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"MILLERS CROSSING (1990)"


  

          

I heard Brad Pitt reference this movie in Ocean's 12, while him and Eliott Gould kind've knodded to a John Turturro scene in this movie.

I've always though Turturro was kind've goaty, but I let the reference slip under my radar.

Fast forward 1 1/2 years later, and I'm in Blockbuster. I see Miller's Crossing on the aisle, so out of curiosity, I pick it up and read the back. A mob movie? GABRIEL BYRNE?? WTF?? How come I never heard of this?

Alas, I forgot my card....and my ID. The enigmatic Millers Crossing escapes my grasp again.

Fast-forward a couple weeks later (today...I never had time to make it back to Blockbuster), and I Google it.

Man, the synopsis sounds insance, the actor line-up sounds incredible. The Cohen Brothers? 1990? How come I've never heard of it, or worse, how come it never gets mentioned?

Yeah, I'm going to rent it, but...

is this movie REALLY as ill as it sounds on paper?

This sounds like some underappreciated diamond.

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MILLERS CROSSING (1990) [View all] , MANHOODLUM, Tue Mar-25-08 05:10 PM
 
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I love it. Probably my favorite Coen bro flick.
Mar 25th 2008
1
^^^What he said. It's my favorite flick by them
Mar 25th 2008
2
      Yeah, that's what the comments said...illest Cohen Bros flick
Mar 25th 2008
10
           without a doubt
Mar 25th 2008
13
                The Usual Suspect is when I 1st took notice of Gabriel Byrne
Mar 26th 2008
33
dude you've never seen Miller's Crossing?!?!
Mar 25th 2008
3
State Of Grace>>>>>>>>>>>Miller's Crossing
Mar 25th 2008
9
cmon.
Mar 25th 2008
12
      agreed, the only reason I mentioned it is because of your 'GIMMOAT'
Mar 25th 2008
17
           ah
Mar 25th 2008
18
Seen it? I never HEARD of it....
Mar 25th 2008
11
      yeah it's slept on
Mar 25th 2008
14
The movie is gold... a loose remake of the The Glass Key.
Mar 25th 2008
4
also, similarities to Yojimbo, Fist Full of Dollars, etc..
Mar 25th 2008
5
      I think they combined the "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key" novels
Mar 25th 2008
7
           yeah, i didn't wanna mention Last Man Standing
Mar 25th 2008
8
It's top tier Coen bros
Mar 25th 2008
6
oh man!!!!!
Mar 25th 2008
15
Good call on Jon Polito.
Mar 26th 2008
34
It was so a parody
Mar 26th 2008
45
it's not as great as OKP thinks
Mar 25th 2008
16
take your flunky and dangle.
Mar 25th 2008
19
why was Byrne's character so dumb lucky?
Mar 25th 2008
20
I think you mean clever and calculating
Mar 26th 2008
23
Youse fancy pantses, all of ya
Mar 25th 2008
21
hahahhaha
Mar 26th 2008
28
^^^GIVE HIM A PENNY BOYS!!!
Mar 26th 2008
35
good flick, but i think it's overrated. not even a coen top 5, imo.
Mar 25th 2008
22
yups. i mean i enjoyed it, but definitely not their best.
Mar 26th 2008
24
can we just say it's good and leave it at that?
Mar 26th 2008
25
.
Mar 26th 2008
27
that's a pretty skewed interpretation of wat we're sayin, but ok
Mar 26th 2008
29
      again, not trying to attack
Mar 26th 2008
31
      NO!! i want a flame war DAMNIT!
Mar 26th 2008
36
      Wait, wait....he's aight, but he's not aiight
Mar 26th 2008
42
      *flexes bicep*
Mar 28th 2008
48
      the word 'overrated' serves its purpose
Mar 26th 2008
43
           the word 'overrated' serves a different purpose
Mar 26th 2008
44
      given the fact that people have never heard of it,
Mar 26th 2008
32
           so u think "overrated" is overrated?
Mar 26th 2008
37
                I almost typed that.
Mar 26th 2008
38
you must've mistaken this for a Fargo post
Mar 26th 2008
30
A+ film
Mar 26th 2008
26
I popped the DVD in friday night.
Mar 26th 2008
39
Very, very good
Mar 26th 2008
40
RE: Very, very good
Mar 26th 2008
41
I love this movie
Mar 26th 2008
46
RE: I love this movie
Mar 27th 2008
47

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