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Menahem Golan had been a successful filmmaker in Israel and had ambitions to break into Hollywood. ''Lepke'' was to be the first of four movies he intended to make there. Golan said he chose Lepke as a subject because he grew up on American gangster films of Bogart and Cagney. "I was afraid to touch a contemporary American subject and be disgraced like [[Milos Forman]] and Antonioni," he said in a 1974 interview. "If you go back to the old then at least you and the young people are starting on the same foot. And besides, Lepke was a Jewish gangster rather than an Italian."<ref name="los"/> |
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Revision as of 04:19, 2 February 2020
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Directed by | Menahem Golan |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Wesley Lau |
Produced by | Menahem Golan |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Andrew Davis |
Music by | Kenneth Wannberg |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $900,000[2][3] |
Lepke is a 1975 film starring Tony Curtis as the Jewish-American gangster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.[4] It is often regarded by film critics as one of Tony Curtis's most underrated movies and one of his finest performances.
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
- Anjanette Comer as Bernice Meyer
- Michael Callan as Robert Kane
- Warren Berlinger as Jacob Shapiro
- Gianni Russo as Albert Anastasia
- Milton Berle as Mr. Meyer
- Vic Tayback as Lucky Luciano
- Mary Charlotte Wilcox as Marion
Production
Menahem Golan had been a successful filmmaker in Israel and had ambitions to break into Hollywood. Lepke was to be the first of four movies he intended to make there. Golan said he chose Lepke as a subject because he grew up on American gangster films of Bogart and Cagney. "I was afraid to touch a contemporary American subject and be disgraced like Milos Forman and Antonioni," he said in a 1974 interview. "If you go back to the old then at least you and the young people are starting on the same foot. And besides, Lepke was a Jewish gangster rather than an Italian."[3]
It was Curtis' first feature in a number of years - he had been working in TV and on the stage. Filming took place at Culver City studios.[5]
In his 2008 autobiography American Prince Curtis admitted becoming heavily addicted to cocaine during filming; this addiction would last for a decade and significantly derailed his already troubled film career[6]. His mother died during filming.[7]
Release
The film was sold to Warner Bros for $1.75 million.[2]
References
- ^ "Lepke". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ a b Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987, p. 10. ISBN 978-0722193891.
- ^ a b Israeli Film-Makers in New Land Murphy, Mary. Los Angeles Times 2 Mar 1974: a8.
- ^ "Lepke (1975)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ MOVIE CALL SHEET: 'Pedestrian' Rights Acquired Murphy, Mary. Los Angeles Times 08 Feb 1974: e18.
- ^ Curtis p 303-304
- ^ Curtis p 298
Notes
- Curtis, Tony; Golenbock, Peter (2008). An American Prince: A Memoir. Crown.
External links
- 1975 films
- American films
- 1970s crime drama films
- Films about Jewish-American organized crime
- Biographical films about mobsters
- Films set in the 1920s
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in the 1940s
- Cultural depictions of Louis Buchalter
- Cultural depictions of Albert Anastasia
- Cultural depictions of Lucky Luciano
- Films directed by Menahem Golan
- Biographical film stubs