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Protect. Love. Honor. Avenge.
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
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Andy García Christopher Lloyd William Forsythe Bill Nunn Treat Williams Jack Warden Steve Buscemi Fairuza Balk Gabrielle Anwar Christopher Walken Michael Nicolosi Bill Cobbs Marshall Bell Glenn Plummer Don Stark Harris Laskawy Willie Garson David Stratton Deborah Strang Sarah Trigger Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg Buddy Guy Ray Allison Scott Holt Greg Rzab Wiley Harker Joe Drago Chuck Bacino Don Cheadle Show All…
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Alternative Titles
Asuntos pendientes antes de morir, Coisas Para Fazer em Denver Depois de Morto, Cosa fare a Denver quando sei morto, Cosas que hacer en Denver cuando estás muerto, Denverin keikka, Dernières heures à Denver, Das Leben nach dem Tod in Denver, Karanlık İlişkiler, 五个杀手的传说, Чем заняться мертвецу в Денвере, Leszámolás Denverben, Co dělat v Denveru, když člověk nežije, Oι Ωραiοι Δεν Πεθαίνουν στο Ντένβερ, סידורים אחרונים בדנוור, Det sidste job, Rzeczy, które robisz w Denver będąc martwym, Чим зайнятися мерцю в Денвері, Coisas Para Fazer em Denver Quando Você Está Morto, デンバーに死す時, Čo robiť v Denveri, keď je človek mŕtvy, 덴버, Ce să faci în Denver după moarte
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Canada
Toronto International Film Festival
Theatrical
01 Dec 1995
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USAR
18 Apr 1996
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Germany16
02 May 1996
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Greece16
03 May 1996
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Sweden15
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UK18
09 May 1996
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Netherlands16
11 May 1996
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Japan
22 Aug 1996
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AustraliaMA 15+
06 Feb 1997
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Czechia12+
Physical
01 Dec 2006
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Netherlands16
TV
18 Nov 2004
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Netherlands16
Releases by Country
Australia
22 Aug 1996
- TheatricalMA 15+
Canada
08 Sep 1995
- Premiere Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
06 Feb 1997
- Theatrical12+
Germany
18 Apr 1996
- Theatrical16
Greece
02 May 1996
- Theatrical16
Japan
11 May 1996
- Theatrical
Netherlands
09 May 1996
- Theatrical16
18 Nov 2004
- TV16 Veronica
01 Dec 2006
- Physical16 DVD
Sweden
03 May 1996
- Theatrical15
UK
03 May 1996
- Theatrical18
USA
01 Dec 1995
- TheatricalR
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Springcrime - The April & May Project
TFW you wait about 20 years to see a film and....
In fairness, it's not like I had ever expected Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead to be a major classic that I had missed out on for so long. But I was also hoping that it would be a fair bit better than this. Existing in an uneasy limbo between crime black comedy and mob drama, it's a film that occasionally manages to be enjoyable but far too much of the time was unnecessarily standoffish and a bit crap.
It usually gets lumped in with the crowd of quirky, verbose mid-1990s crime films 'inspired' by Pulp Fiction and it's easy to…
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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead is often referred to as a Pulp Fiction clone. Having only seen Pulp Fiction for the first time a few weeks ago, I can honestly say I don't see where that comparison comes from. A neo-noir thriller with some snappy dialogue and the odd piece of stylized violence aside, this couldn't wipe Tarantino's arse despite some interesting characters and another psychotic turn from Christopher Walken.
Andy Garcia plays an ex-gangster dragged back into the life after his business debt is bought by "The Man With The Plan" (Walken) a quadriplegic head-the-baw who wants an "action". Garcia's Jimmy The Saint then enlists an unusual crew of fuck-ups who invariably fuck up and leave… -
"It's clunky."
"Clunky?"
"It's fucking clunky."
"What's clunky? What do you know about clunky?"
"I know clunky and that's fucking clunky."One of the most insipid things I have ever seen.
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forgot almost everything about this nearly thirty years later but watching it now there’s a couple important takeaways: Christopher Lloyd was born to play a porn projectionist and everyone who made this hates Denver
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You know what’s great? The song ‘Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead’ by Warren Zevon.
What know what’s not great? The movie ‘Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead’ starring Andy Garcia.
Unless, yer in the mood fer a bargain bin ‘Pulp Fiction’.
[Watched on PlutoTV.]
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Star-studded cast and wandering story. Andy Garcia is semi-decent in the role of Jimmy the Saint. We're also rewarded by appearances from Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi, and Fairuza Balk.
The film opens with video footage of a guy claiming that women like it when you beat them and it's produced by the Weinstein brothers. Well, something was off about this one.
Vegan alert:
-Beef stew reference
-Someone shows disregard to hens
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So I was looking for something to watch last night; I had The Wages of Fear in my hand, ready to finally knock that one from my watchlist, but then I noticed it was 2.5 hours long (it was only 2 hours to my bedtime!) and I also wanted something I did not need to concentrate on quite so much. Then I remembered Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead was sitting on my coffee table unwatched; perfect, just under two hours and it looks like an easy, fun watch.
Fast forward about five minutes into the film when I realize I had not understood a single word any of the characters had said. The unusual slang in this…
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Quickie Review
Coming out at a time when movies were chasing Tarantino by making violent, offbeat crime movies, this one might be the better Tarantino facsimile to come out in the ‘90s, even if it doesn’t have the snap, crackle and pop of any actual Tarantino movies. This dark and sometimes odd crime thriller sees Andy Garcia as Jimmy “The Saint”, a gangster who just gone legit until he’s asked to do a favor for a ruthless quadriplegic gangster known as “The Man with the Plan” (Christopher Walken). Jimmy rounds up his old cohorts (William “Flattop” Forsythe, Christopher Lloyd, Treat Williams, Bill Nunn) to do a job for “The Man” until things go horribly wrong and they become marked men… -
Quick story- in like 1996 or so my best friend in highschool and I were obsessed with this movie. We enjoyed Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs but we QUOTED this. His email address contained the words "Mr Shh". We did the Boatdrinks hand thing when we'd meet. I think we were the only certified Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead fans on earth. If I ever run into him again we will probably quote it when meeting, so deep was it ingrained in the tiny closed-off world you develop with best friends at that age.
Is it one of the many, many crime dramas from the mid-90s Tarantino Zone? Yes. Does it feature a lot of great actors…
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I've been up for four days. Keeps you alert.
Treat Williams peeing into a gallon container standing straight up, dead center in his psycho apartment bunker while not dropping a word talking to Andy Garcia. Absolutely unhinged, easily the most memorable part of this Pulp Fiction knock-off. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead tries too hard to emulate Tarantino's dialogue, but it delivers on the nutso characters which is, far and away, better than the vast, vast ocean of shitty Pulp Fiction knock-offs.
QT + PTA #9
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