Scommessa con la morte

Titolo originale: The Dead Pool

1988
T
1h 31min

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Clint Eastwood in Scommessa con la morte (1988)

Dark Comedy Action Crime Mystery Thriller

Harry Callahan, soprannominato "Harry la carogna", deve porre fine a un lugubre gioco segreto che comporta l'uccisione di personaggi locali noti, tra i quali c'è anche lui.Harry Callahan, soprannominato "Harry la carogna", deve porre fine a un lugubre gioco segreto che comporta l'uccisione di personaggi locali noti, tra i quali c'è anche lui.Harry Callahan, soprannominato "Harry la carogna", deve porre fine a un lugubre gioco segreto che comporta l'uccisione di personaggi locali noti, tra i quali c'è anche lui.

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Quiz
Evan C. Kim did all of his own stunts, including the martial-arts fighting.

Blooper
Director Peter Swan tells Inspector Callahan that he encountered Harlan Rook at every film screening or other public appearance, where Rook's comments showed that he knew everything about Swan's films. Rook also constantly pitched his screenplay to him. Despite this extensive contact and familiarity, Swan does not recognize Rook when he works closely with him on a daily basis as his special effects supervisor under a fake name.

That's the whole point, Swan is dismissive of Rook and doesn't consider him worthy of his time. It's not out of character for the arrogant Swan to not recognize the face of some special effects technician.

Citazioni
Harry Callahan: [friendly] You forgot your fortune cookie!
Gunman #1: [confused, yells] What?
Harry Callahan: It says...
[pauses]
Harry Callahan: "You're shit outta luck!"
[Harry shoots him]

Versioni alternative
Harry Callahan's character name becomes Harry ''Callaghan'' in the Italian version and titles because the local distributor thought it sounded better.

Connessioni
Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

Colonne sonore
Welcome to the Jungle
Written by Slash, Axl Rose (as W. Axl Rose), Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan (as Duff McKagen)
Performed by Guns N' Roses
Courtesy of Geffen Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

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7/10

Eastwood's last "Dirty Harry"

In the final Dirty Harry movie, Inspector Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is annoyed by his new-found fame, caused by his court testimony against an important mob figure. His next case is a real winner: an obnoxious British director (Liam Neeson) has a "dead pool" on the set of his new horror flick. Each crew member picks ten celebrities they believe will die, and the one with the most dead celebs on their list at the end of the game is the big winner.

Just one problem with this - the people on the director's list start dying at an alarming rate and mysteriously, including his leading man. And guess whose name is on the list as well - yeah, Harry's.

If this isn't enough, a TV reporter (Patricia Clarkson) wants to do a big story on him.

Directed by Buddy van Horn, "The Dead Pool" is a spoof of a sort, killing a movie critic as part of the story (ouch), and the story actually concerns movie-making. It also has a car chase that's a take-off on "Bullitt." The stereotypical characters found in this type of film are played by some excellent actors, and there's plenty of sexual innuendo to go around.

Someone mentioned that Eastwood seems a little old here for Dirty Harry. He seems old for just about every role he plays, frankly, but he keeps playing them. It's always amazing how men are able to do this with no problem, but give the man his due. He's a great presence, and in 1988, his best work as both a director and an actor was yet to come! Very entertaining and well-acted. If you can get the joke, you'll enjoy it all the more.