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Picture if you will two cousins, Charlie (Mickey Rourke) and Paulie (Eric Roberts), prowling the mean streets of New York's Little Italy. Charlie is reasonably put-together, a maitre d' at a chic café who aspires to running his own restaurant someday. Paulie is an incurable flake who can't resist a temptation or a goofball scheme, couldn't tell the truth to save his soul, and keeps splashing Charlie with the street slop of his slewing trajectory through life. This includes drawing him into the circles of Mob crime, most especially Paulie's boss, that supreme sleazebag "Bedbug Eddie" (Burt Young).
Michael Cimino is said to have had a hand in this movie, though the credited director is Stuart Rosenberg--an impersonal craftsman often hired in midshoot after the star and a more volatile director had parted company. This helps account for the picture's overall lack of rhythm and its wavering between overemphatic, Ethnic-with-a-capital-E idiosyncrasy, and low-key befuddlement. Still, it has its charms, most of them deriving from a terrific cast. At the time it came out, in the summer of 1984, Rourke and Roberts were both exciting, unpredictable talents; Roberts in particular had an amazing talent for being somebody brand new--psychologically, even physically--in every film he made. But even though they're hitting on all cylinders, the boys are quietly upstaged by some redoubtable old pros: the great Kenneth McMillan, the ineffable M. Emmet Walsh, and--scoring her umpteenth Oscar® nomination as the mother of an ill-fated cop--Miss Geraldine Page. --Richard T. Jameson
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By Edith Gaspar
Format:DVD
I was amazed as to how quickly my DVD arrived when I ordered it. I think it came the following day. Remarkable, seeing that usually it takes days. The DVD was excellent. I forgot how good this movie was. I had only seen it once and that was back when it first got released in 1984. Man I am feeling old!! Keep up the GOOD Work. You will get my business again.
However on another note. I have been looking for this movie for years, Maxie starring Glenn Close and Mandy Patinkin. I can't believe you people are the only ones that sell it, but I am not going to pay $99.00 for it. Let's get real. You can pretty much get a box set of something for that. The movie was good but come on now, it isn't worth $100.00 plus plus!! Also the movie a Trip to Bountiful starring Geraldine Page and Rebecca Demorney something like $ 35.00 that is a bit much for this movie too but still far more reasonable than the other one. Is there anything you can do for me. I would really love to have these 2 movies in my collection. But the prices are ridiculous.
I would appreciate your in put.
Thank you and best regards,
Edith Gaspar
However on another note. I have been looking for this movie for years, Maxie starring Glenn Close and Mandy Patinkin. I can't believe you people are the only ones that sell it, but I am not going to pay $99.00 for it. Let's get real. You can pretty much get a box set of something for that. The movie was good but come on now, it isn't worth $100.00 plus plus!! Also the movie a Trip to Bountiful starring Geraldine Page and Rebecca Demorney something like $ 35.00 that is a bit much for this movie too but still far more reasonable than the other one. Is there anything you can do for me. I would really love to have these 2 movies in my collection. But the prices are ridiculous.
I would appreciate your in put.
Thank you and best regards,
Edith Gaspar
By Allen Comeau
Format:DVD
good movie, funny with great dialog, both eric roberts and mickey rourke were perfect for the parts they played. roberts should have been nominated on this one. great music as well.
Format:DVD
The two main characters in this movie are involved in a heist which draws the attention of the mob and the police, but to me the movie was more about relationships and loyalty. While all of the actors were strong, I was blown away by the amazing performance of Eric Roberts, with whom I was previously unacquainted. Overall the script was quite good. I enjoyed watching the Pope of Greenwich Village and recommend same. This 1984 movie has an R rating but is pretty tame by today's standards.
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Most recent customer reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of the best mob flicks
This movie is chock full of stars. The one who is amazing is Tony Musante, Paulie's uncle. Take a look at a 1967 flick called the incident and he will show you what method acting... Read more
Published on July 10 2004 by Attilio Rizzo Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars
An overlooked gem
Released at a time when comedies were measured by the number of exposed women's breasts or the quality of vomiting scenes, THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE was a refreshing movie that... Read more
Published on Jun 13 2004 by Rocco Dormarunno
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rourke's breakthrough performance!
"The Pope of Greenwich Village" could be considered Mickey Rourke's Swan Song. Rourke delivers a stellar performance laced with a brooding subtlety that prompts... Read more
Published on Mar 16 2004 by Phillip Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's all about loyalty
Micky Rourke and Eric Roberts have an amazing amount of onscreen chemistry in this film playing two Italian cousins living a little over the edge in NYC. Read more
Published on Jan 23 2004 by R. J. Marsella
4.0 out of 5 stars
All the other reviews are missing something!!!
This is a good movie made great by the Oscar nominated performance of Geraldine Page. Miss Page is in the movie about 10 minutes and simply steals the show. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting look at life on the street!
I have to admit that I bought this movie because Mickey Rourke is in it. I thought that the story was interesting!
Published on Sep 1 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
A real slice of N.Y. life.
"The Pope of Greenwich Village" was the ONLY movie adapted from a novel that remained true to the book. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2002 by Michael Jacobs
3.0 out of 5 stars
An anomaly
I want to give this movie four stars. I couldn't ever give it five because it leaves too many questions unanswered. (What's with Roberts' character, anyway?... Read more
Published on Jun 28 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts Never Better
Perhaps one of the most overlooked, underappreciated movies of all times, especially if you have any ties to New York City. Read more
Published on April 8 2002 by Christopher Meehan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cant you tell they're Irish?
In contrast to these other goofs, Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts are Irish, not Italian.
Published on Feb 20 2002 by Patrick McClure
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