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I'm just thinking - excuse me, typing - out loud here, but wouldn't it have made more sense to sell the two H.G. Shout! Factory's Scream Factory division is offering a pair of double feature Blu-rays, four terror tales in which nature lashes out at humankind. Mamet's strafing dialogue still hits its marks, but director Michael Corrente never manages to turn this into anything more than a static filmed play, an even more noticeable flaw since this appeared four short years after James Foley's electric screen adaptation of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.īlu-ray extras consist of audio commentary by film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman the theatrical trailer and an isolated track of Thomas Newman's score.Įmpire of the Ants (Photo: Shout! Factory)ĮMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977)/ JAWS OF SATAN (1981) and THE FOOD OF THE GODS (1976)/ FROGS (1972). Franz is excellent in the other key part - it's a shame his starring role over 12 seasons of NYPD Blue kept him away from the big screen save for two movies (this and 1998's misguided Wings of Desire remake City of Angels) - while Nelson is fine in his limited screen time. But his performance, while commendable, doesn't quite fit with the surroundings, since he plays Teach as such a despicable lout without an iota of charm or humility that it's hard to believe Don puts up with him for so long. Hoffman has often played life's losers - Straight Time, Hero and, of course, Midnight Cowboy - and he effectively adds another one to his trophy room. Don and Bobby are tentatively plotting to rob a recent customer of his presumably valuable coin collection, but once Teach gets wind of the scheme, he thrusts himself into the operation, muscling out Bobby and keeping Don perpetually on edge.
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The shop is owned by Don (Dennis Franz), who's serving as mentor to Bobby (Sean Nelson), a soft-spoken kid and former addict. Dustin Hoffman here essays the plum Pacino part as Teach, a down-and-outer passing time in a junk store that makes the one owned by Fred Sanford and son look as polished as Tiffany & Co. Yet like many acclaimed stage shows, this one failed to catch on when it was turned into a motion picture, playing only in limited release and earning a scant $600,000 at the box office. The play has been endlessly studied (even in one of my theater college classes lo those many moons ago) and repeatedly performed over the years (including a 2008 Broadway production starring Cedric the Entertainer, John Leguizamo and The Sixth Sense's Haley Joel Osment that closed almost immediately after opening). It's not mere hyperbole to state that David Mamet's American Buffalo was a key play of the American theater during the late 20th century, startling audiences with its blunt rat-tat-tat dialogue following its 1975 premiere and earning Al Pacino some of the best reviews of his career (on stage or screen) when he starred in a 1983 revival. Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz in American Buffalo (Photo: Twilight Time)ĪMERICAN BUFFALO (1996).