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Miami Blues

Miami Blues

Actor(s): Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier
Director(s): George Armitage
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity
Movie Release: 1990
DVD Release: 12/03/2002
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins
Studio: MGM
Members Wishing: 2
Genres: Crime, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Drama, Police Detective Film

DVD Synopsis

Based on the late Charles Willeford's series of hard-boiled crime novels featuring Miami cop Hoke Moseley, the Jonathan Demme-produced Miami Blues opens with the prison release of Frederick Frenger Jr. (Alec Baldwin), a deranged killer who has barely de-boarded his plane before he's killed a Hare Krishna in the airport. Checking into his hotel, Frenger meets up with Susie Waggoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a young prostitute with dreams of domestic life, and the two quickly become romantically involved. Meanwhile, the Hare Krishna murder case is given to Moseley (Fred Ward), a grizzled vet who vows to hunt down Frenger, but may be getting too long in the tooth for the demands of his job. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Actors

Alec Baldwin - Frederick J. "Junior" Frenger
Fred Ward - Sgt. Hoke Moseley
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Susie "Pepper" Waggoner
Nora Dunn - Ellita Sanchez
Charles Napier - Sgt. Bill Henderson


Editorial Review of DVD

George Armitage's quirky crime film Miami Blues comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Surround. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but MGM/UA has done a fabulous of presenting the film itself on this release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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