Bad Company DVD

Bad Company
Laurence Fishburne and Ellen Barkin star in this complex tale of former C.I.A. agents who now specialize in freelance espionage. As the film opens, Nelson Crowe (Fishburne) is being interviewed for a position with the Grimes Organization, which focuses on industrial espionage. He is hired by Margaret Wells (Barkin), who then takes Crowe to her boss, Grimes (Frank Langella). Grimes and Wells visit a man named Walter Curl (Spalding Gray) to tell him that they can bribe a state judge so that Curl's company doesn't have to pay a $25 million fine for the toxic poisoning of some children. The judge himself (David Ogden Stiers) is deep in gambling debts. Meanwhile, Wells aligns herself with Crowe and tries to convince him that the two of them could do away with Grimes and take over his entire organization. The plot thickens from there, with several surprises. The first-time original screenplay was by famous crime writer Ross Thomas, and the film's elegant cinematography by Jack N. Green captures the coldness of the characters and their surroundings. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Cast Ellen Barkin as Margaret Wells Susan Wooldridge as Ann Whelan Jonny Lee Miller as Michael Hickey Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Crowe Ken Stott as Joe Hickey Frank Langella as Vic Grimes Michael Beach as Tod Stapp Mark Drewry as Vincent Hickey David Ogden Stiers as Judge Beach Angus Deayton as Paul Foot Gia Carides as Julie Ames George Irving as James Robinson

Crew Willie Heslup - Art Director Warren Carr - Associate Producer Deborah Aquila - Casting Charles de Caro - Costume Designer Richard Shissler - Costume Designer David W. Rose - First Assistant Director Damian Harris - Director Stuart H. Pappe - Editor Robert L. Stevenson - Hair Styles Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score) Frank Fitzpatrick - Musical Direction/Supervision Larry Sutton - Musical Direction/Supervision David Crone - Camera Operator Andrew McAlpine - Production Designer Jack N. Green - Cinematographer Amedeo Ursini - Producer Jeffrey Chernov - Producer Elizabeth Wilcox - Set Designer Clint Deboer - Sound Editor Ernie Jackson - Stunts Coordinator Warren Carr - Unit Production Manager Ross Thomas - Screenwriter Paisley Pappe - Associate Editor Douglas Craik - First Assistant Camera Wendy Lewis - Production Coordinator Bill Draper - Production Supervisor Graham Coutts - Properties Master Robert J. Litt - Re-Recording Mixer Greg P. Russell - Re-Recording Mixer Elliot Tyson - Re-Recording Mixer Jessica Clothier - Script Supervisor Jacqueline A. Jordan - Second Assistant Director Randy Shymkiw - Special Effects Coordinator David Kneupper - Supervising Sound Editor Glenn T. Morgan - Supervising Sound Editor Ken Rabhel - Assistant Art Director Michelle Tadege - Assistant Production Coordinator Robert Komatsu - First Assistant Editor Marco Ciccone - Second Assistant Camera Jane Groves - Set Dresser Barney Cabral - Supervising ADR Editor Wayne Bennett - Third Assistant Director

Bad Company
This convoluted crime drama lacks both the art and the edge of a solid oir, but its raunchy sex scenes, intricate story line, and decent lead performances should satisfy genre aficionados. Ellen Barkin gets to indulge her nasty side as a profit-motivated bad gal with a few residual scruples, while Laurence Fishburne gives a typically modulated performance in an equally seedy co-lead role. Supporting player David Ogden Stiers actually gives the best performance as a proud judge fallen on hard times. Bad Company really isn't an actors' showcase, however; it's a moderately successful meditation on old-fashioned greed, pure and simple. Ross Thomas' screenplay doesn't have too many new things to say about the subject, but it does serve up perennial themes with plenty of plot twists. Fans of the writer's novels will enjoy the many throwaway ideas he threads into his work here. Overall, though, Bad Company is the cinematic equivalent of an airport paperback: fine to consume if you're bored or captive, but nothing you should go out of your way to check out. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Spanish, English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: French-language track Spanish subtitles Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 108 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Opening Titles/The Toolshed [9:18] 2. Snow Queen [7:04] 3. The Price of Justice [9:17] 4. Old Friends, New Friends [5:35] 5. One Million Dollars [13:10] 6. Plot Against Grimes [10:09] 7. The Judge's Way Out [12:54] 8. Fishing Trip [8:37] 9. Key Witness [15:51] 10. Julie's Revenge/End Credits [16:03]