Multiple viewings are recommended to catch the dialogue and all those little tells that make the big plot twist come to a head. The fedora (my hook) is the standing metaphor for. The central character is a fedora wearing eminence grise to the Irish crime/political boss, Leo. Miller’s Crossing is available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, and Vudu for $3 and is worth the dollars. Miller’s Crossing involves gangsters from several ethnic backgrounds, a melting pot of crime Irish, Italian and Jewish, maneuvering for control in a prohibition era medium size and unnamed city. The chemistry between the two is captivating. Harden is formidable and sultry as the woman pulling the strings of two powerful men. Byrne effortlessly swings from physical comedy to serious, a man foolishly chasing his hat. “What’s the rumpus?” or “the high hat” have entrenched themselves into my lexicon. Der irische Gangsterboss Leo (Albert Finney) herrscht ber die Stadt. It instantly became my favorite Coen film. Miller's Crossing spielt im Jahr 1929, zur Zeit der Prohibition, in einer unbenannten amerikanischen Grostadt und beginnt sehr schwarzhumorig mit einem Vortrag eines Mafiosi ber Ethik.
Marcia scored her breakthrough role in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed neo-noir gangster film Millers Crossing. Freeman) informing Leo and Tom that they are going to. Marcia Gay Harden wows in Oscar de la Renta goddess gown at 75th annual Tony. I didn’t discover Miller’s Crossing until about seven years ago when the man I’m about to marry set it up on his DVD player one night. The film opens with Italian mobster Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) and his second in command Eddie Dane (J.E. Stuck in the middle of an impending war between the two heavy-weights, Tom must navigate his own survival and come up with the cash to pay off his debts. She appeared in some of the best films, including Used People, which was released in 1992, and Miller’s Crossing, in which she gave an incredible and dashing performance. Bernie is the brother of Verna (Harden), Leo’s girlfriend and secret lover of Tom. Marcia Gay Harden was born on Augin La Jolla, California, and she is currently 56 years old. Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), the Italian mob boss, feels disrespected when Leo protects a bookie, Bernie (Turturro) who shorted him. Set in New York during the Prohibition-era, Tom Regan (Byrne) is the right-hand man to the Irish mob boss Leo (Finney). As well as the added bonus of a cast filled with Hollywood’s favorite character actors Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Steve Buscemi, and the late Albert Finney. Filled with humor, colorful eccentrics, fast dialogue, and cartoonish violence which is the trademark of Coen Brothers movies. Somehow, Miller’s Crossing is one of those exceptional films that fell into the not-as-well-known-as-it-should-be category. Sep-1998)ĭaughter: Julitta Dee Harden Scheel (twin, b.The Coen Brothers have a laundry list of movies which dominate the globally-loved-everyone-quotes-all-the-time category and have influenced a horde of up and coming directors.
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She was also Oscar-nominated for the overwrought Mystic River in 2003.Īfter winning her Oscar for Pollock, Harden shrank into a supporting role on an uninspired TV series, playing second fiddle to famed ham Richard Dreyfuss on The Education of Max Bickford.įather: Thaddeus "Thad" Harden (US Navy Captain)īrother: Thaddeus Harden Jr. But for Harden's best performance on film, see the bizarre psychological shocker Crush (1992), from New Zealand. Harden won an Oscar playing Lee Krasner opposite Ed Harris's Jackson Pollock in Pollock (2000). Marcia Gay Harden is a no frills lady who doesnt take any hits without retribution in Millers Crossing named Verna Bernbaum. Most of her movies since have been forgettable, and most of her film roles have been small. She broke into movies as the "gun-toting, cigarette-smoking, poker-faced moll" (in her words) in Miller's Crossing. On film, she had a key role in the 1986 flop thriller The Imagemaker, then returned to the stage for four years. On stage, Harden was nominated for a Tony for Angels in America. When her acting career didn't take off as quickly as she wanted, she completed her MFA at New York University. In college, Harden decided she would be an actress, earning her Bachelor's in theater. She grew up in Japan, Greece, Germany and various places about the United States, always the new kid in a new school in a new town. Marcia Gay Harden was raised in an itinerant military family. Executive summary: Verna in Miller's Crossing