Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Short description
Jimmy Tosnia, known as "The Saint" because he has never killed anyone, runs a business in Denver recording farewell messages for the terminally ill. Money is tight and the venture is failing, leaving him in debt to his former boss, a wheelchair-bound crime lord called "The Man with the Plan." The boss offers to wipe the debt if Jimmy and his old crew simply frighten a young man who is involved with the ex-girlfriend of the boss's son. Jimmy assembles a group of ageing, unreliable associates, and the job goes badly wrong, turning the boss's attention toward everyone who took part.
The film is a crime drama directed by Gary Fleder from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, produced by Cary Woods for Miramax on a budget of about seven million dollars. Andy García leads as Jimmy, with Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams and Jack Warden among the principal cast; the production credits 56 cast members and 40 crew. It was Fleder's first feature, followed by Kiss the Girls, Don't Say a Word, Impostor, Runaway Jury, The Express and Homefront.
On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.7 from roughly 32,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.4 from about 447 votes. A critics' rating of 5.3 from 31 reviews places it below both audience scores, indicating a moderate response from reviewers and moviegoers alike.
What's left behind the scenes
- Thanks to screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, the film's characters speak in a jargon—a mixture of slang from Vietnamese gangs and bikers, with some expressions and words invented by Rosenberg himself.
- The main character, Jimmy the Saint, owes his name to Bruce Springsteen’s song “Lost in the Flood” (1973).
- Scott Rosenberg wrote the film's screenplay in two weeks. In a certain sense, it was his reaction to his father's death from cancer.
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