The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
Directed by Peter Markle
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Oct 24, 1996 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In this tough contemporary noir drama, Frankie (Dennis Hopper) is a low-level "mechanic" working for second-rate mobster Sal (Michael Madsen). Frankie dreams of rising into the upper echelons of organized crime and commiting a series of bloody reprisals against those who have wronged him. He also has ambitions of starting a new career as a screenwriter, but he realizes that he's a nobody and likely to stay that way. Through Sal's connections with the porn industry, Frankie meets Joey (Kiefer Sutherland), a former film student who now cranks out by-the-numbers sex films, and becomes infatuated with Joey's leading lady, Margaret (Daryl Hannah), a drug-addicted "actress" who has seen better days. Joey, addicted to gambling, is deep in debt with Sal and is forbidden to visit the racetrack; Frankie is eager to get on Joey's good side and offers to place his bets for him while he searches for a way to rescue Margaret from the hell she's created for herself. Screenwriter Dayton Callie appears as Vic, one of Sal's strong-arm men.
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addiction, drugs, filmmaker, gambler-compulsive, gambling, gangster, hit-list, humiliation, idol, late-bloomers, love, middle-age, pornography, prostitute/prostitution, revenge, romance, stars [celebrities]