The soundtrack to mickey blue eyes, which stars hugh grant, jeanne tripplehorn and james caan, features plenty of classic italianamerican vocal pop. Profanity is heavy due to at least 1 use of the f word, while other profanities and a few colorful phrases are present. More than some actors, perhaps, he depends on correct casting for his appealand here, as an art auctioneer who gets into danger after falling in love with a mobsters daughter, he strikes one. Im sure it sounded great in the pitch meeting, but then the pitch probably left out the tired and pedestrian script and a couple of astonishingly poor plot developments that thwart the movies many efforts to win us over. In mickey blue eyes, grant is repeatedly mortified, humiliated, and. Like so many mafia films comedy or otherwise, the soundtrack for mickey blue eyes is filled with lighthearted italian american pop classics from the vintage days of hifi culture. Half hour tv program about the comedy film mickey blue eyes starring hugh grant, jeanne triplehorn and james caan. New york film locations from the movie mickey blue eyes starring hugh grant and jeanne tripplehorn. Play doh surprise eggs hats with eyes mickey mouse, pig. Mickey blue eyes 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Right now, if you search for something blue on the netflix website either just typing blue, or perhaps specifically looking for something with the word in the title, like blue velvet or return to the blue lagoon or mickey blue eyes youll note errant bits of blue paint along the side, along with a. Mickey blue eyes 1999 official trailer hugh grant movie hd an english auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain favors would be asked of him. Watch mickey blue eyes online stream full movie directv.
Milton berle at an event for mickey blue eyes 1999 rob reiner at an event for mickey blue eyes 1999 michael. Watch mickey blue eyes full movie in hd visit an english auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only. Rosemary clooney s rambunctious mambo italiano which had an earlier soundtrack life as a cut in big night leads things off, and the action doesnt really stop. Mickey blue eyes funny scene hugh grant hd quality. Hugh grant plays dapper manhattan art auctioneer michael. Mickey blue eyes is a 1999 romantic comedy crime film directed by kelly makin. Mickey blue eyes was coproduced by hugh grants significant other, elizabeth hurley, and directed by kelly makin, whose previous credits include the kids in the hall movie brain candy. The clip was mildly amusing, so we decided to watch the film. The role of mickey, an ingenuous english twit who runs a snooty auction house in midtown manhattan, fits grant almost too smoothly.
I highly enjoyed this film and imagine most moviegoers will as well. It came to our attention when we saw a clip showing mobster james caan trying to teach english auctioneer hugh grant how to speak in gangster dialect. Mickey blue eyes has most of the ingredients in place for another one of those marriedtothemob comedies, but the central character has to hold it together, and hugh grant is wrong for the role. Released august 20th, 1999, mickey blue eyes stars hugh grant, james caan, jeanne tripplehorn, burt young the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of 49 out of. Heres a quick look at the content found in this pg rated comedy. Things quickly escalate as the fbi gets involved and michael, now nicknamed mickey blue eyes finds himself in way over his head. Mickey blue eyes andrew pulver friday 20 august 1999. Mickey blue eyes funny scene hugh grant hd quality duration.
A true family affair is in the core of mickey blue eyes, from the mob right down to the collaboration of star hugh grant and his wife, elizabeth hurley as producer. Frank, however, takes an immediate liking to michael and asks him for a few small favors. Rent mickey blue eyes 1999 on dvd and bluray netflix. In my opinion, this film has similarities to analyze this, which we thought was very funny. Bringing his signature bashfulboy mannerisms to the role the half stammer, the tilted eyebrows, the bowed choirboy lips curled into a beseeching little smile as his blue eyes simultaneously implore and twinkle the actor makes michael, aka his mafia nickname. One of the last films produced by polygram and shown on the itv network in august 1999.
Dashing international film star hugh grant plays a proper english entrepreneur. Mickey blue eyes 1999 english art dealer michael felgate hugh grant is dumbfounded to learn that his girlfriend, gina vitale jeanne tripplehorn, cannot accept his marriage proposal because. Rent mickey blue eyes 1999 starring hugh grant and james caan on dvd and bluray. Ive always giggled at the scene in the trailer where james caan is attempting to teach hugh grant how to speak like a true new yorker, a classic, almost worth the exorbitant ticket prices of today. Dashing international film star hugh grant plays a proper english entrepreneur who innocently stumbles into the criminal underworld in this. Mickey blue eyes 1999 official trailer hugh grant movie hd. Mickey blue eyes is a 1999 film comedy directed by kelly makin and starring james caan and hugh grant michael felgate grant is a bumbling, wellmeaning brit working in america for the cromwell auction house. Greece transliterated title pantremenos me ti mafia. The second half is a mess, full of characters going off in directions were not. An english auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to.
Before long, michael has inadvertently laundered mob money through his auction house and has to pass himself off to rival gangsters as mickey blue eyes, a wiseguy from kansas city. Mickey blue eyes is a 1999 english film stars hugh grant, kelly makin, adam scheinman, robert kuhn, elizabeth hurley, charles mulvehill, basil poledouris, donald e. Watch mickey blue eyes full movie video dailymotion. Dean martins on an evening in roma, frank sinatras just in time, louis primas just a gigolo, and rosemary clooneys mambo italiano are included, along with excerpts from basil poledouris score. Mickey blue eyes is another notch in the comeback bedpost for hugh. Noo yawk is about to encounter a most unlikely mobster. Mickey blue eyes 1999 fullhd movie online gorillavid mickey blue eyes 1999 fullhd movie cast mickey blue eyes 1999 fullhd movie english subtitle mickey blue. Dashing international film star hugh grant plays a proper english entrepreneur who innocently stumbles into the criminal underworld in this sidesplitting. Mickey blue eyes seducing scene hugh grant hd quality duration. Mickey blue eyes kelly makin, hugh grant, james caan. And let me tell you, i had no idea what i was getting my naive little blueeyed self into.
Felgate unwittingly gets involved with the local mob through his relationship and eventual wedding engagement with gina jeanne tripplehorn, whose father frank vitale caan is a. Mickey blue eyes was coproduced by hugh grant s significant other, elizabeth hurley, and directed by kelly makin, whose previous credits include the kids in the. An english auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain favors would be asked of him. Mickey blue eyes 1999 michael felgate hugh grant is an arthouse auctioneer who finds himself getting in deeper and deeper with the mob after learning that his teacher girlfriend jeanne tripplehorn is the daughter of a major mobster. Now we have a very similar theme in mickey blue eyes, except this time its a wiseguy and a very proper english art auctioneer. I was threatened pretty early on, by no less than two godfathers, that if i broke the heart of silvios little bambina, i would find myself wearing a pair of. Purchase mickey blue eyes on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Watch mickey blue eyes full movie online here film mickeyblueeyes10154. Mickey blue eyes 1999 stream and watch online moviefone. Its a very funny film, which no doubt most critics will pan as being of no special substance. But the second half of the film goes down hill quickly.
Directed by kelly makin and coproduced by hugh grants then wife elizabeth hurley, with music by acclaimed film composer basil poledouris. Playdoh surprise eggs hats with eyes mickey mouse, pig. The two films share several cast members, including joe viterelli, who played tony in eraser 1996. Michael and gina kiss rob reiner at an event for mickey blue eyes 1999 michael and. The latest entry in the pop culture arena to riff on the mafia, mickey blue eyes is an engaging, often very funny fishoutofwater story that provides hugh grant with an excellent vehicle. All in all mickey blue eyes is a fair film that is definitely funny for the most part, but it never does really accomplish anything special in the end.
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