Storyville (film)
{{short description|1992 film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Storyville
| image = Poster of the movie Storyville.jpg
| caption =
| director = Mark Frost
| producer = Edward R. Pressman
David Roe
| writer = Mark Frost
Lee Reynolds
| based_on = {{basedon|Juryman|Frank Galbally|Robert Macklin}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
}}
| music = Carter Burwell
| cinematography = Ronald Víctor García
| editing = B.J. Sears
| studio = Davis Entertainment
Grand Bay Films International Pty.
| distributor = 20th Century Fox (United States)
Spelling Films International (International){{cite web|title=Major Indies Out In Force|website=Variety|date=6 May 1991|access-date=12 July 2023|url=https://variety.com/1991/more/news/major-indies-out-in-force-99126415/}}
| released = {{Film date|1992|08|26}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $15 million{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/59403-STORYVILLE | title=AFI|Catalog }}
| gross = $422,503{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0105480/|title = Storyville}}
}}
Storyville is a 1992 film directed by Mark Frost and starring James Spader, Joanne Whalley and Jason Robards. The film takes its name from the historic Storyville red-light district of New Orleans.
Premise
Cray Fowler, a young New Orleans lawyer running for congress, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some shocking secrets involving his father, his family's fortune and his own political advisors.
Cast
- James Spader as Cray Fowler
- Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Natalie Tate
- Jason Robards as Clifford Fowler
- Charlotte Lewis as Lee Tran
- Michael Warren as Nathan LeFleur
- Piper Laurie as Constance Fowler
- Michael Parks as Michael Trevallian
- Chuck McCann as Pudge Herman
- Charles Haid as Abe Choate
- Chino Fats Williams as Theotis Washington
- Woody Strode as Charlie Sumpter
- Jeff Perry as Peter Dandridge
- Galyn Görg as Spice
- Justine Arlin as Melanie Fowler
- George Kee Cheung as Xang Tran
- Steve Forrest as Judge Quentin Murdoch
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 6 reviews.{{rotten-tomatoes|storyville/|Storyville}} Retrieved July 10, 2020
Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing, "Storyville is a movie for people who like New Orleans better when it is dark and mysterious. It is for romantics. It is not for pragmatists, who will complain that the characters do not behave according to perfect logic, and that there are holes in its plot. They will be right, of course – this is not an airtight movie – but they will have missed the point, and the fun."{{cite web |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/storyville-1992 |title= Storyville |last=Ebert |first= Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date= October 9, 1992|work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=July 10, 2013}}
James Spader's performance was praised by critics,{{cite web |url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/storyville-dvd/|title= DVD Review: Storyville (1992) |last=Oliphant |first= James|date= October 14, 2003|website= PopMatters|access-date=July 10, 2013}}{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/storyvillerhinson_a0a7b6.htm|title= Storyville |last=Hinson |first= Hal |date= October 9, 1992|newspaper= Washington Post|access-date=July 10, 2013}} including Vincent Canby of The New York Times who wrote, "Mr. Spader may have won prizes for Sex, Lies, and Videotape but he comes of age as an actor in Storyville. The performance is clean, uncluttered and often funny, without sidestepping the material."{{cite web |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE1D71F38F935A1575BC0A964958260|title= Movie Review: Storyville (1992) |last=Canby |first= Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date= August 26, 1992 |website= New York Times |access-date=July 10, 2013}}
Canby also praised the film's cinematography and Frost's directing, invoking Frost's collaboration with David Lynch on Twin Peaks, and calling the film "far less of a tease than the television series, a good deal shorter and much more fun."
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0105480}}
- {{Mojo title|storyville}}
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Category:American political thriller films
Category:American courtroom films
Category:Films shot in New Orleans
Category:Films scored by Carter Burwell
Category:Films set in New Orleans