The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 film by John Cassavetes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara.[2][3][4][5][6] A rough and gritty film, this is the second of their three collaborations, following Husbands and preceding Opening Night. Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Meade Roberts, and Azizi Johari appear in supporting roles.[7]
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | |
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Directed by | John Cassavetes |
Written by | John Cassavetes |
Produced by | Al Ruban |
Starring | Ben Gazzara |
Cinematography | Mitchell Breit Al Ruban Frederick Elmes[1] |
Edited by | Tom Cornwell |
Music by | Bo Harwood |
Distributed by | Faces Distribution |
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Running time | 135 minutes 108 minutes (Re-release) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Gazzara's character of the formidable strip club owner Cosmo Vittelli was in part based on an impersonation he did for his friend Cassavetes in the 1970s. In an interview for the Criterion Collection in the mid-2000s, Gazzara stated that he believed that Vittelli, who cares deeply about the rather peculiar "art" aspect of his nightclub routines but is faced with patrons who are only there for naked girls and care little about the artistic value of any of the routines, was a double of sorts of Cassavetes himself.