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Little Odessa (1994) [R]

Featuring:
Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly

Written by:
James Gray

Directed by:
James Gray


Release Date:
October 28, 1994

Original Title:
Little Odessa

Alternate Titles:
Kis Odessza
Little Odessa - Eiskalt wie der Tod
Mikri Odissos
Pikku Odessa
Retorn a Little Odessa
Ritoru Odessa
Viver e Morrer em Little Odessa

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Fine Line Features
Live Entertainment
New Line Cinema

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12  IT: VM14  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 98

Brothers in blood. Partners in crime.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.

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Overview from Open Movies

This film tells a bitter tale of a dysfunctional family. Joshua, a cold-blooded professional killer, returns to his Brighton Beach boyhood home for a "job." He knows it will be difficult to return to the Russian-immigrant community of his youth--in his eyes, we see anticipation of the inevitable emotional pain and psychic turmoil that seeing his forsaken family and estranged companions will bring him. To do his job, and try to maintain some semblence of sanity, he has had to wall off his humanity from even himself. Seeing his kid brother, who adores him, talking with his dying mother, who still loves him, and yes, arguing with his abusive father, begins to wreak havoc with his personal defenses. As his steely demeanor begins to dissolve, we are shown the soul of a hit-man crumbling away, piece by piece. Finally, all that he now allows himself to admit that he loves is agonizingly torn away from him and he is left with the ultimate punishment for his transgressions.

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Rankings and Honors

Little Odessa (1994) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes 53%
Metacritic 64/100
Awards Won: 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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Production

ADR Editor:
Susan Dudeck

ADR Mixer:
Robert Deschaine
Bob Baron
David Boulton
Charleen Richards-Steeves

Art Department Coordinator:
Lisa Davis

Art Direction:
Judy Rhee

Assistant Costume Designer:
Joan Kaufman
Vicki Farrell

Assistant Editor:
Jeffrey Ford

Assistant Hairstylist:
Kelly MacNeal

Assistant Location Manager:
Andrew Saxe

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Kelly MacNeal

Best Boy Electric:
Andy Watts

Best Boy Grip:
David Burroughs

Boom Operator:
Jeanne Gilliland

Casting:
Douglas Aibel

Casting Assistant:
Jordan Beswick

Charge Scenic Artist:
Gadi Barak

Co-Producer:
Kerry Orent

Color Timer:
Bob Fredrickson

Construction Coordinator:
Danny Rovira

Costume Assistant:
Kevin Donaldson

Costume Design:
Michael Clancy

Dialect Coach:
Suzanne Celeste

Dialogue Coach:
Olegar Fedoro

Dialogue Editor:
Ulrika Akander
Mark Seagraves
Kimberly Lambert
James Matheny

Director:
James Gray

Director of Photography:
Tom Richmond

Dolby Consultant:
Thom 'Coach' Ehle

Dolly Grip:
Tony Arnaud

Driver:
Bobby Marsh

Editor:
Dorian Harris

Electrician:
Margot Kingon
Patrick Cady

Executive Producer:
Rolf Mittweg
Claudia Lewis
Nick Wechsler

Extras Casting Assistant:
Kalev Kuusoeks

First Assistant Camera:
Emelia Stockdale

First Assistant Director:
Steve Apicella

First Assistant Editor:
Brian Johnson

Foley Artist:
Zane D. Bruce
Alicia Stevenson

Foley Mixer:
David Jobe

Gaffer:
Eric Schmidt

Grip:
Vadim Frumin
Xavier Henselmann
Pat Donovan
Margaret Heidenry

Key Grip:
Jonathan Mintz

Key Hair Stylist:
Karen Nichols

Key Makeup Artist:
Karen Nichols

Leadman:
Jim Lillis

Location Assistant:
Sarah Lindborg
Jocelyn Jansons

Location Manager:
Eddy Collyns

Music Coordinator:
Richard Henderson

Music Editor:
Philip Tallman
Dick Bernstein

Music Supervisor:
Dana Sano

Negative Cutter:
Sharon McGeeney

On Set Dresser:
Annie Ballard

Original Music Composer:
Dana Sano

Post Production Supervisor:
Lisa Rosen
Michael J. Harker

Producer:
Paul Webster

Production Accountant:
Margo Myers

Production Assistant:
Brian David Fisher
Mimi Turner

Production Coordinator:
Victoria McGarry

Production Design:
Kevin Thompson

Production Manager:
Christopher Goode

Production Office Assistant:
Victoria Robinson

Production Sound Mixer:
Tom Paul

Property Master:
Dave Dearberg

Script Supervisor:
Julie Oppenheimer

Second Assistant Camera:
Elizabeth Wick

Second Assistant Director:
David M. Cox

Second Second Assistant Director:
David 'Wex' Wechsler

Set Decoration:
Charles Ford

Set Dresser:
Michael Preston

Set Production Assistant:
Gavin J. Behrman

Sound Editor:
Athonia Cappelli

Sound Effects Editor:
Fred Cipriano

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gary Gegan

Special Effects:
Drew Jiritano
John Stifanich

Stand In:
C.J. Byrnes

Still Photographer:
Prashant Gupta

Stunt Coordinator:
Roy Farfel

Supervising Sound Editor:
Lewis Goldstein
John A. Larsen

Swing:
Stuart Montgomery
Mike Murphy

Thanks:
John Lesher
Matt Reeves
Scott Fleischer
Bryan Burk
Mark Ordesky

Unit Publicist:
Teri Kane

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ellen Cowhey

Weapons Master:
Rick Washburn

Writer:
James Gray

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