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Johnny Handsome is a 1989 American neo-noir [2] crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Ken Friedman, and adapted from the novel The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome by John Godey.
They call him “Johnny Handsome” because his face has been horribly disfigured since birth, and as the movie opens he and his best friend have been double-crossed by a couple of crooks who kill the friend, steal the loot and leave Johnny to take the rap.
Oct 8, 2008 · There’s a goosebump-inducing scene in Johnny Handsome when the bandages are finally taken off, and Rourke is allowed to go look at his new face. Words cannot describe the transformation of emotions that goes over him as he stares at his reflection (yet another entry in my “Man in the Mirror” post-to-come ).
Johnny Handsome: Directed by Walter Hill. With Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman. After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Walter Hill
- 1989-09-29
Sep 10, 2012 · Part criminological essay, part revenge thriller, this adaptation of John Godey's novel The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome casts Mickey Rourke as freakish villain John.
Trivia. Johnny Handsome. Al Pacino was initially interested in playing the title character, and worked with the producers on developing the script. However, Pacino ultimately dropped out of the project, due to script problems. Pacino felt, despite numerous revisions, they had never been able to transcend the script's B-movie qualities.
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Severely-deformed petty crook John Sedley (Mickey Rourke), cruelly nicknamed ‘Johnny Handsome’, accompanies his one true friend on a jewel heist that goes horribly wrong.
