When I found this movie I was shocked when I seen it advertised I kind of scoffed at it a little bit thinking yeah Tom Hanks as Hitman yeah right And he f****** nailed it
Tucci, an Italian-American, didn't exactly want to be involved in mob films thinking Italian-Americans were usually stereotyped into those roles but accepted it anyway because it was more subtle/professional role and he really wanted to work for Sam Mendes.
“Go home and bury ur wife and child” takes someone untouchable to say that. Take a lot of restraint by Sullivan with all that rage of emotions twisting inside
One of my favorite movies, and "Let me explain something to you..." is one of my favorite three quotes from this movie. Tom Hanks, Paul Newmann, and Jude Law gave such amazing performances.
What Nitti considers himself. It was really Nitti managing Capone's criminal empire. Capone was a volatile and unstable thug, but Nitti was calm, rational, pragmatic. Just a "businessman".
@@goldengirl5165 He was half nuts when he went to Alcatraz. And the oldest of the Capone siblings was a lawman who changed his name. Embarrassed by criminality of his brothers.
Either this or Elmer Bernstein's soundtrack to Far From Heaven or John Williams' soundtrack to Catch Me If You Can are all deserving of an academy award.
The real life Frank Nitti was actually in prison when the movie takes place. Nitti pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 1930 and served 18 months. He took over Capone's gang after he was released in April of 1932 (Capone was sent to prison in October of 1931).
Jude Law normally plays these demur and laidback protagonist characters. To see him playing a coldblooded mob assassin was shocking to me. However, I think that Jude Law did a great job playing a very nasty villain in this movie!
John Looney and Frank Nitti never met. Looney was already out of the picture in Rock Island Illinois by the time Al Capone and Nitti took control of Chicago.
I love the "Meet Maguire" part ; like Frank Nitti said "He's gifted" ! ah ! in which field ? It is thanks to the scene from 5:13 that I discovered the work of this fabulous press photographer from the 1930's era Weegee who used to "shoot the dead" as Maguire later says in the movie.
Monya Irving thats how people are? lol ita the freakin mafia, not normal people. whats surprising really is that ton hank caracter is dumb enough to even try to come to ask like he doesnt k ow how the mafia works. it would be against their rules
@Temp Fan - Normal people are totally like this, it's not only the mafia. I have 20 years in the corporate world and I've seen worse. I've seen people fired for missing days of work after family members were murdered and stuff even more gruesome...
@@tempfan5547 The world is more cruel and beautiful than you think. What pertains here in this universe pertains to everyone and everything, and not just a "select group" of people such as the cosa nostra.
He has his own business interests to worry about. He's running the crime empire of Al Capone, they have money in banks scattered all over the state, and he's not real happy about getting dragged into this comparatively small squabble over a personal blood feud.
Perdition means a state of final spiritual ruin, loss of the soul; damnation. This is an allegory for what this movie is about: figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. A statement on whether or not murderers, pious as they may be and pillars of support to their community, can be redeemed. The answer was no. Newman said it best: "There are only murderers here in this room!" Neither of them will see heaven, he knows, no matter what works of good they do.
I think it's the a reverse tracking shot. The camera zooms in while the moving backwards. I also love that shot and I love the color of the blood of the knife victim. I don't know what to say about this film rather than it's pure beauty.
You would name a town Perdition for this reason: The town is bleak, uninviting, and leads to a undesirable final destination. In a special theological sense of "condition of damnation, spiritual ruin, state of souls in Hell" The founders of the town wanted those who would come there to understand exactly what they were getting into... Yet the town ended up being where Michael Sullivan and his son found their own redemption. Michael Jr. would not end up like his father.
It’s always bothered me no matter the movie or TV show how the “Devil” in the story always invokes the name of deity for help in committing a crime, killing someone, etc. it especially bothered me in this movie when Paul Newmans character keeps saying “God help me” when he orders the death of a Michael Sullivan after his wife and son were so brutally murdered.
