- 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 certainslasher connections) feature film starringAlec Baldwin ,Kelly Lynch ,Mary Stuart Masterson ,Teri Hatcher andEric Roberts . It is based on a Dave Robicheaux novel of the same name byJames Lee Burke . The film was directed byPhil Joanou .Harley Peyton andScott Frank are credited with penning thescreenplay .Plot
Ex-Homicide detective Dave Robicheaux lives a quiet life in the
swamp lands ofLouisiana with his wife Annie. His tranquility is shattered one day when the couple stumbles upon a drugsmuggler 's airplane crash in the bayou. Dave succeeds in rescuing a lone survivor, anEl Salvador an 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
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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 FalgoutExternal links
*imdb title|id=0116508|title=Heaven's Prisoners
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