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The Pope of Greenwich Village

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Diane leaves Charlie and takes his money to support their unborn child, while Paulie is forced to work as a waiter for Eddie. He gives the mob Barney's name but initially refuses to identify Charlie as the third man involved. However, under pressure, he is forced to rat on his cousin. Barney leaves
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with aspirations of someday owning his own restaurant, and Paulie Gibonni, a bungling schemer who works as a waiter, have expensive tastes but not much money. Paulie gets caught skimming checks, and he and Charlie are both fired. Now out of work and in debt, Charlie must find another way to pay his
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Paulie comes to Charlie with a seemingly foolproof robbery idea involving a large amount of cash in the safe of a local business. Charlie reluctantly agrees to participate, and they manage to crack the safe with help from an accomplice, Barney, a clock repairman and locksmith. But things go sour,
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was initially slated to direct the film. After Rourke and Roberts signed on as the leads, Cimino wanted to finesse the screenplay with some rewriting and restructuring. However, the rewriting would have taken Cimino beyond the mandated start date for shooting, so Cimino and MGM parted ways.
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gave the film three stars, saying, "It's worth seeing for the acting, and it's got some good laughs in it, and New York is colorfully observed, but don't tell me this movie is about human nature, because it's not; it's about acting."
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resulting in the accidental death of police officer Walter "Bunky" Ritter, who had been secretly taping "Bed Bug" Eddie Grant. Charlie soon learns that the money they stole belongs to Eddie.
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The mob figures out that Paulie is involved, and not even his Uncle Pete, part of Eddie's crew, can help him. Eddie's henchmen cut off Paulie's left thumb as punishment.
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plot which would allow them financially to support the pregnant girlfriend of one of them. Following the robbery, they realize that they just robbed a local
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Charlie prepares for a showdown with Eddie, armed with a copy of the tape the police officer had made. But at the last moment, Paulie puts
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gave the film three stars, describing it as a "Richly textured, sharply observant film... Page stands out in great supporting cast."
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town and Charlie mails him his cut of the loot. When Charlie makes $ 20,000 on a horse, things begin to look up.
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in Eddie's coffee; then he and Charlie casually walk away from Greenwich Village.
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alimony, support his pregnant girlfriend Diane, and try to buy a restaurant.
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from achieving greatness, but it's an entertaining showcase for its stars."
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grossed $ 6.8 million at the box office, against a budget of $ 8 million.
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This film was originally planned as the first on-screen pairing of actors
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The film focuses on two cousins who initially work as
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Theatrical poster of "The Pope of Greenwich Village". The Tagline is: "Charlie and Paulie. Two dreamers fighting to get lucky."
Stuart Rosenberg
Vincent Patrick
Hawk Koch
Eric Roberts
Mickey Rourke
Daryl Hannah
Geraldine Page
Kenneth McMillan
M. Emmet Walsh
Burt Young
John Bailey
Dave Grusin
United Artists
MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
crime
black comedy film
Stuart Rosenberg
Mickey Rourke
Eric Roberts
Daryl Hannah
Geraldine Page
Kenneth McMillan
Burt Young
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
screenwriter
Vincent Patrick
waiting staff
Greenwich Village
safe-cracking

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