Sure... they push the camera forward on a dolly while focusing backwards, as Law's character is walking forward towards the camera. It is a optical illusion that many directors have used through the years to gerat effect, to emphasize an element in a character or situation on the screen.
Jude Law plays this weird character very well, but he is also kind of fantastical and unbelievable. Like Capone's gang would hire such a nut, or that one would even exist (a hitman that collects pictures of dead people?) Was he in the original graphic novel?
Not sure about the novel but I kind of agree with you. It's as though they thought he needed that weirdness to make him scary or more interesting. I don't think they did, seems forced, but its hard to make the 'bad guy' hit man stand out these days, I guess. The guy in in 'No Country for Old Men' might be the epitome of that. Maybe we are missing something?
@@TheBearBiffo Good call. No country. But that is very arthouse. It seems forced, and we have to refer to the original source material to see how it might have worked. I posted this as a callout to get more insight on that end, as god knows I am too busy to read a graphic novel myself.
There was a famous photographer from the 30's and 40's named WeeGee. He would beat the police to be first at the scene of a crime and he did this by listening to police broadcasts on a short wave radio. Law's character reminds me of this.
They were actually cousins. Nitti ran Capone's liquor smuggling and distribution operation, importing whisky from Canada and selling it through a network of speakeasies around Chicago. He was one of Capone's top lieutenants, trusted for his leadership skills and business acumen. Because Nitti's ancestry was from the same town as Capone's, he was able to help Capone penetrate the Sicilian and Camorra underworld in a way Capone alone never could. Capone thought so highly of him that when he went to prison in 1929, he named Nitti as a member of a triumvirate that ran the mob in his place.
There was a famous photographer from the 30's and 40's named WeeGee. He would beat the police to be first at the scene of a crime and he did this by listening to police broadcasts on a short wave radio. Law's character reminds me of this.
Mikenewhouse he wasn’t just a photographer, Maguire is hired hitman and takes pictures of his kills for pleasure as enjoys it and for business as some hitmen would take pictures for their bosses for proof after fulfilling a contract kill.
you clearly don't "get" his character then. You're supposed to get the sense that he isn't gentle and compassionate - although he has that side to him, he will do what he has to and certainly has a ruthless side to him when necessary, He's only compassionate with those whom he is close to.
@serendipity990 There are two movie villans that I hated.Connor rooney here in Road To Perdition,and billy zanes character Cal in Titanic belive it or not lol.If someone can make you hate them in a movie they have done a fantastic job in thier roll on screen ya know.
In sicily they are called "Cosa Nostra" its sicily where all the control was before they were sucessful in the US and evetually the US "Cosa Nostra" cut them sicilians out. No one workig in this field or even remotely involed would never say the word mafia. Its just a name, no one ever talks about any thing they dont need to. Cosa Nostra, just means "our thing" they just call it our thing as every who needs to know understnad.
Irish and Italian brought more repect to the Crime Syndicate. Later on the other mafias came detroyed the whole respectability. Infact it was people like Al Capone and John Dillinger who brought the downfall by getting unwanted publicity. Infact i remember the dialogue by DW in AG "...the loudest one the room;is the weakest one in the room"
People who are newer to the US at the time are generally more bloodthirsty than the previous syndicates. That's why the Russians are much more fearsome than Italians are these days.
It was so unsettling watching Jude Law and Daniel Craig play roles so out of character for them. Then it occurred to me maybe that’s exactly what the director was going for in casting them in these roles. It just added another layer to their respective creepiness.
Nitti (Francesco Nitto) comes off as such a refined gentleman. Despite his nickname ("The Enforcer"), Nitti used Mafia soldiers and others to commit violence rather than do it himself. In earlier days, he had been one of Capone's trusted personal bodyguards, but as he rose in the organization, Nitti's business instinct dictated that he must personally avoid the "dirty work", for which hitmen were paid.
