Motherless Brooklyn Warner Bros. Pictures presents a film by Edward Norton ; music by Daniel Pemberton ; edited by Joe Klotz ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; executive producers, Adrian Alperovich, Sue Kroll, Daniel Nadler, Robert F. Smith, Brian Niranjan Sheth ; produced by Bill Migliore and Michael Bederman ; from the novel by Jonathan Letham ; written for the screen and directed by Edward Norton. [dvd]
Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Dallas Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Leslie Mann, Bobby Cannavale, Fisher Stevens, Ethan Suplee.
Summary:
Lionel Essrog is a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. He ventures through 1950s New York trying to solve his friend's murder. Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance. "Motherless Brooklyn is a gorgeous-looking, beautifully acted film noir with a richly detailed script and sensitive direction from its star."--Newsday. "'Motherless Brooklyn is a very smart movie, bristling with ideas about history, politics, art and urban planning."--New York Times. "A meticulously, lovingly made mood piece, full of empathy for the ones who can't speak - at least not always the way they want to - for themselves."--Entertainment Weekly.
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