Kiss of Death

Name: Kiss of Death
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1995-04-21
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6
Cast: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe

Kiss of Death (1995)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Release date

1995-04-21

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$40 000 000

Revenue

$14 942 422

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Director

Barbet Schroeder

Actors

David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe, Stanley Tucci, Michael Rapaport, Ving Rhames, Philip Baker Hall, Anthony Heald
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Scenario

Producer

Barbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman, Jack Baran

Operator

Luciano Tovoli

Composer

Trevor Jones

Artist

Ed Check

Audition

Paula Herold

Editing

Lee Percy
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Short description

Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con trying to stay clean and raise a family. When his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, Detective Calvin Hart is injured and Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring down a local crime boss named 'Little Junior' Brown. However, he's also sent undercover by Detective Hart to work with Little Junior and infiltrate his operations. As soon as Little Junior kills an undercover Federal agent with Jimmy watching, the unscrupulous DA and the Feds further complicate his life.

What's left behind the scenes

David Caruso left the cast of the TV series "NYPD Blue" (1993-2005) to film this movie, and then decided to dedicate himself entirely to acting.
Preparing for his role in this film, Nicolas Cage actively worked out at the gym and got into excellent shape. Several years later, he would get back into shape for filming Simon West's thriller "Air Prison" (1997).
The Empire State Building is shown in the film with red, white, and blue lighting. This was done in honor of the New York Rangers hockey team, which was competing for the Stanley Cup at the time.
One of the film's cinematographers was Constantine Makris, the director and cinematographer of the television series "Law & Order" and its spin-offs. He was invited to "Kiss of Death" primarily for his extensive knowledge of suitable filming locations in New York.
At the beginning of the film, David Caruso's character walks home along a street that was also filmed in the original "Kiss of Death" (Henry Hathaway, 1947).

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