What, Jack, does this mean -- "Most heroes are stupid, cruel, brutal, and greedy"? Was Hamlet stupid? Was Count Vronsky brutal? Was Othello cruel? Was Quixote any of those things? Was Ahab? When I consider MY heroes, they do not fit your description.
Actually....Irish mafia was much more polished and kid-gloved than Italian Mafia, thats why latter wiped out the former without any problem. Now later Italian were more polished and niche compered to Columbians and Law of Nature took its course. Anyone watched "Public Enemies"
@JOSUE5401 Didnt Dennis explain all of that to Christopher Walken in the movie True Romance?LOL that scene in True Romance with Hopper,and Walken is one of the greatest scenes in the history of film.
One of the best film ever made.
Who would have thought that Tom Hanks could play such a bad ass hit man
Maybe more to him!
Forest gump turns hit man Lmao
When I found this movie I was shocked when I seen it advertised I kind of scoffed at it a little bit thinking yeah Tom Hanks as Hitman yeah right And he f****** nailed it
Tucci, an Italian-American, didn't exactly want to be involved in mob films thinking Italian-Americans were usually stereotyped into those roles but accepted it anyway because it was more subtle/professional role and he really wanted to work for Sam Mendes.
And he most likely took the role when he heard Newman and Hanks were attached to the project
I like Tucci's scenes.
He made the right choice
"Is one more body gonna make a difference?"
"Yes. Yes it will."
“Go home and bury ur wife and child” takes someone untouchable to say that. Take a lot of restraint by Sullivan with all that rage of emotions twisting inside
With our blessing
One of my favorite movies, and "Let me explain something to you..." is one of my favorite three quotes from this movie. Tom Hanks, Paul Newmann, and Jude Law gave such amazing performances.
Don't forget Daniel Craig, as he was excellent as well.
"...we are protecting our interest mike" that was spoken like a true businessman!!
What Nitti considers himself. It was really Nitti managing Capone's criminal empire. Capone was a volatile and unstable thug, but Nitti was calm, rational, pragmatic. Just a "businessman".
I think Nitti ended his life after thinking things through.
He couldn’t face going to prison. Time was running out for many characters in this film.
Indeed, Stanley Tucci is wonderful in this scene. He is kind, sincere, menacing and impatient all at once.
Playing a weak minded crook. Netti killed himself while his boss went insane with Clamydia.
@@zippyzipster46 Netti wasn't going back to jail, which was a virtual certainty. He made sure of that.
@@zippyzipster46 Capone had syphilis and that's what made him go insane.
@@goldengirl5165 He was half nuts when he went to Alcatraz. And the oldest of the Capone siblings was a lawman who changed his name. Embarrassed by criminality of his brothers.
@@zippyzipster46 anyways this is a great and underrated movie.
The superb soundtrack by Thomas Newman should have won an academy award.
Either this or Elmer Bernstein's soundtrack to Far From Heaven or John Williams' soundtrack to Catch Me If You Can are all deserving of an academy award.
One of the best movies of all time with exceptional caste and unbelievably performances by almost everyone 👏 specially Tom Hanks.
I became 'aware' of Stanley Tucci after this role. So slick.
He's a great character actor. Makes every part memorable no matter how big or small.
Holy shit that music with Jude Law's character, pure insanity
The real life Frank Nitti was actually in prison when the movie takes place. Nitti pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 1930 and served 18 months. He took over Capone's gang after he was released in April of 1932 (Capone was sent to prison in October of 1931).
Jude Law normally plays these demur and laidback protagonist characters. To see him playing a coldblooded mob assassin was shocking to me. However, I think that Jude Law did a great job playing a very nasty villain in this movie!
Probably one of the best storylines in a movie I've ever seen. It's an impossible situation for Newman's character and for Hank's character.
It's an adaptation from a graphic novel.
As when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force. Both are inevitably destroyed.
