Danny (Jet Li) is kept enslaved by Bart (Bob Hoskins), a shylock for the mob. Bart keeps Danny on a collar, releasing him only to convince recalcitrant debtors to reconsider their parsimony. We see Bart on a collection run, unleashing Danny time after time, yelling at him while Danny sa...
In the 1986 film Avanti Popolo, set during the Six-Day War, director Rafi Bukai flips around Shylock's monologue from The Merchant of Venice. In this case, it's an Arab who says, “If you prick us, do we not bleed?” The film critic Nachman Ingbar stands out as an eloquent ...
asShylockinSir Peter Hall’s production ofThe Merchant of Venice(1989). For his film work, Hoffman closed out the decade with another best actor Oscar for his convincing depiction of a middle-aged autisticsavantinRain Man(1988). Not unlike Hoffman’s earlier roles,Rain Man’s Raymond Babbitt...
asShylockinSir Peter Hall’s production ofThe Merchant of Venice(1989). For his film work, Hoffman closed out the decade with another best actor Oscar for his convincing depiction of a middle-aged autisticsavantinRain Man(1988). Not unlike Hoffman’s earlier roles,Rain Man’s Raymond Babbitt...