Summaries

The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.

Robert DeNiro and Jessica Lange are the most impossible couple. He's a failed lawyer. She's a common waitress. Together they get in a downward spiral, as they can't seem to deal with their problems. The lawyer just failed winning a case in court against a famous boxing organizer and he wants revenge by catching the organizer on his own territory: boxing. Although he knows nothing about boxing, with his fine talk he finds the help of a couple of people like the brother of his new enemy. But the relationship with his waitress doesn't make things double as hard.[email protected]

Harry Fabian is a fast-talking ambulance chaser. He sues and settles, looking to make it big as he carries on an affair with the wife of the owner of his Manhattan cafe hang out. While losing a case to a local mobster who fronts as a sports promoter, Fabian whiffs his future at a boxing gym - he decides to be an impresario. For protection from the mobster, he recruits the boss's older brother as his judge of talent, he books a hall, he orders posters. Soon he's in debt waiting for the big night to rake in the cash. His sweetheart wants to leave her husband, so she needs Fabian's help to get a liquor license. The mobster is making trouble. Can Fabian pull it all off?—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • neo noir
  • remake
  • new york city
  • based on novel
  • boxing
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Oct 22, 1992
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations New York City, New York, USA
Production companies Penta Films Tribeca Productions

Box office

Budget $20000000
Gross US & Canada $6202756
Opening weekend US & Canada $43036
Gross worldwide $6202957

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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