The dancing soul scene is an obvious homage to herzogs early classic. Directed by german auteur werner herzog, overthetop exploitation flick bad lieutenant. It has nicolas cage playing a bad lieutenant who bullies people, abuses heroin, painkillers and cocaine and is corrupt on many levels. Port of call new orleans 2009 nicolas cage and eva mendes in. The biggest selling release of the week is the lord of the rings the theatrical trilogy on bluray, but the extended edition has already been announced.
Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but focuses on new characters and plotlines. Port of call new orleans, all the rights belong to wga and i dont have any relations with them. Im not sure what the whole film amounts to, and im not sure it amounts to anything. Terrence mcdonagh is a new orleans police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during hurricane katrina. Watch bad lieutenant port of call new orleans prime video.
Port of call new orleans is an ironic experiment that doesnt quite work, despite some quirky redemptive moments, especially at the beginning and very end. Playing the bad cop, addicted to painkilling drugs due to a back injury and becoming more and more addicted throughout, nicholas cage literally chews up the scenery in this film, in one of his most overthetop performances ever. Terrence mcdonaugh nicholas cage plays police sergeant terrence mcdonagh. According to director werner herzog in paul cronins interview book, some of the most. While tracking down drug kingpin big fate, mcdonagh engages in his vices of gambling, drugs and sex sometimes at the same time. Bad lieutenant and recent comicbook caper kickass slapped down. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama movie.
For the new orleans, multicultural tourism network nomtn promoting minority businesses is our sole or should we say soul purpose. Port of call new orleans, made in 2009 by werner herzog, follows terrence mcdonagh played by nicolas cage, a police officer in postkatrina new orleans, as he investigates the deaths of five senegalese immigrants connected to a drug ring. Screenwriter william finkelstein has merely taken the character of a crooked, drug. Top 10 crazy cocaine movie scenes 2016 tv episode shoot him again, his souls still dancing gets an honorable mention. The movie is similar to but neither a sequel nor remake for abel ferraras 1992 classic movie bad lieutenant, which starred harvey keitel as a. Giving established businesses and startups a leg up is our passion. Port of call new orleans was released in 2009 on friday, november 20, 2009 in 27 theaters. I felt the original was awesome, a masterful movie but yet so dark, so sad, but unflinching, and depressing, this bad lieutenant port of call new orleans didnt leave me with that feeling, it was cages performance that hooked me and had me laughing at some of the crazy scenes. Though the films title resembles that of abel ferraras 1992 film bad lieutenant, it is neither a sequel nor a remake. Its primarily a cop procedural about the murder of a family in postkatrina new orleans. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of african immigrants.
In werner herzog s highly anticipated new film, nicolas cage plays a man as devoted to police work as he is to scoring drugs. Port of call new orleans what an ungainly title for a movie. I felt the original was awesome, a masterful movie but yet so dark, so sad, but unflinching, and depressing, this bad lieutenant port of call new orleans didnt. For nearly 30 years, nomtn has celebrated and promoted our multiethnic, multieverything city. Port of call bad lieutenant is not a sequel to bad lieutenant staring naked harvey keitel. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including planet 51, the blind side and the twilight saga. Port of call new orleans movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The biggest new release of the week is bad lieutenant. Lately he has mellowed somewhat, examining driven, obsessive souls through a ruminative.
Bad lieutenant is set in new orleans after katrina. Nicolas cage steps into harvey keitels mold of a corrupt and drugaddled police officer, with the scummy setting moving from new york city to new orleans. The dancing soul scene is an obvious homage to herzogs early classic stroszek 1977 which features an iconic scene of a dancing chicken set to the exact same sonny terry song old lost john. Pork of cold two orleans, nicolas cage plays a crooked cop named terrence mcdonagh.
Bad lieutenant is a 1992 american neonoir crime drama film directed by abel ferrara. In the first scene he and his police buddy val killmar scabrously powerful, the film dives into the addictive psyche, mixing ferraras fave elements. In this book devoted to the film, renowned photographer lena herzogs. In the first scene he and his police buddy val killmar scabrously powerful, the film dives into the addictive psyche, mixing. Nicolas cage terence mcdonagh, eva mendes frankie donnenfield, val kilmer stevie pruit, alvin xzibit joiner big fate, fairuza balk heidi, shawn hatosy armand benoit, jennifer coolidge genevieve.
Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing bad lieutenant. Due to his heroic act, mcdonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bad lieutenant. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Released by promotional release in 2009 containing music from bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge, alvin xzibit joiner, val kilmer, and brad dourif. Port of call orleans a remake of abel ferraras 1992 indie classic is strictly untrue. Like much of the herzogkinski catalogue, its a case study in bugeyed monomania, and like ferraras original, its a descent into the swamplands of the human soul with a drugaddled, quasirighteous, borderlineinsane cop as your tour guide. Port of call new orleans and its actually a remake of the. The movie is about an entirely different bad lieutenant and the producers thought it would be a good idea to name it after the 1992 film that was also not very good. When he finds the prisoner about to drown, he mocks him before eventually jumping in the water to save him.
Port of call new orleans is a dark, edgy crime drama with a convoluted plot that goes to some extreme places. Port of call new orleans, tacitly addresses this dilemma. Port of call new orleans is not its title, but the point of it. A highfunctioning addict who is a deeply intuitive the bad lieutenant. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french published. Nicolas cage as a cop so bad, hes good the new york times. Nick cage waltzes through this film with insanity as his dance partner. Scene as juan michel, the algiers central market manager, with nicolas cage as terence mcdonagh.
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