Heaven's Prisoners

Infobox Film
name = Heaven's Prisoners


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director = Phil Joanou
producer = Leslie Greif
Andre Morgan
Albert S. Ruddy
writer = Harley Peyton
Scott Frank
starring = Alec Baldwin
Kelly Lynch
Mary Stuart Masterson
Teri Hatcher
Eric Roberts
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Joe Viterelli
Badja Djola
Hawthorne James
music = George Fenton
cinematography = Harris Savides
editing = William Steinkamp
distributor = New Line Cinema
released = 1996
runtime = 132 min.
imdb_id = 0116508

"Heaven's Prisoners" is a 1996 psychological thriller/psycho noir (with certain slasher connections) feature film starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts. It is based on a Dave Robicheaux novel of the same name by James Lee Burke. The film was directed by Phil Joanou. Harley Peyton and Scott Frank are credited with penning the screenplay.

Plot

Ex-Homicide detective Dave Robicheaux lives a quiet life in the swamplands of Louisiana with his wife Annie. His tranquility is shattered one day when the couple stumbles upon a drug smuggler's airplane crash in the bayou. Dave succeeds in rescuing a lone survivor, an El Salvadoran girl, whom Dave takes with him. With the arrival of the DEA and an inherent connection to Bubba Rocque, the leading pharmaceutical drug kingpin in the area and Dave's childhood friend, Dave finds himself and his family in danger.

Network Television Version

The network TV version edits out Teri Hatcher's nude appearance on the balcony porch of Bubba Rocque's rural mansion by including the entire footage in its total running time but digitally removing Teri Hatcher from the picture. This version therefore has a camera slowly close in on the balcony and then pan away with no apparent purpose other than to show the mansion's architecture. The technology to do this became available only a few years prior to the release of this film.

Cast

* Alec Baldwin as Dave Robicheaux
* Kelly Lynch as Annie Robicheaux
* Mary Stuart Masterson as Robin Gaddis
* Teri Hatcher as Claudette Rocque
* Eric Roberts as Bubba Rocque
* Vondie Curtis-Hall as Minos P. Dautrieve
* Hawthorne James as Victor Romero
* Badja Djola as Batist
* Joe Viterelli as Didi Giancano
* Paul Guilfoyle as Det. Magelli
* Don Stark as Eddie Keats
* Carl A. McGee as Toot
* Tuck Milligan as Jerry Falgout

External links

*imdb title|id=0116508|title=Heaven's Prisoners