The Devil's Own Movie Review 1996

Irish-American New York cop Tom O'Meara (Ford) and wife Sheila (Colin) take charming Irish emigre Rory Devaney (Pitt) into their home and make him part of the family. But Rory, AKA Frankie McGuire, turns out to be an IRA terrorist who has hustled out of trouble in Belfast and now has a bloody purpose for coming to America. When Tom discovers just what it is, he tries to stop Rory before he destroys any more lives--including his own. More a low-key character study than a slam-bang actioner, with Pitt cooly charismatic as the troubled gunman while Ford does his usual professional work as a good cop caught up in a bad situation.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Belfast, New York, New York, Terrorism, Cops, Family Ties, Nannies & Governesses

Screenplay

Kevin Jarre, David Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick

Cast

Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Ruben Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Natascha (Natasha) McElhone, Mitchell Ryan, Simon Jones, Paul Ronan

Cinematography

Gordon Willis

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Music

James Horner

Producer

Robert F. Colesberry, Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Donald Laventhall, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures