Jack Walsh is a Los Angeles based bounty hunter. It's a job he hates, he a former Chicago police officer who was, if rumors are true, run out of town by mob boss Jimmy Serrano. The reasons for his release from the force led to the dissolution of his marriage, his wife and daughter who he has not seen in nine years but who he still loves. Eddie Moscone, a bail bondsman for who Jack often works, convinces him to pick up a specific bail jumper, Jonathan Mardukas, whose whereabouts are unknown. Although Jack negotiates a lucrative contract with Eddie for this job - Eddie who will lose his business if Jonathan is not brought in within five days - Eddie believes Jonathan having been Serrano's accountant should be enough of a drawing card for Jack, Jonathan who embezzled $15 million from his mob boss. Using some contacts and a stolen ID, Jack is able to locate and capture Jonathan on the first day in New York. Out of circumstance, Jack and Jonathan are forced to travel by the proverbial planes, trains and automobiles to get back to LA as many others are also on their tail trying to get their hands on Jonathan. They include: Alonzo Mosely, an FBI agent, and his associates, who have been leading an operation against Serrano for several years; Serrano and his men who do not want to see Jonathan testify in court; and Marvin Dorfler, a rival bounty hunter who Eddie also hires just in case Jack fails, there being no love lost between Jack and Marvin. Some try to persuade Jack to give Jonathan up, using the "carrot" of more money than Eddie would be paying, while others have their own moles to be able to follow Jack and Jonathan's whereabouts as they snake west across the country. But the biggest obstacle in Jack getting Jonathan back to Los Angeles within five days may be mild mannered Jonathan himself. Beyond knowing he is an easy target for Serrano if he is in prison and thus who does whatever he can can either to persuade Jack not to turn him in or elude him, Jonathan, based on differences in personality with Jack including having a multitude of phobias, may drive Jack crazy and crazier the longer they are within each other's company. Jack Walsh (<a href=">Robert De Niro) is a tough bounty hunter has to deliver Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (<a href=">Charles Grodin), who embezzled $15 million from the Mob, but the FBI is after The Duke to testify - the Mob is after him for revenge - and Walsh is after him to just shut up. Will they survive each other and all the other pursuers to a happy ending? Midnight Run deserved five Oscars in 1989 by my count. Comedies that have people in stitches for two hours straight, however, are routinely deemed inferior to cutesy geriatric jokes and period meditations on race relations… not that Driving Miss Daisy (Best Picture) is a bad film, but Midnight Run has aged better. It could have won Best Director for Martin Brest, because the pace is so relentless and still leaves room for the non-spoken subtleties between actors, unquestionably THE most difficult thing for action-comedies to nail… but then Oliver Stone's work on Born On The Fourth of July was so earnestly grim and ticked almost every political box, so no surprises there. George Gallo's flawless threading of banter and emotion clearly deserved Best Original Screenplay, but Dead Poets Society made all the screenwriters go gooey for its non-stop reciting of stolen romantic lines, making me wonder how actually "original" a nominee needs to be. Charles Grodin's magnificent portrayal of Jonathan Mardukas remains one of the most under-rated supporting acts of all time, but Denzel Washington's chewing of the scenery in Glory was the most conspicuous likelihood for a recognition the Academy thought was overdue. Meanwhile Danny Elfman's masterpiece, a galloping avalanche of country blues which seamlessly drove the action through every state, never had a chance for Best Original Score because that award has become the kiddie's consolation prize over the years, The Little Mermaid winning the 1989 pat on the head for Most Cloyingly Twee. As I've said - a great comedy. I would recommend it to anyone. All of the actors did a great job. The story is very interesting, and the director did a good job. Grodin is not my favorite for the movie, but he was better than i thought he could be. On the other hand, Robert De Niro is one of the best actors in the past 20 years, and nobody would do the job better than him. A performance like De Niro's, in a well-made entertainment like Midnight Run, is cheap at any price. And capable of restoring the audience's faith in the form. [25 July 1988] A "midnight run" is originally a slang term for a quick, late-night shopping trip to the corner store for beer, cigarettes or snacks. In bounty hunter slang, a midnight run is an easy job. The phrase has been used from time to time on the TV show <a href="/title/tt0424627/">Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003)</a>. In the movie, bond agent Moscone (<a href="/name/nm0001592/">Joe Pantoliano</a>) promises Walsh (<a href="/name/nm0000134/">Robert De Niro</a>) that his assignment will be an easy job, ie a "midnight run". In addition, to fulfill the