Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans has been getting a good bit of buzz from critics and made a pretty good showing at some festivals recently. It's opening November 20th, and it looks like this might be one to make sure you get to when it hits. Some critics I pay attention to have said made me rather interested in this one, and you can hardly go wrong with a Werner Herzog film. Ok, the last bit might be just me, but take a look at the trailer, a sneak peek, and a lot of pictures anyway.
In Werner Herzog’s new film BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage), Big Fate (Xzibit), Gary 'G' Jenkins (Tim Bellow) and Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett (Lucius Baston) p/c:Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence’s alcoholic stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Frankie (Eva Mendes) is a drug-addicted prostitute p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Werner Herzog directs Nicolas Cage, who plays corrupt Lieutenant Terence McDonagh p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie (Eva Mendes) have a heated conversation with Terence’s stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie (Eva Mendes) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) questions Gary 'G' Jenkins (Tim Bellow) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and his partner (Val Kilmer) investigate a crime scene p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and his partner (Val Kilmer) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
A crime scene p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Werner Herzog directs Nicolas Cage, who plays Lieutenant Terence McDonagh, and Eva Mendes who plays Frankie, a troubled prostitute p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh(Nicolas Cage) and Big Fate (Xzibit) rendezvous for a drug deal p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Frankie (Eva Mendes) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie (Eva Mendes) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie (Eva Mendes) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Frankie (Eva Mendes) p/c Lena Herzog. Courtesy of First Look Studios.
RELEASE INFO:
11/20
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington DC
11/25
Philadelphia
Boston
Dallas
San Diego
Seattle
Phoenix
12/4 and/or 12/11
New Orleans
Atlanta
Houston
Austin
RU?
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