Serpico (1973)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Escritores:

Peter Maas (book)
Waldo Salt (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 marzo 1974 (Netherlands)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive - An honest cop.

Plot:

The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Plot Keywords:

Undercover | Corruption | Hippie | Complot | Female Nudity

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sure, The Godfather made Al Pacino a star, but Serpico kept him one

Reparto

Al Pacino	...	Officer Frank Serpico
John Randolph	...	Chief Sidney Green
Jack Kehoe	...	Tom Keough
Biff McGuire	...	Capt. Insp. McClain
Barbara Eda-Young	...	Laurie
Cornelia Sharpe	...	Leslie Lane
Tony Roberts	...	Bob Blair
John Medici	...	Pasquale
Allan Rich	...	Dist. Atty. Herman Tauber
Norman Ornellas	...	Don Rubello
Edward Grover	...	Insp. Lombardo (as Ed Grover)
Albert Henderson	...	Peluce (as Al Henderson)
Hank Garrett	...	Malone
Damien Leake	...	Joey
Joseph Bova	...	Potts (as Joe Bova)

También conocida como:

Sérpico (Spain) [es]

Duración:

129 min | Spain:113 min

País:

Italy | USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español | Italiano

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Artists Entertainment Complex

Trivialidades:

Playwright Sidney Kingsley loaned his apartment to Sidney Lumet for use to film the party scene. In 1935, Kingsley hired an 11-year-old Lumet to appear on Broadway in his play, "Dead End", and they had remained friends since then.

Errores:

Anacronismos: As Frank Serpico is driving across the bridge in his Studebaker Lark to report for his first posting as a patrolman in 1960, many of the cars in the background are models from the mid-1960's to early 1970's. (This is true in many of the early street scenes as well.)

Citas:

Frank Serpico: I'm a marked man in this department. For what?
District Attorney Tauber: I've already arranged a transfer for ya'.
Frank Serpico: To where? China?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)

Sure, The Godfather made Al Pacino a star, but Serpico kept him one

Al Pacino is one of the best actors around, and he has many definitive roles. His role as Frank Serpico is certainly one of them. He acts with such charm and smoothness in some scenes, while explosive and intense in others.

The movie gets into a big plot line about police corruption and Serpico blowing the whistle on the department. It's interesting and the whole point of the movie, but the reason this is such a good movie is because of the character, not the plot. The better scenes include Serpico's personal life and struggles. There's one great part where he explains to his girlfriend why he's always wanted to be a cop. It's scenes like those that make you sympathetic for him.

Sidney Lumet and Pacino made a great team for this movie, and proved to be a great team for Dog Day Afternoon a few years later. But as good as a director Lumet is, as good as everyone involved with this movie is, this is Pacino's movie. It's an essential viewing for his fans.

My rating: 9/10