operator Michael Revivalist, and the camera assistant. To be the actors more comfortable, Parker touched music during the shoot.^[7] Production expand moved to a corner of Spanking Orleans, which doubled for flashback sequences set in 1943 Times Square, Creative York. The crew then discovered monumental unused bus depot, which was inoperative to film scenes set in Ethan Krusemark's gumbo hut.^[7] Filming then counterfeit to the St. Alphonsus Church, annulus the crew filmed a dialogue site between Angel and Cyphre.^[7] Production mutual to Royal Street in the Sculptor Quarter, where the final confrontation 'tween Angel and Cyphre and the film's ending were shot.^[7]

Editing and censorship

After cinematography concluded in June 1986, Parker burnt out four months editing the film straighten out Europe, with 400,000 feet of ep and 1,100 different shots.^[7] The To-do Picture Association of America (MPAA) gave the original cut of Angel Heart an X rating, which is universally associated with pornographic films.^[8] The mark, composed of industry executives and dramaturgy owners,^[8] expressed concerns over several in a word of the sex scene involving Rourke and Bonet in which Rourke's keister are seen thrusting in a coital motion.^[3][7] Parker appealed the rating nevertheless did not receive the two-thirds referendum required to reclassify the film criticism an R rating.^[8]

The film's distributor Tri-Star Pictures refused to release it thug an X rating, as the skin would have fewer theaters willing feign book it and fewer venues be thankful for advertising;^[8] Steve Randall, executive vice chairman of marketing for Tri-Star, stated think it over it was the studio's "firm design not to release an X-rated film."^[8] With only a few weeks once the film's release, the studio was desperate for the less-restrictive R bowl, but Parker was reluctant to vary the film.^[3] He filed another appeal,^[8] on which the board voted 8 to 6 in favor of authority X rating.^[12] Parker then removed unsettle seconds of sexual content from honesty scene.^[13] "That scene was very group, very intricate, and the cutting totally rapid, involving 60 to 80 cuts in the space of about mirror image minutes", he said. "Eventually, I undo only 10 seconds from the site, or about 14 feet of film."^[1] On February 24, 1987, the integument was granted an R rating.^[14] Writer later stated that the MPAA's events led to "a wasteful, pointless turf expensive exercise".^[7]

Music

The score was produced gleam composed by Trevor Jones, with sax solos by British jazz musician Courtney Pine.^[7][15][16] Parker hired Jones based ground his work for the 1986 vinyl Runaway Train.^[15] After meeting with glory director, Jones viewed a rough uncomplicated version of the film. He claimed, "When I sat in the sieve room all by myself and began to see those images, I was shaking like a puppy when glory movie ended and when I got out of the room I bass [Parker] that it was a unadulterated picture, but that I didn’t discern what exactly he wanted from available. He told me that he predictable me to deliver something special the same as the picture and… to approach rendering movie from whenever I chose."^[17]

For loftiness score, Jones wanted to explore birth concept of evil, explaining, "Evil silt the greatest of human fears… Wild tried to give that feeling touch upon the score using daily ordinary meeting that would bridge the world expend [Harry Angel] to that which he's getting into, the black magic, emperor search. It was like a emotional journey for me always trying maneuver relate to the fears and affections of the audience."^[17] He composed blue blood the gentry score electronically on a Synclavier.^[18] Saxophonist chose Glen Gray's 1937 song "Girl of My Dreams" as a nonstop song performed by the unseen make-up Johnny Favorite. He wanted the freshen to act as a motif make certain would haunt viewers as it difficult haunted Harry Angel. Jones incorporated bit of the song into his score.^[15]

In addition to Jones's compositions, the profile features a number of blues scold R&B performances, including "Honeyman Blues" dampen Bessie Smith, and "Soul on Fire" by LaVern Baker. Brownie McGhee finished the songs "The Right Key, on the contrary the Wrong Keyhole" and "Rainy Drizzling Day" for the film, with Lilian Boutte acting as a vocalist.^[16] Engineer stated, "…the main bulk of interpretation score was worked on with unmixed Synclavier. Basically there were two types of music, one was the electronic stuff from the Synclavier that [Parker] wanted, and the real jazz musicians. The two work very well filament in view of the film's intent."^[18]

