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State of Grace

  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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State of Grace (1990)
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An undercover officer rejoins Irish mob pals in Hell's Kitchen.An undercover officer rejoins Irish mob pals in Hell's Kitchen.An undercover officer rejoins Irish mob pals in Hell's Kitchen.

  • Director
    • Phil Joanou
  • Writer
    • Dennis McIntyre
  • Stars
    • Sean Penn
    • Ed Harris
    • Gary Oldman
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    30K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,351
    866
    • Director
      • Phil Joanou
    • Writer
      • Dennis McIntyre
    • Stars
      • Sean Penn
      • Ed Harris
      • Gary Oldman
    • 157User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast47

    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Terry
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Frankie
    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • Jackie
    Robin Wright
    Robin Wright
    • Kathleen
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Nick
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Stevie
    R.D. Call
    • Nicholson
    Joe Viterelli
    Joe Viterelli
    • Borelli
    Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith
    • Finn
    Deirdre O'Connell
    Deirdre O'Connell
    • Irene
    Marco St. John
    Marco St. John
    • Cavello
    Thomas G. Waites
    Thomas G. Waites
    • Frankie's Man
    Michael Cambridge
    • Frankie's Man
    • (as Brian Burke)
    Michael Cumpsty
    Michael Cumpsty
    • Frankie's Man
    Mick Cunningham
    Mick Cunningham
    • Frankie's Man
    • (as Michael Cunningham)
    Daniel O'Shea
    Daniel O'Shea
    • Frankie's Man
    Thomas F. Duffy
    Thomas F. Duffy
    • Frankie's Man
    Jamie Tirelli
    Jamie Tirelli
    • Alvarez
    • Director
      • Phil Joanou
    • Writer
      • Dennis McIntyre
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Several incidents in the film are based on actual testimony given by captured mobsters. The meeting in the restaurant with the Italian mobster and the dead man's hand sequences are based on the recollections of various New York gangs.
    • Goofs
      When Nicholson guns down the bartender who had just been talking to Terry, the baseball bat the bartender is holding while being shot varies from being shot to pieces to being back in one piece again between shots.
    • Quotes
      • Terry: I thought some things. That I could come back. I always hated that I run away. It had nothing to do with you except that I knew if I tried to tell you, I'd never get away. So I was in Boston, I just ended up there. It seemed far enough away. They come to me then, it just happened, you know how that is, things happen and other things happen, it's your life. They were looking to get somebody to go undercover here, they wanted to get somebody he knew the kitchen, he was known. And I coulda said no but I thought I could do it. It was like this opportunity in which I could look the entire thing in the eye. And you'd be gone, or married, forgotten about me, I thought. And Jack, I would leave him out of it. But it was only an idea. Nothing to do with the truth. It was just a fuckin' idea like... You believe in the angels or the saints or there's such a thing as a state of grace. And you believe it. But it's got nothing to do with reality. It just an idea. I mean you got your ideas and you got reality. They're all... they're all fucked up.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Postcards from the Edge/Saving Grace/White Hunter, Black Heart/After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      White City
      Written by Shane MacGowan
      Performed by The Pogues
      Published by Stiff Music Limited.
      Courtesy of Island Records, Inc.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 14, 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Estado de gracia
    • Filming locations
      • Intrepid Air & Space Museum, Pier 84, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(SPOILER: Jackie is killed)
    • Production companies
      • Cinehaus
      • Orion Pictures
      • The Rank Organisation
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,911,542
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $179,927
      • Sep 16, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,911,542
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 14m(134 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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