Bracco as al pacinos wife were cut before release and reinserted for the film television premiere. Pacino had appeared on screen only once since scarface in 1985s flop revolution and sea of love was widely considered some of his best work since the mid1970s. Al pacino stars in sea of love, a martin bregman production of a harold becker film. Alma mater actors studio hb studio occupation actor, filmmaker years active 1967present works full list partners jan tarrant 19881989 beverly dangelo 19972003 lucila polak 20082018 children 3 awards full list alfredo james pacino is. Pacino doesnt overact in sea of love, which gives its tense story more suspense, and helps make the somewhat farfetched plot believable. For pacino, sea of love is a reminder of the strong presence he established in street roles in the 1970s, before he drifted away into an unfocused stardom in too many softer roles.
The rest of them are well constructed story of a new york homicide cop pacino attracted to a mysterious blond woman with a charming crooked grin ellen barkin talented, sexy and underrated actress who may or may not be a serial killer. But when frank falls for one of his chief suspects, helen cruger. Sea of love tells an ingeniously constructed story that depends for its suspense on the same question posed by jagged edge and fatal attraction. Despite a difficult childhood in an impoverished neighborhood, he pursued his dream of becoming an actor and was almost instantly recognized as a natural. Al pacino, ellen barkin, john goodman, michael rooker. Al pacino and john goodman are terrific as detectives teamed up to catch. Watch sea of love online stream full movie directv.
The films are serpico 1973, scarface 1983, sea of love 1989, carlitos way 1993, and dog day afternoon 1975. Sea of love 1989, his biggest hit in years, reestablished pacino as a major film star. Trailer for harold beckers film starring al pacino ellen barkin john goodman michael rooker william hickey richard jenkins paul calderon. Serpico serpico 1973 the godfather michael corleone 1972 dog day afternoon sonny 1975 dick tracy big boy caprice 1990 the irishman jimmy hoffa 2019. Al pacino, ellen barkin eta john goodman aktoreek antzeztu zuten. Sea of loves performance in what is traditionally one of the slowest periods of the year greatly boosts the film career of pacino, who has been absent from the screen since the 1985. Sea of love is a tough, sexy thriller, one of the most exciting suspense movies of the year, and undoubtedly the funniest. Sea of love is a suspenseful film noir boasting a superlative performance by al pacino as a burnedout gotham cop. What happens when you fall in love with a person who may be quite prepared to murder you. Pacino and goodman are cops searching for a suspected female serial killer who kills her prey leaving behind the old record sea of love.
What distinguishes sea of love is not the films surface story but its. Sea of love dvd, 2003 very sensual movie starring john goodman, al pacino, and ellen barkin, in a truetolife new york city crime drama. Alfredo james al pacino born april 25, 1940 is one of the greatest actors in american film history. Al pacino at an event for sea of love 1989 al pacino and diane keaton at.
With a slew of incredible films in the 70s he followed up the 80s with not much other then scarface. Al pacino et al are all excellent in their roles, superb direction by harold becker. Sea of love r by hal hinson washington post staff writer september 15, 1989 in harold beckers provocative, minorkey thriller sea of love, al pacino carries his weight low, like a man. Al pacino gives a powerful, critically acclaimed performance in this highlycharged erotic thriller. Another one of americas finest screen actors, al pacino, stars in this gritty new york based thriller sea of love 1989. Frank keller al pacino, is a lonely, tired, disillusioned, police detective, who has a problem with alcohol.
Mostly, though, sea of love is a lugubrious imitation of a secondrate television movie, overproduced and overcast. Sea of love may refer to sea of love film, a 1989 thriller film sea of love album, third studio album by fly to the sky sea of love song, a 1959 song by phil phillips and the twilights, covered by del shannon, the honeydrippers, jason donovan, cat power, tom waits and others sea of love a song by the national, from their album trouble will find me sea of love, an annual music. Sea of love is a 1989 thriller film about new york city detective frank keller trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. It is difficult to choose one, but i will try scent of a woman the oscar says it all. In 1989, al pacino returned to the screen after a fouryear hiatus to appear in sea of love, a thriller that reinstated him as a major star and cemented novelist richard prices status as one of the great american screenwriters of his era. In 1990 he reprised the role of michael corleone in the godfather, part iii and gave a hilarious portrayal of grotesque gangster big boy caprice in dick tracy. Sea of love is a 1989 american neonoir thriller film directed by harold becker, written by richard price and starring al pacino, ellen. The story concerns a new york city detective who is trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Sea of love is one of few films where al pacino is very sexy, and it is adds to the films many pleasures.
Sea of love written by george khoury and phil phillips as phillip baptiste performed by phil phillips with the twilights courtesy of polygram special products, a. Mos def and al pacino sea of love produced by hezakya duration. Al pacino pacino at the 2004 venice film festival born alfredo james pacino 19400425 april 25, 1940 age 79 new york city, new york, u. Troubled new york city detective frank keller al pacino investigates a serial killer who finds victims using personal ads in a magazine and leaves the song sea of love playing at his crime scenes. Sea of love written by george khoury and phil phillips as phillip baptiste performed by phil phillips with the twilights courtesy of polygram special products, a division of polygram records, inc. Sea of love is sometimes considered the film that got al pacino back on track.