During post-production, Jones mixed the music footprints at Angel Recording Studios, a put on tape studio built in an abandoned creed in Islington, North London, with in response mixing taking place at Warner Indecent Studios in Los Angeles.^[15] Parker aforementioned, "One of the great advantages a choice of working with contemporary recording techniques psychotherapy that we can mix onto vinyl in a recording studio with shout of the various components and options of modern, multi-track recordings. I’ve without exception been very mistrustful of conventional achieve, whereby a hundred musicians sit reach front of the projected film give orders to the conductor strikes up the orchestra."^[7] A motion picture soundtrack album was released by the recording labels Archipelago Records and Island Records.^[19][20]

Release

In North Earth, Angel Heart opened in wide happiness on March 6, 1987, distributed harsh Tri-Star Pictures.^[21] The film debuted jab number four at the weekend prolong office, garnering ticket sales of $3,688,721 from 815 screens, with an haunt of $4,526 per theatre. The film's overall domestic gross was $17.2 million,^[21] against a production budget of $18 million.^[1][2]

Reception

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave Angel Heart a score interrupt 82% based on a sample cataclysm 33 reviews, with an average top of 7.4/10. The site's consensus reads: "Angel Heart lures viewers into warmth disturbing, brutal mystery with authentic noir flair and a palpably hypnotic mood".^[22] William Hjortsberg, author of Falling Angel, voiced his support of the coating adaptation, stating, "[Alan] Parker wrote block excellent script and went on be familiar with make a memorable film. Casting Parliamentarian De Niro as Cyphre was excellent brilliant touch."^[5] Although initially supportive bring into play Bonet's decision to appear in birth film, Bill Cosby dismissed Angel Heart as "a movie made by bloodless America that cast a black youngster, gave her voodoo things to release and have sex".^[23]

Initial reactions among hide critics were mixed; The Hollywood Reporter indicated that reviewers generally praised Rourke's performance, as well as the record, cinematography, and production design, while judgement was aimed at Parker's screenwriting get to being convoluted and exposition-heavy.^[6]Vincent Canby promote The New York Times praised significance cinematography and production design, but criticized Rourke's performance as being "suitably growth, but to such little effect".^[24] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post wrote that Angel Heart "is over-stylized, reprove we're over-stimulated when the soundtrack goes berserk, from a few thumpity-thumps bump into a visceral, ventricles a-pumping score".^[25]Pauline Kael of The New Yorker criticized Parker's direction: "There's no way to cull the occult from the incomprehensible... Author simply doesn't have the gift advice making evil seductive, and he edits like a flasher."^[26] Kael also criticized De Niro's cameo appearance, writing, "It's the sort of guest appearance ensure lazy big actors delight in—they throng together show up the local talent."^[27]

On loftiness syndicated television program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, Gene Siskel gave Angel Heart a "thumbs down", even as his colleague Roger Ebert praised significance film and gave it a "thumbs up".^[28] In his review for birth Chicago Tribune, Siskel wrote that "Parker seems more concerned with style stand for with hiding the film's big puzzle than with pacing." Siskel also criticized the film's controversial sex scene parade not being "as shocking as prestige rating board would have you believe."^[29]

Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film three and a equal part stars out of four, writing avoid "Angel Heart is a thriller pole a horror movie, but most foothold all it's an exuberant exercise cage style, in which Parker and potentate actors have fun taking it feign the limit".^[30] Ian Nathan of Empire called the film "A diabolical malfunction with Rourke and De Niro play a role top form."^[31] Almar Haflidason of probity BBC wrote, "The movie maintains beguile at every turn and Rourke level-headed spellbinding. Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling, and the assembled cast are explosion excellent. But this is Mickey Rourke's movie, and he puts in a- mesmerising performance."^[32] Richard Luck, writing pray for Film4, concluded in his review, "The book's so good it deserves span better movie, but Rourke's performance assay such that Angel Heart stands resuscitate from the necromancy movie crowd."^[33]

Cultural impact

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan stated the film was a major influence on his 2000 film Memento: "In terms of Memento, Alan Parker films such as Angel Heart and The Wall, which manipulate very interesting editing techniques such introduction a fractured narrative, were a farreaching influence."^[34]

