In the aftermath of hurricane katrina he becomes a high. Nov 19, 2009 when i first read about bad lieutenant. Bad lieutenant, the bad lieutenant port of call new orleans, the bad lieutenant. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of african immigrants.
Port of call new orleans, it was described as a sequel to bad lieutenant, abel ferraras 1992 cult favorite about a drug and gamblingaddicted police. There was some nudity in the first bad lieutenant film but no nudity in this one. Although the title and the main character would suggest a remake of aber ferraras 1992 bad lieutenant, its not. Pretending to be cynical and tough in the aftermath of katrina, terry happens on a prisoner. Port of call new orleans full movie margarete seidl. Terence mcdonagh oscar winner nicolas cage is a drug and gambling addled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Neither remake nor sequel in any conventional sense of the terms, werner herzogs bad lieutenant. Jun 01, 2011 nicolas cage steps into harvey keitels mold of a corrupt and drugaddled police officer, with the scummy setting moving from new york city to new orleans. Port of call new orleans in werner herzogs bad lieutenant. Pocno is something of a lark, an opportunity for herzog to thumb his nose at genre convention and fuck around with goofy visual conceits like iguanacam and for cage to reach a new stratosphere of overthetop. Though the films title resembles that of abel ferraras 1992 film bad lieutenant, it is neither a sequel nor a remake.
The good news though is that after a multiyear absence from movie screens hes finally returned in werner herzogs bad lieutenant. William finkelstein if there ever was a better example of how to show the old adage true that its not what the film is about but rather, how its about it. Port of call new orleans will appeal to fans who know the work of germanborn maverick director werner herzog. This point is made ironically clear in the first moments of bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans stars nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, xzibit the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 1 min, and received a score of. Terence mcdonagh oscar winner nicolas cage is a drug and gamblingaddled detective in. Eventually they came to a compromise and combined both titles into one. It has nicolas cage playing a bad lieutenant who bullies people, abuses heroin, painkillers and cocaine and is corrupt on many levels. Port of call new orleans, nobodys fool finally offers tyler perry and tiffany haddish a chance for two uninhibited talents of their craft to work together. After katrina, police sergeant terence mcdonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an. Port of call new orleans terrence mcdonagh nicolas cage is an outofcontrol police detective and frankie eva mendes. Terence mcdonagh is a drug and gamblingaddled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the killing of five senegalese immigrants.
Nicolas cage terence mcdonagh, eva mendes frankie donnenfield, val kilmer stevie pruit, alvin xzibit joiner big fate, fairuza balk heidi, shawn hatosy armand benoit, jennifer coolidge genevieve. New orleans, but the producers wanted to call the film the bad lieutenant they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film bad lieutenant and wanted to make a franchise. Italy italia bella italia romanticol spanish steps and square rome, italy. Port of call new orleans follows a crooked cop nicolas cage who is a drug addict and takes sexual favors for bribes. While tracking down drug kingpin big fate, mcdonagh engages in his vices of gambling, drugs and sex sometimes at the same time. Port of call new orleans opens with the image of a snake swimming through the flood waters of new orleans, and youll have go a long way to find a more apt metaphor to kick off a picture with.
Herzogs maniacal movie refuses to flinch as it gleefully leaps into an underworld of degradation and despair in. Fullhd movie online free no download bad lieutenant 2009 fullhd movie online free bad lieutenant 2009 fullhd. Take a look at this anticipated new cop drama starring nicolas cage. Port of call new orleans was released in 2009 on friday, november 20, 2009 in 27 theaters. The biggest selling release of the week is the lord of the rings the theatrical trilogy on bluray, but the extended edition has already been announced. Port of call new orleans 2009 soundtrack all movie soundtracks. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bad lieutenant. Nicolas cage eva mendes val kilmer xzibit fairuza balk aka. Nov 20, 2009 iguana alligator footage by werner herzog. After suffering a spinal injury in the line of work, newly. Port of call new orleans stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Port of call new orleans was chosen by roger ebert as one of the twenty best films of the recentlyconcluded decade.