This was the best "version of" Nitti I've ever seen. :D
Nitti was like Frank Costello, not all that interesting
Timeless piece of fine art that made my heart race and break and warm throughout. Bring these masterpieces BACK :c
Frank Nitty with a double breasted jacket and a vest underneath is CLASSY!!!
John Looney and Frank Nitti never met. Looney was already out of the picture in Rock Island Illinois by the time Al Capone and Nitti took control of Chicago.
The Lexington Hotel had God knows how many criminals killed there.
that piano music in the backround is so beautiful. it makes me wanna take lessons.
I love the "Meet Maguire" part ; like Frank Nitti said "He's gifted" ! ah ! in which field ? It is thanks to the scene from 5:13 that I discovered the work of this fabulous press photographer from the 1930's era Weegee who used to "shoot the dead" as Maguire later says in the movie.
Daniel Craig able to pull off a spineless weasel like this while also being able to be Bond is amazing
Yes, a modern classic. After Godfather, the best gangster film ever.
Odd that the Old Man’s son is named “Hunter” isn’t it?
The cinematography in this movie should be mandatory in college courses!
That was so cold ! That's how people are, they are just protecting their interest. The guys family didn't get murdered. So, it's not personal to him.
Monya Irving thats how people are? lol ita the freakin mafia, not normal people. whats surprising really is that ton hank caracter is dumb enough to even try to come to ask like he doesnt k ow how the mafia works. it would be against their rules
@Temp Fan - Normal people are totally like this, it's not only the mafia. I have 20 years in the corporate world and I've seen worse. I've seen people fired for missing days of work after family members were murdered and stuff even more gruesome...
@@tempfan5547 The world is more cruel and beautiful than you think. What pertains here in this universe pertains to everyone and everything, and not just a "select group" of people such as the cosa nostra.
He has his own business interests to worry about. He's running the crime empire of Al Capone, they have money in banks scattered all over the state, and he's not real happy about getting dragged into this comparatively small squabble over a personal blood feud.
That's life. And u know it. You protect your interests everyday
Perdition means a state of final spiritual ruin, loss of the soul; damnation. This is an allegory for what this movie is about: figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. A statement on whether or not murderers, pious as they may be and pillars of support to their community, can be redeemed. The answer was no. Newman said it best: "There are only murderers here in this room!" Neither of them will see heaven, he knows, no matter what works of good they do.
“I said not the kid.” Paul Newman
I think it's the a reverse tracking shot. The camera zooms in while the moving backwards. I also love that shot and I love the color of the blood of the knife victim. I don't know what to say about this film rather than it's pure beauty.
You would name a town Perdition for this reason:
The town is bleak, uninviting, and leads to a undesirable final destination. In a special theological sense of "condition of damnation, spiritual ruin, state of souls in Hell" The founders of the town wanted those who would come there to understand exactly what they were getting into... Yet the town ended up being where Michael Sullivan and his son found their own redemption. Michael Jr. would not end up like his father.
It’s right on the lake?😅 what are you mumbling about
i love that 1st shot of maguire, jude laws' character. anybody got any idea how they got that effect?
What an incredible cast for this movie.
It’s always bothered me no matter the movie or TV show how the “Devil” in the story always invokes the name of deity for help in committing a crime, killing someone, etc. it especially bothered me in this movie when Paul Newmans character keeps saying “God help me” when he orders the death of a Michael Sullivan after his wife and son were so brutally murdered.
Even though Nitti rules against Mike notice how much respect he gives him compared to Connor.
Sure... they push the camera forward on a dolly while focusing backwards, as Law's character is walking forward towards the camera. It is a optical illusion that many directors have used through the years to gerat effect, to emphasize an element in a character or situation on the screen.
i thought the boss said not dead for the kid, now the other people are saying kill him?
That waiting room was a collection of members from Thugs "R" Us.
Mad dogs in suits and cologne. A thin veneer made thinner by the maddest dogs showing through. A clear portrait for anyone who ever had any doubt
This Hanks guy began his career dressing like a woman and now he's one of the very best. Was there ever a film like this better?
I rank this even above Cast Away. He was amazing in this film.
One day the kid becomes a man, you think he wont remember.
This reminds me of John wick
Was this movie based on a graphic novel, or was it the other way around?
Jude Law plays this weird character very well, but he is also kind of fantastical and unbelievable. Like Capone's gang would hire such a nut, or that one would even exist (a hitman that collects pictures of dead people?) Was he in the original graphic novel?
Not sure about the novel but I kind of agree with you. It's as though they thought he needed that weirdness to make him scary or more interesting. I don't think they did, seems forced, but its hard to make the 'bad guy' hit man stand out these days, I guess.
The guy in in 'No Country for Old Men' might be the epitome of that.
Maybe we are missing something?
@@TheBearBiffo Good call. No country. But that is very arthouse. It seems forced, and we have to refer to the original source material to see how it might have worked. I posted this as a callout to get more insight on that end, as god knows I am too busy to read a graphic novel myself.
@@jamesboulger8705 Maguire is not in the original novel.
There was a famous photographer from the 30's and 40's named WeeGee. He would beat the police to be first at the scene of a crime and he did this by listening to police broadcasts on a short wave radio. Law's character reminds me of this.
You’re unaware of the criminal underworld if you find that bizarre or fantastical.
Is there no role that Hanks can't play? Or Newman for that matter?
Shadow's Russ they are both legends and versatile actors could both do comedy and drama roles easily.
And Mr Nitty backing the people who killed his family cost him a lot as well.
I noticed the same thing. It cost him dearly
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Frank Nitti is a real person. He was in the same syndicate as Al Capone.
They were actually cousins. Nitti ran Capone's liquor smuggling and distribution operation, importing whisky from Canada and selling it through a network of speakeasies around Chicago. He was one of Capone's top lieutenants, trusted for his leadership skills and business acumen. Because Nitti's ancestry was from the same town as Capone's, he was able to help Capone penetrate the Sicilian and Camorra underworld in a way Capone alone never could. Capone thought so highly of him that when he went to prison in 1929, he named Nitti as a member of a triumvirate that ran the mob in his place.
Jude law is amazing in this movie
“Come on, come on. You’re treading on the evidence here.” 😂
“I shoot the dead is such a great line.” It’s not in this clip but probably in the next one?
There was a famous photographer from the 30's and 40's named WeeGee. He would beat the police to be first at the scene of a crime and he did this by listening to police broadcasts on a short wave radio. Law's character reminds me of this.
He is a fotographer who is given the job to kill Sullivan (Tom Hanks).
Mikenewhouse he wasn’t just a photographer, Maguire is hired hitman and takes pictures of his kills for pleasure as enjoys it and for business as some hitmen would take pictures for their bosses for proof after fulfilling a contract kill.
you clearly don't "get" his character then. You're supposed to get the sense that he isn't gentle and compassionate - although he has that side to him, he will do what he has to and certainly has a ruthless side to him when necessary, He's only compassionate with those whom he is close to.
@serendipity990 There are two movie villans that I hated.Connor rooney here in Road To Perdition,and billy zanes character Cal in Titanic belive it or not lol.If someone can make you hate them in a movie they have done a fantastic job in thier roll on screen ya know.
In sicily they are called "Cosa Nostra" its sicily where all the control was before they were sucessful in the US and evetually the US "Cosa Nostra" cut them sicilians out. No one workig in this field or even remotely involed would never say the word mafia. Its just a name, no one ever talks about any thing they dont need to. Cosa Nostra, just means "our thing" they just call it our thing as every who needs to know understnad.
Super cast 💞😘💯
Irish and Italian brought more repect to the Crime Syndicate. Later on the other mafias came detroyed the whole respectability. Infact it was people like Al Capone and John Dillinger who brought the downfall by getting unwanted publicity. Infact i remember the dialogue by DW in AG "...the loudest one the room;is the weakest one in the room"
It's from an illustrated novel. Perdition means Hell.
