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Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster stars as Lou, an aging mob flunkey, barely making a living in Atlantic City. Susan Sarandon plays Sally, a casino croupier whose husband Dave (Robert Joy) steals a large supply of drugs from the mob. When he is killed, the narcotics pass to the unwilling Sally. Lou, in the midst of longtime affair with middle-aged gangster's widow Grace (Kate Reid), falls for the much younger Sally, becoming her savior by killing the mob thugs sent to shut her up. The killings serve a therapeutic value for Lou, proving that he hasn't lost his old panache. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Burt Lancaster as Lou Susan Sarandon as Sally Michel Piccoli as Joseph Kate Reid as Grace Robert Joy as Dave Hollis McLaren as Chrissie Al Waxman as Alfie

Crew Francois Barbeau - Costume Designer John Board - First Assistant Director Louis Malle - Director Suzanne Baron - Editor Michel Legrand - Composer (Music Score) Paul Anka - Songwriter Rita Ogden - Makeup Anne Pritchard - Production Designer Richard Ciupka - Cinematographer Denis Heroux - Producer John Kemeny - Producer Gabriel Boustiani - Producer John Guare - Screenwriter

Atlantic City
Louis Malle's moody, gossamer story about an aging gangster (Burt Lancaster) and his young casino-worker lover (Susan Sarandon) is one of the French filmmaker's most successful atmospheric pieces. Released in 1980, it followed Malle's controversial Pretty Baby (1978), and it proved to some critics that Malle was more than a director who aimed to shock with sex scenes. Like Pretty Baby, this is an outsider's incisive portrait of a slice of American culture, with gamblers and drug dealers carrying on their tired routines in a city that seems, like Lancaster's character Lou, to be fading fast. It's ultimately a deep character study about clinging to old habits and surviving change. Atlantic City garnered five top Oscar nominations, though it won none of them. It did win several British and American film critics' awards. It contains one of Lancaster's most harrowing and memorable performances. Screenwriter John Guare went on to pen Six Degrees of Separation. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
 

Anne Pritchard: Genie Awards, Best Art Direction (winner) Burt Lancaster: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) Burt Lancaster: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Actor (winner) Burt Lancaster: Genie Awards, Best Actor - Foreign (nominated) Burt Lancaster: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Burt Lancaster: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Actor (winner) Burt Lancaster: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Actor (winner) Francois Barbeau: Genie Awards, Best Costume Design (nominated) John Guare: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) John Guare: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Screenplay (winner) John Guare: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New Generation Award (winner) John Guare: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Screenplay (winner) Kate Reid: Genie Awards, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Louis Malle: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (nominated) Louis Malle: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Director (winner) Louis Malle: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Louis Malle: Golden Globe, Best Director (nominated) Richard Ciupka: Genie Awards, Best Cinematography (nominated) Robert Joy: Genie Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Susan Sarandon: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated) Susan Sarandon: Genie Awards, Best Actress - Foreign (winner)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Foreign Film (nominated) Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Picture (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) Venice International Film Festival, Golden Lion (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs Dolby Digital English Mono English subtitles Menus Scene selection Theatrical trailer MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 103 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. The Lemon Ritual [2:11] 2. Family [6:29] 3. Grace [6:19] 4. Running the Numbers [3:47] 5. White Christmas [4:18] 6. You Heard About Me in Vegas? [3:39] 7. Abracadabra [4:38] 8. You Should Have Seen the Atlantic Ocean in Those Days [4:59] 9. Caught [4:00] 10. Living in the Past [2:17] 11. Born Again [6:13] 12. Longing [3:59] 13. Back on the Map [4:51] 14. A Regular Princess Grace [6:22] 15. I Watch You [4:15] 16. Numbnuts [6:59] 17. Everybody Hates You [7:28] 18. Let's Not Be Naughty [1:59] 19. No Clues, No Witnesses [4:35] 20. Two Widows [1:48] 21. France Is Very Nice... [2:58] 22. Life Will Be Peaches and Cream [9:19]