Miami Blues, the Glossary
Miami Blues is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film directed by George Armitage, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford.[1]
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45 relations: Alec Baldwin, Antisocial personality disorder, Black comedy, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990, Bribery, Charles Napier (actor), Charles Willeford, Chicago Sun-Times, CinemaScore, Craig McKay (film editor), Crime film, Desert Eagle, Drama (film and television), Film Comment, Fred Ward, Gary Chang, Gary Goetzman, Gene Hackman, George Armitage, Haiku, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Janet Maslin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jonathan Demme, Last Exit to Brooklyn (film), Married to the Mob, Metacritic, Miami, Mike Medavoy, Neo-noir, Nora Dunn, Obba Babatundé, Orion Pictures, Paul Gleason, Review aggregator, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Shirley Stoler, Tak Fujimoto, The Daily News (Kentucky), The Hunt for Red October (film), The New York Times, Variety (magazine), Vigilante Force, 1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
- 1990 black comedy films
- 1990s crime comedy-drama films
- Films directed by George Armitage
- Films produced by Gary Goetzman
- Films scored by Gary Chang
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor.
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Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD), sometimes referred to as dissocial personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by a limited capacity for empathy and a long-term pattern of disregard for or violation of the rights of others.
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Black comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, bleak comedy, morbid humor, gallows humor, black humor, or dark humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.
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Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990
11th BSFC Awards January 6, 1991 ---- Best Film: Goodfellas The 11th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1990.
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Bribery
Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty and to incline the individual to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.
Charles Napier (actor)
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American actor known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television and films.
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Charles Willeford
Charles Ray Willeford III (January 2, 1919 – March 27, 1988) was an American writer.
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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CinemaScore
CinemaScore is a market research firm based in Las Vegas.
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Craig McKay (film editor)
Craig McKay (born in New York's Hudson Valley) is an American feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer.
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Crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre.
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Desert Eagle
The Desert Eagle is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol known for chambering the.50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol.
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Drama (film and television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.
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Film Comment is the official publication of Film at Lincoln Center.
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Fred Ward
Freddie Joe Ward (December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022) was an American character actor.
Gary Chang
Gary Chang is an American composer of scores for film and television.
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Gary Goetzman
Gary Michael Goetzman (born November 6, 1952) is an American film and television producer and actor, and co-founder of the production company Playtone with actor Tom Hanks.
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Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor.
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George Armitage
George Brendan Armitage (born March 2, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Haiku
is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan, and can be traced back from the influence of traditional Chinese poetry.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.
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Janet Maslin
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress.
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Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (film)
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 drama film directed by Uli Edel and adapted by Desmond Nakano from Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel of the same title.
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Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, and Alec Baldwin. Miami Blues and Married to the Mob are films set in Miami and Orion Pictures films.
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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.
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Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
Mike Medavoy
Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and business executive.
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Neo-noir
Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during and after World War II in the United Statesroughly from 1940 to 1960.
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn (born April 29, 1952) is an American actress and comedian.
Obba Babatundé
Obba Babatundé (born Donald Cohen; December 1, 1951) is an American actor.
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Orion Pictures
Orion Releasing, LLC (doing business as Orion) is an American film production and distribution company owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon.
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Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor.
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Review aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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Shirley Stoler
Shirley Stoler (March 30, 1929 – February 17, 1999) was an American actress best known for her roles in The Honeymoon Killers and Lina Wertmüller's Seven Beauties.
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Tak Fujimoto
Takashi Fujimoto (born July 12, 1939) is a retired American cinematographer.
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The Daily News (Kentucky)
The Daily News is a daily-except-Saturday newspaper based in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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The Hunt for Red October (film)
The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy thriller film directed by John McTiernan, produced by Mace Neufeld, and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Vigilante Force
Vigilante Force is a 1976 American action film directed by George Armitage and starring Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. Miami Blues and Vigilante Force are films directed by George Armitage.
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1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
56th NYFCC Awards January 13, 1991 ---- Best Film: Goodfellas The 56th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1990.
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See also
1990 black comedy films
- A Shock to the System (1990 film)
- Cadillac Man
- Crazy People
- Enid Is Sleeping
- Frankenhooker
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- I Love You to Death
- In the Spirit (film)
- Meet the Applegates
- Men at Work (1990 film)
- Miami Blues
- My Blue Heaven (1990 American film)
- Ne parliamo Lunedì
- Problem Child (film)
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film)
- Sibling Rivalry (film)
- Tatie Danielle
- Terminal City Ricochet
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
- The Suicide (film)
- To Sleep with Anger
- Wild at Heart (film)
1990s crime comedy-drama films
- Amateur (1994 film)
- Bad Boy Bubby
- Buffalo '66
- Bullets Over Summer
- Chungking Express
- Cops and Robbers (1997 film)
- Country of the Deaf
- Crazy in Alabama
- Deadfall (1993 film)
- Dog Years (1997 film)
- Don't Play the Fool...
- Downtown (film)
- Fallen Angels (1995 film)
- Father Hood
- Flawless (1999 film)
- Freeway (1996 film)
- Go (1999 film)
- Gridlock'd
- I Love You to Death
- Impasse de la Vignette
- Life (1999 film)
- Love and a .45
- Mad Dog and Glory
- Manila Boy
- Miami Blues
- Montana (1998 film)
- Pulp Fiction
- Teresa's Tattoo
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
- The Man Upstairs (1992 film)
- The Object of Beauty
- The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Thelma & Louise
- Trainspotting (film)
- Traveller (1997 film)
- Trouble Bound
- Walking Across Egypt
Films directed by George Armitage
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- Hit Man (1972 film)
- Hot Rod (1979 film)
- Miami Blues
- Private Duty Nurses
- The Big Bounce (2004 film)
- Vigilante Force
Films produced by Gary Goetzman
- A Hologram for the King (film)
- A Man Called Otto
- Amos & Andrew
- Beloved (1998 film)
- Charlie Wilson's War (film)
- City of Ember
- Devil in a Blue Dress (film)
- Greyhound (film)
- Larry Crowne
- Mamma Mia! (film)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
- Miami Blues
- Modern Girls
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
- News of the World (film)
- Parkland (film)
- Starter for 10 (film)
- Stop Making Sense
- That Thing You Do!
- The Ant Bully (film)
- The Circle (2017 film)
- The Great Buck Howard
- The Polar Express (film)
- Where the Wild Things Are (film)
Films scored by Gary Chang
- 52 Pick-Up
- A Bright Shining Lie (film)
- A Family Torn Apart
- A Shock to the System (1990 film)
- A Soldier's Sweetheart
- Against the Wall (1994 film)
- Andersonville (film)
- Bad Day on the Block
- Blackout Effect
- Dead Bang
- Death Warrant (film)
- Deep Red (1994 film)
- Double Team (film)
- Fatherland (1994 film)
- Firewalker (film)
- Full Eclipse
- Left Behind: World at War
- Miami Blues
- Murder Live!
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
- Nowhere to Hide (1994 film)
- Path to War
- Silencing Mary
- Sniper (1993 film)
- Sniper 2
- Sticky Fingers (1988 film)
- The Avenging Angel
- The Burning Season (1994 film)
- The Crossing (2000 film)
- The Glow (film)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)
- The Perfect Weapon (1991 film)
- The Substitute
- The Walking Dead (1995 film)
- Twisted Desire
- Under Siege
- Word of Honor (2003 film)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Blues
Also known as Miami Blues (1990), Miami Blues (film).