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1992 film
Storyville
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Directed by
| Mark Frost
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Written by
| Mark Frost
Lee Reynolds
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Based on
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Produced by
| Edward R. Pressman
David Roe
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Starring
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Cinematography
| Ronald Victor Garcia
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Edited by
| B.J. Sears
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Music by
| Carter Burwell
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Production
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Distributed by
| 20th Century Fox
(United States)
Spelling Films International
(International)
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Release date
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- August 26, 1992
(
1992-08-26
)
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Running time
| 113 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Budget
| $15 million
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Box office
| $422,503
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Storyville
is a 1992 film directed by
Mark Frost
and starring
James Spader
. The film takes its name from the historic
Storyville
red-light district of
New Orleans
.
Premise
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Cray Fowler, a young New Orleans lawyer running for congress, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some shocking secrets involving his father, his family's fortune and his own political advisors.
Cast
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Critical reception
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On
Rotten Tomatoes
the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 6 reviews.
[4]
Roger Ebert
gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing, "
Storyville
is a movie for people who like New Orleans better when it is dark and mysterious. It is for romantics. It is not for pragmatists, who will complain that the characters do not behave according to perfect logic, and that there are holes in its plot. They will be right, of course ? this is not an airtight movie ? but they will have missed the point, and the fun."
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James Spader's performance was praised by critics,
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[7]
including Vincent Canby of
The New York Times
who wrote, "Mr. Spader may have won prizes for
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
but he comes of age as an actor in
Storyville
. The performance is clean, uncluttered and often funny, without sidestepping the material."
[8]
Canby also praised the film's cinematography and Frost's directing, invoking Frost's collaboration with
David Lynch
on
Twin Peaks
, and calling the film "far less of a tease than the television series, a good deal shorter and much more fun."
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References
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"Major Indies Out In Force"
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Variety
. 6 May 1991
. Retrieved
12 July
2023
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"AFI|Catalog"
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"Storyville"
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Storyville
at
Rotten Tomatoes
Retrieved July 10, 2020
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Ebert, Roger
(October 9, 1992).
"Storyville"
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Chicago Sun-Times
. Retrieved
July 10,
2013
.
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Oliphant, James (October 14, 2003).
"DVD Review: Storyville (1992)"
.
PopMatters
. Retrieved
July 10,
2013
.
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Hinson, Hal (October 9, 1992).
"Storyville"
.
Washington Post
. Retrieved
July 10,
2013
.
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a
b
Canby, Vincent
(August 26, 1992).
"Movie Review: Storyville (1992)"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
July 10,
2013
.
External links
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