Taglines: Deliberate sacrifice for deliberate gain.
Albino Alligator movie storyline. Brothers Dova (Matt Dillon) and Milo (Gary Sinise) are small-time crooks. They and their partner, Law (William Fichtner), pull a holdup in New Orleans that goes terribly wrong. A police officer is killed, as are two other men. The robbers flee to a local bar, Dino’s Last Chance, desperately taking everyone inside hostage.
Milo is seriously wounded and bleeding. Law is a sociopath who is ready and willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Dova is their leader, trying to keep the situation calm while federal agents, led by Browning (Joe Mantegna), surround the bar. A bar employee, Janet (Faye Dunaway), tries but fails to reason with the intruders.
Her boss, Dino, behind the bar, secretly has a shotgun that he is hoping to get a chance to use. Besides a barfly (John Spencer) who is barely coherent and a younger man (Skeet Ulrich) shooting pool, there is one other customer (Viggo Mortensen), a man named Foucard dressed in a business suit, who is not as innocent as he seems.
Albino Alligator is a 1997 American crime thriller film the directorial debut of Kevin Spacey, and stars Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, M. Emmet Walsh, Joe Mantegna and Melinda McGraw. It tells the story of three small-time criminals who take hostages after being cornered by the police. The title refers to an anecdote told in the film, claiming that alligators will use an albino among them as sacrifice, so that the opposing alligators will be distracted and become prey themselves.
Faye Dunaway was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Supporting Actress. Ambient guitarist and record producer Michael Brook produced the score for Albino Alligator. The soundtrack was released by 4AD on CD in the United States on 11 February 1997, and CD and vinyl LP in the United Kingdom on 24 February 1997. The score includes a cover of “Ill Wind (You’re Blowing Me No Good)” featuring bass by Flea and guest vocals from R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and jazz singer Jimmy Scott.
Albino Alligator (1997)
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Starring: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, M. Emmet Walsh, Joe Mantegna, Melinda McGraw
Screenplay by: Christian Forte
Production Design by: Nelson Coates
Cinematography by: Mark Plummer
Film Editing by: Jay Cassidy
Costume Design by: Isis Mussenden
Art Direction by: Burton Rencher
Music by: Michael Brook
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and languag.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: January 17, 1997
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