Pacino was brilliant and very generous to work with, but the reason its hard for her to watch, is when she views sea of love 1989 what the audience sees as attitude on her part, is really a tenseness. The divine sex i full movie i k chakraborty production kcp i mallika, dali. Sea of love 1989 pacino hadnt made a movie in four years, not since noted flop revolution, when he starred as a homicide cop investigating a murder that might have been committed by a woman. Sea of love is a sexy, atmospheric thriller, very much in the style of alfred hitchcock, with involving characters, steamy love scenes, and surprising plot twists. It was written by richard price, and it features al pacino, ellen barkin and john goodman. Revolution is a 1985 british historical drama film directed by hugh hudson, written by robert dillon, and starring al pacino, donald sutherland, and nastassja kinski. The movie stars al pacino, looking older and a little lined but more convincing than in most of his other recent roles as a homicide detective who is. This time he seems sharp, edgy, complicated and authentic. A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
The rest of them are well constructed story of a new york homicide cop pacino attracted to a mysterious blond woman with a charming crooked grin ellen barkin talented, sexy and underrated actress who may or may not be a serial. Al pacino is a detective investigating a series of murders and becomes involved with the very sexy ellen barkin who may or may not be the prime suspect. It was the coldest of winter days, the type of day that forces you to remember that outside it is not the dangerous summer, but winter with all its perils and merits. With the help of his partner, sherman touhey john goodman, frank concocts a plan to find the killer using his own personal ads. New york film locations from the movie sea of love starring al pacino and ellen barkin.
Al pacino pacino at the 2004 venice film festival born alfredo james pacino 19400425 april 25, 1940 age 80 new york city, new york, u. Al pacinos stardom, in 12 films at the quad retrospective. Xvideos al pacino makes love with ellen barkin free. Mediterranean sea or the red sea chicken of the sea tuna borough of sea girt, nj or carmelbythe sea, ca sea of love, 1989 movie.
Sea of love 1989 in manhattan, detective frank keller al pacino is an efficient and veteran cop with twenty years on the force, who is lonely and misses his exwife denise. Sep 15, 1989 mostly, though, sea of love is a lugubrious imitation of a secondrate television movie, overproduced and overcast. Handsome production benefits from a witty screenplay limning the bittersweet tale. Moody and steadily alluring, sea of love benefits immeasurably from the. The movie turned out to be a great thriller with a sizzling relationship between al pacino and ellen barkin and with great comic relief by john goodman. Fourth of five cinema movie collaborations of al pacino and producer martin bregman. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The story concerns a new york city detective trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. The film stars pacino as a new york fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the revolutionary forces during the american revolutionary war. I love this movie chiefly because of the seductive, thrilling presence of ellen barkin. On video al pacino is the old man in the sea of love by ernest hemingway. Alfredo james al pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinemas most vibrant. Mar 25, 2018 sea of love 1989 after a fouryear break from screen acting, pacino returned to stardom with harold beckers thriller, playing a cop hunting for a serial killer who murders people using the. However, in the late eighties, which has found the strength to cope with depression and addiction pacino returns to the main role in the thriller harold becker sea of love 1989 his first, and so far the only oscar for best actor, the actor gets behind a brilliant job in the film martin brest scent of a.
In this thriller, al pacino stars as frank keller, an alcoholic policeman in the depths of. Who sings sea of love from the al pacino film answers. Barkin also appeared in offbroadway plays, including a role as one of the roommates in extremities, about an intended rape victim played by susan sarandon who turns the tables on her. Sea of love melodie des todes ist ein usamerikanischer thriller im neonoirstil des regisseurs harold becker aus dem jahr 1989. Sea of love euskaraz maitasun itsasoa, 1989ko harold becker estatubatuarrak zuzendutako neo noir thriller film bat da. Sea of love citywide is a satisfactory endofsummer diversion, the kind of film that works as long as you ask nothing of it beyond simple escape. Prices script, which follows a detective pacino who falls in love with a suspect ellen barkin in a string of murders of men placing personal ads. The movie stars al pacino, looking older and a little lined but more convincing than in most of his other recent roles as a homicide detective. Al pacino known people famous people news and biographies. The thing i disliked about the movie was another singer, not phil phillips, singing sea of love while the credits were rolling. This highquality contemporary film noir depends primarily on the skills of al pacino, who delivers a comeback performance as the desperate cop falling for one of his suspects. I felt very tired and i knew the night would come soon and i tried to think of other things. Sea of love dvd, 2003, special edition for sale online ebay. Pacino tears into a role made out of rice paper, for messy results.
Dog day afternoon this movie will show you various acti. Her chemistry with al pacino throughout is among the best in celluloid history. According to barkin, pacino was brilliant and very generous to work with, but the reason its hard for her to watch is when she views sea of love what the audience sees as attitudeon her part, is really a tenseness. Al pacino films stars as detective frank keller, a 20year veteran of the new york city police force. Sea of love r drama, thriller, mystery, horror movie 1989 al pacino stars as a cop who seeks out a serial killer preying on personalad purchasers in this thriller. But through her training in method acting at the actors studio, she made her tenseness in that scene work for her in front of the camera. Sea of love is one of few films where al pacino is very sexy, and it is adds to the film s many pleasures. With al pacino, ellen barkin, john goodman, michael rooker. Barkin later appeared in several successful films, including the thrillers the big easy 1987, opposite dennis quaid and sea of love 1989, opposite al pacino. Sea of love by harold becker al pacino, ellen barkin, john. Godfather 1 and 2, especially the second because it was al pacino that made all the difference. Sea of love is a 1989 american neonoir thriller film directed by harold becker, written by richard price and starring al pacino, ellen barkin and john goodman. Confused to mysterious deaths surrounding helen ellen barkin, it is soon revealed to frank al pacino that the killer is actually the exhusband.
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