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The Coens’ ripping yarn of 1930s gang warfare boasts some of the most pyrotechnic gunplay to riddle the screen — and verbal fireworks to match. Italian mob boss Giovanni Gasparo (Jon Polito) wants to rub out Jewish gambler Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro), but Bernie is protected by his Irish godfather Liam “Leo” O’Bannon (Albert Finney), who is sweet on Bernbaum’s sister, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden). O’Bannon’s right-hand man, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), advises his boss against letting his heart interfere with business, but he is hardly one to talk… This one-of-a-kind crime saga was initially overlooked (it had the misfortune to be released the same year as GOODFELLAS) but now ranks as one of the Coens’ greatest films. DIR/SCR Joel Coen; SCR/PROD Ethan Coen. U.S., 1990, color, 115 min. RATED R
