ANNO: 1986
REGIA: Richard Pearce
DURATA: 105
ATTORI: Kim Basinger, Richard Gere
TRAMA:Un malvivente di Chicago riceve l’ incarico di uccidere Losado ( Jeroen Krabbé ), un prepotente boss di New Orleans. L’ agente di polizia Eddie Gillette ( Richard Gere ) arresta il bandito e prende il suo posto. Incontra così un certo Paul Devereux ( Terry Kinney ) in compagnia di Michel (Kim Basinger), ballerina di cajun e amante di Losado da lui “acquistata” anni prima. Subito dopo un collega di Eddie, Joe Collins ( Gary Basaraba ) viene assassinato e il poliziotto decide di vendicarsi. Al fine di catturare Losado attraversa le paludi della Louisiana ammanettato alla bella Michel, testimone dell’ omicidio, braccato dagli uomini del boss.
CRITICHE/TRIVIA:
Nel suo primo weekend di programmazione il film si ferma alla ottava posizione incassando 2.198.069$. No Mercy fu un flop e incassò complessivamente 12.303.904$
E' stato il suo primo film che le ha permesso di guadagnare 1 milione di dollari.
Quando Michel si trova in pericolo, nel film sussulta 4 volte e urla ben 20 volte.
IL film è girato nelle paludi della Louisiana.
Il film è stato girato sullo stile dei film noir degli anni'40.
Sul set di No Mercy Kim e Richard ebbero una relazione. All'epoca dei fatti il marito di Kim - Ron Britton -pubblicò sul suo libro "Longer than forever" le lettere d'amore che i due si mandarono.
Ecco alcuni stralci delle lettere che Gere mandò a Kim: "Mi sento così stupido nel dirti che ti amo"
"Vorrei fare l'amore con te senza fermarmi mai... desidero poterti dare piacere questa notte"
Ron Britton disse:" No Mercy fu un killer. Fu l'inizio della fine del nostro amtrimonio"
Quando Eddie Jillette si incontra con il suo capo a New Orleans, si trovano in un bango pubblico, dove verrà consegnato ad Eddie una custodia con all'interno delle armi. Facendoci caso si noterà che sull' asciugamani ad aria è posizionata una bottiglia di birra che nella ripresa successiva sparisce per poi ricomparire in quella successiva..
Quando Eddie e Michael sono nella stazione di polizia aspettando che Losado venga a prendere Michel, la clip dei suoi capelli e posizionata a sinistra. Dopo, Losado e Michael salgono in macchina, e la clip è sulla destra.
INCASSI: Boxofficemojo
COMPENSO DI KIM: 1.000.000$
PAROLA DI KIM:
"Mi piace leggere un copione una volta prima di prepararmi mentalmente per questo progetto. Quindi poco prima delle riprese lo rileggerò di nuovo. Questo è tutto. L'intera faccenda di fare film è sovra analizzata. Ecco perché ci sono un sacco di flop, perché in produzione i film sono analizzati all'inverosimile. Questo è quello che è successo a No Mercy. C'era qualcosa in quella sceneggiatura. Stavo per interpretare una donna meravigliosa Cajun, interessante, spirituale, pazza. Quel personaggio era libero, se potessi averla interpretata nel modo come era stato scritto. E' stata privata della libertà non a causa del proprio ragazzo, ma perché era analfabeta.. Lei non ha avuto la fiducia di ribellarsi poiché non sapeva leggere o scrivere. Ma quando abbiamo avuto due settimane e mezzo di incontri al Chicago Hotle, tutto il progetto è stato rianalizzato pezzo per pezzo. Con l'inizio del film, sapevo che eravamo in difficoltà. Entro la fine di una settimana, sapevo che saremmo morti. Eravamo a pezzi. Il talento di ognuno si è perso. L'inferno, l'ho fatto per i soldi, totalmente. No Mercy è stato un incubo perché era molto disorganizzato. Ognuno aveva la sua idea del film, il suo sogno. Il regista aveva un'idea, lo scrittore ha avuto un'idea, Richard ha avuto un'idea, io avevo un'idea."
"Un grande strano periodo quello con Richard. Ho riso di più con lui che in nessun film. Io lo amo teneramente. Un'anima molto sensibile e un po' incompresa E' molto, molto, divertente."
PAROLA MIA: La storia è coinvolgente. Kim è di una bellezza torrida e le scene di sesso con Richarg Gere sono ben fatte. Ottima la colonna sonora. Le scene nelle paludi sono da antologia.
YEAR: 1986
DIRECTOR: Richard Pearce
DURATION: 105
CAST: Kim Basinger, Richard Gere
PLOT:An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite overwhelmed by her attentions, and isn't aware of the connection between her arrival and his work.
TRIVIA/REVIEWS:
In the first weekend opening the movie placed at 8th place grossing 2.198.069$. No Mercy was a flop, the critics and the viewings public both hated it and it grossed 12.303.904$
Kim's first million dollar payed
When Michel Duval (Kim Basinger) is in danger in this film she gasps a total of four times and screams a total of twenty.
The swamp-lands region seen in the picture was the Lousiana Bayou.
