Prince of the City [VHS]

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starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino
directed by: Sidney Lumet

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300271821
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630027182X
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: March 26, 1996
Running Time: 167 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Based on a true story, Prince of the City stars Treat Williams as Danny Ciello, a conflicted New York cop who reluctantly decides to go undercover for the feds to ferret out police corruption. At first, he recklessly gets off on the danger, but as the feds tighten the screws, the guilt-wracked Ciello is forced to compromise his partners and friends, and his own checkered past inexorably catches up with him.

Sidney Lumet, who also directed Networkand Dog Day Afternoon, is esteemed as an actor's director. This film is prime evidence. The peerless ensemble, including Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban, and a duty roster of great New York character actors, is flawless. If there was any justice in Hollywood, Prince of the City would have been Treat Williams's star-making breakthrough, his Serpico (which Lumet also directed). But this film couldn't get arrested at the box office and was criminally snubbed by the Academy. Due to its length and gritty, profane dialogue, it is severely compromised when broadcast on network TV. For fans of NYPD Blue, Law & Order and Homicide, here is a movie ripe for discovery on home video. --Donald Liebenson

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