contract, the fugitive has to be brought in by Friday midnight, lending further meaning to the movie title. At the start of the movie, when Jack Walsh brings Monroe Bouchet (<a href="/name/nm0866019/">John Toles-Bey</a>) to the police station to be booked, a policeman says to Jack, "Hey Jack, the Soda machine's been out for a week and a half." Jack responds to this comment with a contemptuous smirk. It is likely that the policeman means it as a sign of disrespect to Jack. He is saying something like "You must be here to fix the soda machine, because you sure don't work here." It's an acknowledgment that Jack used to be a cop, but has now fallen on hard times, and has no real business in a police station. It is most likely a nickname which originated in his real name—Jonathan Mardukas. His surname is pronounced Mar-Duke-Is, with the stress naturally falling on the second syllable (Duke), hence the nickname of the Duke. Jack Walsh (<a href="/name/nm0000134/">Robert De Niro</a>) finds Mardukas (<a href="/name/nm0001301/">Charles Grodin</a>) relatively easily by checking his police booking slip, and finding the number Mardukas called immediately after he was arrested. Jack then has his police contact find out where the house is to which the number belongs. Jack then taps the phone line in the house and calls the house pretending to be an FBI agent looking into the Mardukas case. This prompts the woman who lives in the house to immediately call Mardukas himself. However, because Jack has tapped the line, he is then able to discover exactly where Mardukas is staying. As such, Jack is able to find Mardukas easily, in contrast to the FBI and the mob, both of whom are unaware of what city Mardukas is even in. Obviously, in reality, this is preposterous, the FBI would easily have been able to do what Jack did, and the Mob, one would imagine, would have their own contacts with access to police files. However, in the context of the film, the incident is simply a way of presenting Jack as resourceful and determined, whilst the FBI and the mob are shown to be quite inept, always a few steps behind Jack. Marvin Dorfler (<a href="/name/nm0039226/">John Ashton</a>) is able to cancel Jack's (<a href="/name/nm0000134/">Robert De Niro</a>) credit card simply by calling the credit card company, giving his name and card number, and saying he has lost his card. In 1988, there were few checks in place to stop such things. Credit card issuers were interested in stopping unauthorized use of cards, not unauthorized cancellations. The question of how could Marvin have known Jack's credit card number in the first place is left open, but some hints are given. Marvin is shown several times during the movie as being thoroughly unscrupulous, it is probable that Marvin simply got Jack's card number at some stage in the past and kept it for just such an incident as is seen in the film. Because, as Mardukas says, it's not a bribe, it's a gift; Jack has already let Mardukas go before Mardukas gives him the money, so taking the money from Mardukas does not violate Jack's moral code in any way. The R1 US DVD, released by Universal Home Entertainment in 2003, contains the following special features:<br/><br/>An untitled 7-minute behind-the-scenes featurette made in 1988, featuring interviews with <a href="/name/nm0000134/">Robert De Niro</a>, <a href="/name/nm0001301/">Charles Grodin</a>, <a href="/name/nm0001433/">Yaphet Kotto</a>, <a href="/name/nm0039226/">John Ashton</a>, <a href="/name/nm0001199/">Dennis Farina</a>, <a href="/name/nm0286561/">Richard Foronjy</a>, <a href="/name/nm0592188/">Robert Miranda</a>, <a href="/name/nm0000976/">Martin Brest</a> and <a href="/name/nm0303032/">George Gallo</a>.<br/><br/>Original Theatrical Trailer<br/><br/>The R2 UK DVD, released by Universal Home Entertainment (UK) in 2003 has the trailer, but loses the featurette. Yes, it is. The Region B locked UK edition, released in 2015, contains the following special features:<br/><br/>• "We Got the Duke" - an interview with Charles Grodin<br/><br/>• "Moscone Bail Bonds" - an interview with Joe Pantoliano<br/><br/>• "Hey Marvin!" - an interview with John Ashton<br/><br/>• "Midnight Writer" - an interview with screenwriter George Gallo<br/><br/>• "I'm Mosely!" - an interview with Yaphet Kotto<br/><br/>• The original 7-minute "making of" featurette<br/><br/>• The Region A locked US edition, released by Shout! Factory in 2016, contains all the special features from the UK edition, plus<br/><br/>• A new 2K resolution scan of the original film elements<br/><br/>• "Being Jack Walsh" - an interview with Robert De Niro a5c7b9f00b The Green-Eyed Monster full movie free downloadtamil movie dubbed in hindi free download Gantz: OLast Resort in hindi free downloadDownload the Episode 1.241 full movie tamil dubbed in torrentA Shadow in the Night full movie in hindi free download mp4the Hit and Run full movie download in hindithe A Long Look At the Devil full movie download in hindiJesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt full movie in hindi free download hd 720pTheft by Deception download moviesThe Pinto Bandit movie in hindi free download
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