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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Roger M. Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Rothstein Martin Bergman |
| Written by | Peter Maas (book) Waldo Salt Norman Wexler Sidney Kingsley |
| Starring | Al Pacino John Randolph Tony Roberts Bernard Barrow M. Emmet Walsh |
| Music by | Mikis Theodorakis Giacomo Puccini |
| Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
| Editing by | Dede Allen Richard Marks Ronald Roose Angelo Corrao |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 5, 1973 (USA) |
| Running time | 130 min. Martin Bergman ( producer, Writer and director) was born June 17, 1957. Peter Maas ( June 27 1929 &ndash August 23 2001) was an American Journalist and Author. Waldo Pressman Salt ( October 18, 1914 &ndash March 7, 1987) was an American Screenwriter who was blacklisted Norman Wexler ( 6 August, 1926 – 23 August, 1999) was a screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever Sidney Kingsley ( October 18 1906 - October 18 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American dramatist Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning John Randolph ( June 1, 1915 - February 24, 2004) His stepfather was Joseph Lippman and as a result Randolph was briefly known as Mortimer Lippman David Anthony "Tony" Roberts (born October 22 1939) is an American Actor. Bernard E "Bernie" Barrow ( December 30 1927 &ndash August 4 1993) was an American Actor, best known for Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American Character actor who has appeared in over 100 Film and Television Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (b July 29 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek composers WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Arthur J Ornitz ( November 28, 1916 &ndash July 10, 1985) was an American Cinematographer, and the son of Screenwriter Dede Allen (born Dorothea Carothers Allen, 3 December 1923 in Cincinnati Ohio) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film editor Richard Marks is an American Film editor, born in New York City on 10 November 1943. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 1,000,000 |
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Serpico is a 1973 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet. The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century A crime film, in the most general sense is a Film that involves various aspects Crime and the Criminal justice system Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name It is based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico. The City of New York A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. Francisco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a retired New York City Police Department (NYPD officer who is most famous for testifying Serpico eventually went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and intimidation they leveled against him. It stars Al Pacino, John Randolph and Tony Roberts. Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning John Randolph ( June 1, 1915 - February 24, 2004) His stepfather was Joseph Lippman and as a result Randolph was briefly known as Mortimer Lippman David Anthony "Tony" Roberts (born October 22 1939) is an American Actor.
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Summary
The film opens with Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) slumped in the backseat of a police car, covered in blood as it races to a hospital with lights and sirens blaring. He has just been shot. The rest of the movie is essentially a flashback. It follows Serpico as he becomes a police officer in 1960. He is very idealistic and believes in non-brutal methods to catch criminals. Serpico also refuses to join in on police corruption, specifically that which involves shaking down and taking payoffs from gambling and drug dealing organizations. Leadership and corruption is a specific form of Leaders misconduct sometimes involving Political corruption, and generally designed to gain a financial or political His refusal to take bribes earns him the suspicion of his fellow officers throughout the majority of the precincts to which he is assigned. Additionally, Serpico finds trouble fitting in due to his embrace of the counterculture of the 1960s: He moves to Greenwich Village, grows his hair and beard long to the point where he must maintain a plainclothes appearance, and associates with a more left-wing crowd that is distrusting of the NYPD. The Counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s refers to a period between 1960 and 1973 that began in the United States as a reaction against Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information
At first Serpico tries appealing to his bosses about the corruption, but gets nowhere. He enlists a highly-connected fellow officer, Bob Blair (Tony Roberts) in his fight against corruption, but not even he can crack the city administration's general indifference. David Anthony "Tony" Roberts (born October 22 1939) is an American Actor. His campaign and the resulting complications and harassment within the department take a toll on his mental health and his relationship with fiancee Laurie (Barbara Eda-Young), who ultimately ends up leaving him. After meeting a sympathetic police inspector who agrees to assist him with both disrupting the gambling rackets and later calling attention to the problem by going to the New York Times, he is transferred to his originally preferred division in narcotics. However, he finds himself in an even more corrupt and hostile atmosphere than before, where he has mostly enemies and almost no allies due to the reputation he has garnered. As a result, he is shot in the face during a raid on a heroin lab due to his fellow officers' reluctance to come to his aid. After being left for dead and eventually discovered by two uniformed officers, the story takes over from the beginning and shows a recuperating Serpico being tended to by his family and few remaining friends as well as being anonymously harassed with hate mail.
