A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 15 nominations total
- Bank Customer
- (as Elgin Marlowe)
- Bank Cop
- (as Manny Suarez)
- Chino
- (as Luis Guzman)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaListed as one of George Clooney's favorite films on his resumé. He said, "It was the first time where I had a say, and it was the first good screenplay I'd read where I just went 'That's it.' Even though it didn't do very well box-office wise, we sort of tanked again, it was a really good film."
- GoofsThe supposedly uncut diamonds sparkle and look like already-cut diamonds.
- Quotes
Jack Foley: It's like seeing someone for the first time, like you can be passing on the street, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of a recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. And you always remember it because it was there, and you let it go, and you think to yourself, 'What if I had stopped? What if I had said something?' What if, what if... it may only happen a few times in your life.
Karen Sisco: Or once.
Jack Foley: [softly] Or once.
- Alternate versionsThe laserdisk/DVD versions contain the following deleted scenes.
- The original trunk scene, much much longer with extra dialog, different lighting and more wriggling.
- Moselle is teaching Snoopy's dog "Tuffy" to do tricks with a Frisbee while Snoopy is watching boxing on TV. Glenn calls to tell Snoopy about the Ripley job and then steals a car from a gas station.
- In a bizarre scene in the Adams Hotel room, Buddy and Jack talk about the feeling you get when you take a bath.
- Karen gets a lecture from her dad about relationships while he fishes ocean debris out of his jetty.
- Extended scene of Karen questioning Adele.
- In the yard at Lompoc, Ripley talks to Foley about fish.
- Glenn, Snoopy, Kenneth and White Boy Bob talk in the car after the transsexual murder.
- We see the rather gruesome transsexual murder scene. Ray Cruz talks to Karen who spots Glenn's broken glasses on the floor.
- Ripley is released from Lompoc and we see him packing stuff from his cell and saying goodbye to Foley.
- After the job "interview" at Ripley's office building, Foley smashes a large fish tank with a paperweight shortly before being thrown out by two security guards.
- Foley and Buddy talk in the hotel after Foley has returned from his "socializing" with Karen
- Putting ski masks on in the van before the Ripley job. White Boy Bob tells a story about leaving his wallet behind at a break in.
- SoundtracksFlosso Bosso
Written and Performed by Harry Garfield
Strong performances by Clooney (Jack) and Lopez (Karen), as well as George's Ocean's 11 co-star Don Cheadle. Witty script and likeable characters with a satisfying and plot-twisting ending. What more can you want? Did I hear you say Jennifer Lopez naked? Yeah well, you won't get that here... but it's good all the same!
- David, Film Freak
- May 31, 2002
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Un romance peligroso
- Filming locations
- Kronk Recreation Center - 5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA(boxing training scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,562,568
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,020,435
- Jun 28, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $77,745,966
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1