Palookaville (film)

Palookaville
Palookaville
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alan Taylor
Written by	David Epstein
Produced by	Uberto Pasolini
Starring	William Forsythe; Vincent Gallo; Adam Trese; Frances McDormand;
Cinematography	John Thomas
Edited by	David Leonard
Music by	Rachel Portman
Production; companies	Playhouse International Pictures; The Samuel Goldwyn Company; Redwave Films;
Distributed by	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release dates	September 7, 1995 (Venice Film Festival); October 25, 1996 (United States);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$365,284

Palookaville is a 1995 American crime comedy film directed by Alan Taylor (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David Epstein. The film is about a trio of burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. It stars William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, and Frances McDormand. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by Italo Calvino.^[2]

Palookaville premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 1995, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 25, 1996, by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.

^ "Palookaville". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
^ Bolongaro, Eugenio (2006-05-01). "Playful robberies in Palookaville (1995): Alan Taylor, Italo Calvino and a new paradigm for adaptation". New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film. 4 (1): 3–20. doi:10.1386/ncin.4.1.3_1. ISSN 1474-2756.

[BOM-1] "Palookaville". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

[2] Bolongaro, Eugenio (2006-05-01). "Playful robberies in Palookaville (1995): Alan Taylor, Italo Calvino and a new paradigm for adaptation". New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film. 4 (1): 3–20. doi:10.1386/ncin.4.1.3_1. ISSN 1474-2756.

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Palookaville (film)

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