Albino Alligator Movie Review 1996

Three small-time crooks bungle a robbery and inadvertently run down a federal officer in Academy Award-winning actor Spacey's directorial debut. The trio, consisting of leader Dova (Dillon), brains Milo (Sinise) and brawn Law (Fichtner) hole up in a seedy bar and grab the occupants as hostages. The police soon surround the dive, and the crooks begin arguing among themselves and with brash barmaid Janet (Dunaway) about their chances and means for escape. All, however, is not as it seems. The claustrophobic setting seems more suitable for the stage than the screen, and the plot twists don't bend very far from predictable. Screenwriter Forte is the son of '60s teen idol Fabian.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Bar & Grill, Not-So-True Identity, Contemporary Noir, Disorganized Crime, Crime Drama, Hostage!, New Orleans, Pool, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Up All Night

Screenplay

Christian Forte

Cast

Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, William Fichtner, Joe Mantegna, Viggo Mortensen, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, M. Emmet Walsh

Cinematography

Mark Plummer

Director

Kevin Spacey

Music

Michael Brook

Other

Jay Cassidy

Producer

Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, Brad Jenkel, Motion Picture Corporation of America, Miramax Films