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Overview

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Director:
John Sayles
Writer (WGA):
John Sayles (written by)
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Release Date:
15 November 1991 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Charity City Of Hope To Hold 19th Annual Celebrity Softball Challenge
 (From iCelebz. 15 April 2009, 7:26 AM, PDT)

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Director John Sayles brings something rare to American movies: a keen sense of purpose. The result is gutsy, knockdown entertainment. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vincent Spano ... Nick Rinaldi

Stephen Mendillo ... Yoyo

Chris Cooper ... Riggs

Tony Lo Bianco ... Joe Rinaldi
Joe Morton ... Wynn
Charlie Yanko ... Stavros

Jace Alexander ... Bobby
Todd Graff ... Zip

Scott Schutzman Tiler ... Vinnie (as Scott Tiler)

John Sayles ... Carl
Frankie Faison ... Levonne
Gloria Foster ... Jeanette

Tom Wright ... Malik

Angela Bassett ... Reesha

David Strathairn ... Asteroid
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Additional Details

Runtime:
129 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Zip: Figures. We finally get a chick in the band, and she's a lesbian.
Bobby: How do you know?
Zip: I asked her if she wanted go out with me, she said No.
Bobby: Zip, this town's full of chicks who won't go out with you.
Zip: Yeah. Lesbians, all of 'em.
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Referenced in Adam & Eva (1997) more

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Director John Sayles brings something rare to American movies: a keen sense of purpose. The result is gutsy, knockdown entertainment., 12 July 2009
7/10
Author: Igor Boiar (iboiar@hotmail.com) from Canada

Building contractors, politicians, crime bosses and racist cops all contribute to this kaleidoscopic analysis of a New Jersey city riddled with corruption.

City Of Hope is a masterly deconstruction of the power plays, vested interests and spheres of influence that run, and often ruin American cities. Unrivalled in its sheer scope and ambition until the TV series The Wire, which it almost certainly influenced. John Sayles's most satisfying film. City Of Hope is epic, masterly, urgent, adult and unforgettable. Put simply - which is grossly unfair to its complexity - it is Bonfire Of The Vanities without the vanities.

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