Viver e Morrer em Los Angeles

Título original: To Live and Die in L.A.

1985
14
1 h 56 min

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William Petersen in Viver e Morrer em Los Angeles (1985)

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

Um intrépido agente do Serviço Secreto não vai parar por nada até acabar com o falsificador que matou seu parceiro.Um intrépido agente do Serviço Secreto não vai parar por nada até acabar com o falsificador que matou seu parceiro.Um intrépido agente do Serviço Secreto não vai parar por nada até acabar com o falsificador que matou seu parceiro.

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AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb

7,3/10

41 mil

SUA AVALIAÇÃO

POPULARIDADE

4.326

113

Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro

Prêmios
- 3 vitórias e 1 indicação no total

Richard Chance
(as William L. Petersen)

Willem Dafoe

Eric Masters

John Pankow

John Vukovich

Debra Feuer

Bianca Torres

John Turturro

Carl Cody

Darlanne Fluegel

Ruth Lanier
(as Darlanne Fleugel)

Dean Stockwell

Bob Grimes

Steve James

Jeff Rice

Robert Downey Sr.

Thomas Bateman
(as Robert Downey)

Michael Greene

Jim Hart

Christopher Allport

Max Waxman

Jack Hoar

Jack

Valentin de Vargas

Judge Filo Cedillo
(as Val DeVargas)

Dwier Brown

Doctor

Michael Chong

Thomas Ling

Jacqueline Giroux

Claudia Leith
(as Jackely Giroux)

Michael Zand

Terrorist

Bobby Bass

FBI Agent

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Curiosidades
Despite the crew's best efforts, some of the counterfeit bills made for the film got into circulation. The bills' quality was very, very good, but the Treasury seal on the counterfeits used the letter X, which is not a valid Federal Reserve Bank letter. The Secret Service picked up X bills for quite a while after filming wrapped.

Erros de gravação
As Cody walks to the window to have his visit with Masters, his bottle of Pepto-Bismol is already sitting at the window.

Citações
Eric 'Rick' Masters: You have my word you won't have to do the whole nickel.
Carl Cody: What does that mean?
Eric 'Rick' Masters: Grimes is the best lawyer in the state. It'll either be an appeal bond or a sentence reduction.
Carl Cody: And the check is in the mail, and I love you, and I promise not to come in your mouth...

Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
Right at the end, after the credits, there is a shot of William Petersen's face

Versões alternativas
German theatrical and VHS versions were cut by 25 seconds to secure a "Not under 16" rating. DVD release is uncut with the same rating.

Conexões
Edited into Biomechanical Toy (1995)

Trilhas sonoras
Cold Day in Hell
Performed by Otis Rush
Courtesy of Delmark Records

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Raw, brilliant crime thriller

When Friedkin went "back on the streets" in 1985 to make TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A., he made a classic that will endure and that perfectly captures its 80's milieu.

I don't understand these idiots who complain how a film is "dated" by its music. Of course a film is "dated" by its specific elements, but so what. This superb film, which has an amazingly kinetic Wang Cheung score, is about a time (the mid-eighties) and place (L.A.) that is now history, and it is a punishing document.

The film works on many levels. Yes, it is about counterfeiting and superficial (re: counterfeit) relationships. It is about greed, survival, justice and morality. It is also about human beings using and laying to waste other human beings.

These powerful ingredients weave their way through a police procedural/action thriller plot that never stops to catch its breath and is pure cinema.

Willem Dafoe is totally engrossing as the film's villain, while William Peterson delivers a highly focused, tough turn. Dean Stockwell is also a stand-out as a crook lawyer and real cop Jack Hoar is quietly spectacular as Dafoe's mule.

And the film boasts one unbelievable car chase that has not been equaled since.

But LIVE AND DIE is also a film that expertly marries the visual to the aural and depicts a part of Southern California that has not been so credibly depicted before.

Dynamite!