At the end of the film, Serpico testifies to the Knapp Commission on police corruption. The Knapp Commission (officially known as the Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption) stemmed from a five member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor The film ends with him waiting to board a ship; despite being promoted to detective (a lifelong ambition of his) and being decorated by the department for "conspicuous bravery in action" (along with the two officers who abandoned him during the drug raid) he resigns from the NYPD and emigrates to Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
Production
Prior to any work on the movie, producer Martin Bergman had lunch with biographical book author Peter Maas to discuss a film adaptation. Martin Bergman ( producer, Writer and director) was born June 17, 1957. Peter Maas ( June 27 1929 &ndash August 23 2001) was an American Journalist and Author. Waldo Salt, a screenwriter, began to write the script which director Sidney Lumet deemed to be too long. Waldo Pressman Salt ( October 18, 1914 &ndash March 7, 1987) was an American Screenwriter who was blacklisted Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name Another screenwriter, Norman Wexler, did the structural work followed by play lines. Norman Wexler ( 6 August, 1926 – 23 August, 1999) was a screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever Screenwriter Sidney Kingsley also wrote and did structural work on the script. Sidney Kingsley ( October 18 1906 - October 18 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American dramatist
Director John G. Avildsen was originally slated to direct the movie, but was demoted to assistant director due to differences with producer Bergman. John Guilbert Avildsen (born December 21, 1935 in Oak Park Illinois) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director Lumet took the helm as director just before filming. The real-life Frank Serpico wished to be present during the filming of the movie based on his life. Initially he was permitted to stay, but was eventually dismissed from the filming, as director Lumet was worried that his presence would make the actors (particularly lead actor Al Pacino) self-conscious.
The story was filmed in the streets of New York City. A total of 105 different locations in four of the five boroughs of the city were used. No filming took place in Staten Island. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name An apartment at 5-7 Minetta Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was used as Serpico's residence, though according to the Peter Maas book he actually lived on Perry Street during the events depicted in the film. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan
As the storyline needed to show the progression of Frank Serpico's beard and hair length, individual scenes were filmed in reverse order, with actor Al Pacino's hair being trimmed for each scene set earlier in the film's timeline. Francisco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a retired New York City Police Department (NYPD officer who is most famous for testifying Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning
Woodie King Jr., originally cast as a hoodlum, was replaced after suffering a broken leg while filming a chase scene for this movie. Woodie King Jr, born 27 July 1937 in Baldwin Springs Alabama United States is a renowned African-American director and producer of stage and screen as well as the founding director He returned to the set two months later to play Leslie's friend Larry in the party scene.
The original music theme was composed by Mikis Theodorakis. Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (b July 29 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek composers Its Greek name is Dromoi Palaioi.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Al Pacino) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States Pacino won his first Golden Globe award for Best Actor in 1974 for his performance in the film.
Serpico is considered by many to be a classic film. Pacino's performance in the movie is widely considered as one of his best. His role as Frank Serpico is ranked at #40 on the American Film Institutes "100 Years. . . 100 Heroes and Villains" list. The film is also ranked at #84 on the American Film Institutes "100 Years. . . 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies" list.
Serpico was made into a 1976 television series starring David Birney. Serpico was an NBC Television series that aired between September 1976 and February 1977 Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U For the American Civil War general see David B Birney. David Birney (born 23 April 1939) is an American actor There was also a movie made in the same year, called Serpico The Deadly Game also starring Birney.
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