Its a different kind of madness, one with the kind of comic lack of restraint youd expectand it doesnt always work. Port of call new orleans, tacitly addresses this dilemma. Werner herzog has said that cinema comes from the knees and thighs, but for nicolas cage in the nonremake bad lieutenant. Shot in postkatrina new orleans presumably so that herzog could take advantage of an atmosphere of decay and wreckage that no production design could match, bad lieutenant stars nicolas cage as terence mcdonagh, a cop who. Nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugswhile playing fast and loose with the law. Like much of the herzogkinski catalogue, its a case study in bugeyed monomania, and like ferraras original, its a descent into the swamplands of the human soul with a drugaddled, quasirighteous, borderlineinsane cop as your tour guide. It is, at risk of putting too fine a point on it, almost. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. In the wake of hurricane katrina, a detective investigates the murders of several senegalese immigrants, as his own inner turmoil wreaks personal havoc. This tidbit of information appears in the closing credits of herzogs bad lieutenant. Werner herzog wanted to call the film port of call. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including planet 51, the blind side and the twilight saga. Director werner herzogs career is a catalog of extremes, and bad lieutenant.
Though theres a legitimate attempt to engage with new orleans postkatrina, the tone is one. Port of call new orleans, performance comes from the shoulders. Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but focuses on new characters and plotlines. What follows is a wholly indescribable mishmash of the slick and the stank, the cool and the campy. Due to his heroic act, mcdonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He has a nasty painkiller addiction, courtesy of an injury he sustained while rescuing a. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Port of call new orleans as it wasnt really a remake, though almost everything in my summary of the plot of the original is in. Port of call new orleans, made in 2009 by werner herzog, follows terrence mcdonagh played by nicolas cage, a police officer in postkatrina new orleans, as he investigates the deaths of five senegalese immigrants connected to a drug ring. Port of call new orleans is not its title, but the point of it. Like werner herzog and nicolas cage working together in bad lieutenant.
Released by promotional release in 2009 containing music from bad lieutenant. The film stars harvey keitel as the titular bad lieutenant as well as victor argo and paul calderon. Port of call new orleans 2009 takes the basic premise out of the abel ferrara universe of guilt and redemption and drops it into postkatrina new orleans and the herzog world of indifferent and unforgiving nature. Port of call new orleansthe subtitle makes it charmingly unwieldyis everything the trailer promised and so much more, a batty policier fueled by evocative local color and a sublimely deranged lead performance that recalls herzogs work with the wildeyed klaus kinski. In 161 lists, 6,903 checks, 381 favorites, 124 dislikes. Nicolas cage steps into harvey keitels mold of a corrupt and drugaddled police officer, with the scummy setting moving from new york city to new orleans.
The biggest new release of the week is bad lieutenant. May 22, 2010 he later said hed insisted the film be called bad lieutenant. This is the bad lieutenant port of call new orleans by katie chonacas on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Port of call new orleans soundtrack from 2009, composed by mark isham. The movie is similar to but neither a sequel nor remake for abel ferraras 1992 classic movie bad lieutenant, which starred harvey keitel as a. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 98 produced by 12 music by 1. Im not sure what the whole film amounts to, and im not sure it amounts to anything. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge, alvin xzibit joiner, val kilmer, and brad dourif. Port of call new orleans, but it might more usefully have. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama movie. Port of call new orleans movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
While i cant summon anywhere near that much enthusiasm for this, i can definitely call it interesting. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french published. Detalye ng mga pelikula the only criminal he cant catch is himself. A drugabusing cop nicolas cage probes the slayings of five illegal immigrants from senegal. Terrence mcdonagh is a new orleans police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during hurricane katrina. Port of call new orleans stars nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, fairuza balk, jennifer coolidge, vondie curtis hall, shawn hatosy, denzel whitaker, xzibit, katie. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. Herzog is always behind the curtain winking at you, even during the most distasteful scenes. Port of call new orleans 2009 terence mcdonagh nicolas cage isnt doing so well. It really is a jungle out there and it invades the film, sometimes literally an. Hunched over by chronic back pain, cages crooked cop terence mcdonagh hauls his torqued frame by crackfueled force of will through a nearly deserted. For the band that includes former members of new order, see bad lieutenant band. Bad lieutenant is a 1992 american neonoir crime drama film directed by abel ferrara. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law.
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