The picture was filmed in and inspired by the style of 1940s "film noir.
On the set there was a romantic feeling between Richard and Kim.
Ron Britton - Kim's husband when she was shooting No mercy - published - on his book "Longer than forever " - the love letters that Richard and Kim sent each other.
Some extract to Britton's book: Gere:" I feel silly saying, 'I love you".
"I wish to . . . make love to you with no withholding . . . I wish I could please you tonight."
Ron Briton Said: "No Mercy was a killer. It was a beginning of the end of our marriage."
When Eddie Jillette meets up with his boss in New Orleans, they are in a washroom, where he gives him a case containing weapons. If you look on the top of the hand dryer you will notice a bottle of beer, in the next shot the bottle is missing, the next shot after that it reappears.
When Eddie and Michel are in the police station and Losado comes to pick up Michel, her hair clip is on the left side of her hair. After Losado and Michel get into the car, her hair clip moves to the right side.
BOXOFFICE: Boxofficemojo
KIM' SALARY 1.000.000$
KIM SPEACH:
I like to read a script once before I make up my mind about it. Then close to the start of the production I'll read it again. That's it. This whole business of making movies is over-analysed. That's way a lot of flop are made, because they're analysed the death in production. That's what happened to No Mercy. There was something in that screenplay. I was going to paly a wonderful Cajun woman, interesting, spiritual, crazy. That character was free, if I really could have played her that way she was written. she was cut off from freedom, not so much because of the guy she was with but because she was illiterate. She didn't have the confidence to strike out on her own since she couldn't read or write. But when we had two-and-a half weeks of meetings in Chicago hotle and the whole projects was analysed to piece. By the start of the film I knew we were in trouble. By the end of a week, I kenw we were dead. We were dust. Everybody's talent got lost. Hell, I did it for the money, totally. No Mercy was a nightmare because it was very unorganised. Everyone had his own idea of the film, his own dream. The director had an idea, the writer had an idea, Richard had an idea, I had an idea.
"A great strange time with Richard. I laughed more with him that non any movie. I love him dearly. A very sensitive soul and a little bit on the misunderstood side. He's very, very, fun.
MY REVIEW: The story is captivating and Kim has an Scorching beauty. The soundtrack is excellent and the sex scenes with gere are great. By the book the swamp scenes.
DIRECTOR: Richard Pearce
DURATION: 105
CAST: Kim Basinger, Richard Gere
PLOT:An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite overwhelmed by her attentions, and isn't aware of the connection between her arrival and his work.
TRIVIA/REVIEWS:
In the first weekend opening the movie placed at 8th place grossing 2.198.069$. No Mercy was a flop, the critics and the viewings public both hated it and it grossed 12.303.904$
Kim's first million dollar payed
When Michel Duval (Kim Basinger) is in danger in this film she gasps a total of four times and screams a total of twenty.
The swamp-lands region seen in the picture was the Lousiana Bayou.
The picture was filmed in and inspired by the style of 1940s "film noir.
On the set there was a romantic feeling between Richard and Kim.
Ron Britton - Kim's husband when she was shooting No mercy - published - on his book "Longer than forever " - the love letters that Richard and Kim sent each other.
Some extract to Britton's book: Gere:" I feel silly saying, 'I love you".
"I wish to . . . make love to you with no withholding . . . I wish I could please you tonight."
Ron Briton Said: "No Mercy was a killer. It was a beginning of the end of our marriage."
When Eddie Jillette meets up with his boss in New Orleans, they are in a washroom, where he gives him a case containing weapons. If you look on the top of the hand dryer you will notice a bottle of beer, in the next shot the bottle is missing, the next shot after that it reappears.
When Eddie and Michel are in the police station and Losado comes to pick up Michel, her hair clip is on the left side of her hair. After Losado and Michel get into the car, her hair clip moves to the right side.
BOXOFFICE: Boxofficemojo
KIM' SALARY 1.000.000$
KIM SPEACH:
I like to read a script once before I make up my mind about it. Then close to the start of the production I'll read it again. That's it. This whole business of making movies is over-analysed. That's way a lot of flop are made, because they're analysed the death in production. That's what happened to No Mercy. There was something in that screenplay. I was going to paly a wonderful Cajun woman, interesting, spiritual, crazy. That character was free, if I really could have played her that way she was written. she was cut off from freedom, not so much because of the guy she was with but because she was illiterate. She didn't have the confidence to strike out on her own since she couldn't read or write. But when we had two-and-a half weeks of meetings in Chicago hotle and the whole projects was analysed to piece. By the start of the film I knew we were in trouble. By the end of a week, I kenw we were dead. We were dust. Everybody's talent got lost. Hell, I did it for the money, totally. No Mercy was a nightmare because it was very unorganised. Everyone had his own idea of the film, his own dream. The director had an idea, the writer had an idea, Richard had an idea, I had an idea.
"A great strange time with Richard. I laughed more with him that non any movie. I love him dearly. A very sensitive soul and a little bit on the misunderstood side. He's very, very, fun.
MY REVIEW: The story is captivating and Kim has an Scorching beauty. The soundtrack is excellent and the sex scenes with gere are great. By the book the swamp scenes.