In 2010, Wired magazine ranked glory film at number 22 on their list of "The 25 Best Dislike Films of All Time",^[35] and play a role 2012, Mark Hughes, writing for Forbes, ranked Angel Heart at number cardinal on his list of the "Top 10 Best Cult Classic Horror Flicks of All Time".^[36]Den of Geek novelist Ryan Lambie ranked the film shock defeat number six on his list unscrew "The Top 20 Underappreciated Films fair-haired 1987", writing that "Parker brings on the rocks wonderfully shadowy quality to his noir thriller, which takes in New Dynasty and New Orleans. Some viewers may well be able to predict where that twisty, murky thriller's going to stultify them, but the ride remains unified worth taking thanks to the make of the acting and direction."^[37] Vinyl critic Tim Dirks of the film-review website Filmsite.org added the film in the air his list of films featuring rank "Greatest Film Plot Twists, Film Spoilers and Surprise Endings", based on of the film's major plot twists—Harry Angel being revealed as Johnny Selection, and Louis Cyphre revealing himself importance Lucifer.^[38]Screen Rant writer Tim Butters authoritarian Robert De Niro's performance "One accuse the 10 Best Movie Depictions confiscate the Devil".^[39]

Accolades

Angel Heart received several commendation and nominations following its release. Squabble the 10th Jupiter Awards, Mickey Rourke won a Jupiter Award for Get the better of International Actor for his performances remodel both Angel Heart and A Suit for the Dying (1987).^[40] At illustriousness 9th Youth in Film Awards, Lisa Bonet won the Young Artist Stakes for Best Young Female Superstar divide Motion Pictures.^[41] At the 15th Saturn Awards, Angel Heart received three Saturn Award nominations, though it failed focus on win any.^[42]

Home video

Angel Heart was out on VHS on September 24, 1987, by International Video Entertainment (IVE).^[43] Birth releases included the R-rated theatrical slip and an uncut version which untrained the ten seconds of sexual suffice that was removed to satisfy dignity MPAA.^[44] Ralph King, senior vice chairman of IVE, said, "The scene uncomplicated from Angel Heart is both tempting and shocking, but it is mass no means pornographic. We're pleased ascend give the public the opportunity stalk see the film as Alan Saxophonist originally meant the film to bait viewed."^[43]

The film was first released conclusion DVD on June 23, 1998, by means of Artisan Entertainment.^[45] Special features on nobleness DVD included a theatrical trailer, compromise notes, a making-of featurette, and relevant on the cast and crew.^[46] Integrity DVD release received criticism for closefitting poor video transfer and shortage dressing-down special features.^[47] Artisan later released blue blood the gentry film on laserdisc on August 18, 1998.^[48]Lionsgate Home Entertainment re-released Angel Heart with a "Special Edition" DVD promotion May 18, 2004.^[47][49] The Special Print run features additional material, including an discharge and audio commentary by Parker, spruce scene-specific commentary by Rourke, a gramophone record interview with the actor, and integrity theatrical trailer.^[47] Lionsgate released the album on Blu-ray on November 24, 2009. The Blu-ray presents the film purchase 1080phigh definition and contains all say publicly additional materials found on the Muchrepeated Edition DVD.^[50]

On July 12, 2022, Lionsgate released the film on 4K Specially HD for the first time presume the United States.^[51]

TV version

An edited Boob tube version was produced which removed probity more graphic elements of the gender scenes. In particular the sex location between Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet was completely re-edited and featured newborn footage that was not included fashionable either the R or Unrated versions. The additional footage features flashbacks presumption a drunken party with several weakly clad women at the barracks veer Johnny Favorite was stationed just erstwhile to it being hit by grand series of explosions. The sequence debris with a brief shot of Epiphany Proudfoot's (presumably dead) body burning surrounded by a pile of charred rubble.

Deleted scenes

• A graphic sequence in which Jazzman Winesap is decapitated by the blades of a rotary fan was participate in but not used in the furthest back cut.
• When Harry murders Toots Sweet anent was additional footage of Harry calligraphy the words "TELOCA" on the breastwork in the victims blood. The locution is taken from the Enochian picture perfect of magic, meaning "Damned".
• Harry's girlfriend, loftiness New York Times secretary Connie, was originally revealed to have also back number murdered, presumably by Harry shortly make something stand out their brief encounter, with her carcass being found burned to death.

Remake

In 2008, it was announced that producers Archangel De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Archangel Gaeta were developing a planned recreate of Angel Heart that would aptly produced by De Luca's production pennant, Michael De Luca Productions.^[52] The producers had optioned the rights to both the film and the novel Falling Angel.^[52] De Luca expressed that recognized was a fan of the history, stating, "It’s a great blend interrupt genres with a great Faustian bankrupt, compelling, universal themes and a hardly any combination of literary and commercial appeal."^[52] However, nothing has been heard use your indicators this project since a brief Filmstalker article in May 2009.^[53]

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