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Heaven's Prisoners (1996) [R]

Featuring:
Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson

Written by:
James Lee Burke
Harley Peyton
Scott Frank

Directed by:
Phil Joanou


Release Date:
May 17, 1996

Original Title:
Heaven's Prisoners

Alternate Titles:
Besat af Fortiden
Mississippi Delta
Nebeskí väzni
Prisioneiro do Passado
Zsaruvér

Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
New Line Cinema
PVM Entertainment
Ruddy Morgan Productions
Savoy Pictures
The Rank Organisation

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+  ES: 18  KR: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 132

For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting the wrong woman could be a deadly choice.

Overview from TheMovieDB

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

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Overview from Open Movies

Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans. When they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane crash, their lives become forever changed. They take the orphan child into their home and prepare to raise her. However, a visit from DEA agent Dautrieve brings out the detective instincts in Robicheaux and he begins to ask about the rest of the passengers. This brings trouble to Robicheaux and he turns to drug lord Bubba Rocque, a childhood friend. But the friendship becomes estranged when an assault on the Robicheaux home leaves one victim...Annie.

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Heaven's Prisoners (1996) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes 16%
Awards Won: 1 nomination total

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Production

Art Direction:
Monroe Kelly

Associate Producer:
Michael Alan Kahn

Co-Producer:
Gray Frederickson

Costume Design:
Aude Bronson-Howard

Director:
Phil Joanou

Director of Photography:
Harris Savides

Editor:
William Steinkamp

Executive Producer:
Alec Baldwin
Hildy Gottlieb

Music:
Roy Hawkins

Novel:
James Lee Burke

Original Music Composer:
George Fenton

Producer:
Albert S. Ruddy
Andre Morgan
Leslie Greif

Production Design:
John Stoddart

Screenplay:
Harley Peyton
Scott Frank

Set Decoration:
Dorree Cooper

Still Photographer:
Joyce Rudolph

Stunt Coordinator:
Glenn R. Wilder

Supervising Sound Editor:
J. Paul Huntsman

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