Oh yes, they were just as powerful and ruthless. No one wanted to mess with either one of them.
People who are newer to the US at the time are generally more bloodthirsty than the previous syndicates. That's why the Russians are much more fearsome than Italians are these days.
Jude Law is a great actor. Closer, Cold Mountain, The Aviator, The Talented Mr. Ripley, All The Kings Men. What a career.
Was that tongue in check? Guys career ended after his nude photos got leaked
omg i watched this movie for the first time when i was 12 and now i realise that jude law is in this movie hahaha such a great movie
I watched this when it came out in 2002 and still is one of my favorite movies🍿
It was so unsettling watching Jude Law and Daniel Craig play roles so out of character for them. Then it occurred to me maybe that’s exactly what the director was going for in casting them in these roles. It just added another layer to their respective creepiness.
Newman and Hanks, too. Brilliant casting...
@@MalcolmCir That’s a really good point. Totally missed that.
Daniel Craig was an unknown when this movie was made.
“One day, when the kid becomes a man, you think he won’t remember?”
Perdition... What a great name for a town.
Is Tom Hanks the most versatile actor in Hollywood?
So what he went to the Italians,
No. He's a great actor but not the most versatile.
frank nitti, da guy tom hanks' character talks to in the office
Yes we had worked that out..
Fabulous!
Thank You ❤
thanks for uploading this movie,you rock!!
Sucks what happened to the real Frank Nitti
also percy in the green mile
I liked this story
Dolly in, zoom out. You can tell because the background widens out.
@billy1212ist
Your translation of my comment into English made me come back to this film.
IT REALLY PICKS UP AFTER THIS! haha i like it now.
Jude Law looks a LOT like Frank Sinatra in this flick!!!
I want to see the movie but everything I have seen shows me it was filmed in a cave!
Nitti (Francesco Nitto) comes off as such a refined gentleman. Despite his nickname ("The Enforcer"), Nitti used Mafia soldiers and others to commit violence rather than do it himself. In earlier days, he had been one of Capone's trusted personal bodyguards, but as he rose in the organization, Nitti's business instinct dictated that he must personally avoid the "dirty work", for which hitmen were paid.
2:30 You're whatting him already?
Protecting
is the guy on the matress dead or is he pretending to be dead?
Probably mostly dead but not quite until Maguire finishes him off.
4:50 - :54 'That's' nice to know.
7:48 - :51 abnormal question.
viktor navorsky was a hitman?
Script is too wooden and stagey, here. This is where the graphic novel crappiness hurts.
What, Jack, does this mean -- "Most heroes are stupid, cruel, brutal, and greedy"? Was Hamlet stupid? Was Count Vronsky brutal? Was Othello cruel? Was Quixote any of those things? Was Ahab? When I consider MY heroes, they do not fit your description.
Actually....Irish mafia was much more polished and kid-gloved than Italian Mafia, thats why latter wiped out the former without any problem. Now later Italian were more polished and niche compered to Columbians and Law of Nature took its course. Anyone watched "Public Enemies"
Frank Nitti was a lotta things, but articulate was sure as hell not one of em’
Lov the music and tom for doing this role ill definitely read the comic
good part of the movie. Don't understand why niggas gotta argue over some "fake" territories.... This is online, ppl brag
Comment on the dr pepper commercials ....really bad ..really really bad
@JOSUE5401 Didnt Dennis explain all of that to Christopher Walken in the movie True Romance?LOL that scene in True Romance with Hopper,and Walken is one of the greatest scenes in the history of film.
Beautiful movie in 2002
@serendipity990 He's, I'm sorry to say, too sinister looking for Bond.
@xxxR4MB0xxx makes me want to play mozart and dance a jig.
Who’s here after Rico bosco
;ololol
John Wicks dad
Mike Sullivan
Jude Law in this movie looks like a really evil David Hyde Pierce.....
MrSoprano0125 hahahah no it isn’t, please