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Albino Alligator
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DILLON,MATT
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9786305428008
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 630542800X
Label: Miramax
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Miramax
MPN: 717951002150
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 1999
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1997
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Editorial Review:
Actor Kevin Spacey made his directorial debut in this uneven crime thriller that has the claustrophobic feel of a play. Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, and William Fichtner play a trio of robbers who have just pulled a job gone wrong. On the run from the cops, they hide out in a basement bar, where they try to figure out their next move. There's a certain amount of urgency, however, because Sinise, the brains of the outfit, is badly wounded--which means that Fichtner, the group psycho, is allowed to run wild, terrorizing the barflies unlucky enough to be their hostages. As the cops swarm outside the bar--thinking these three are major criminals rather than small potatoes--tensions mount, mostly through misunderstanding. But it's all a lot of talk, not nearly enough of it interesting, that pushes the movie slowly to its inevitable conclusion. --Marshall Fine
When their robbery goes awry, two brothers and small-time crooks flee to a local bar and take everyone hostage.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Could have been worse.
The transition from actor to director is not always as easy as it seems. Sometimes it takes years to make the transition, and that is quite apparent with Kevin Spacey's Albino Alligator. Spacey attempts to hit a homerun on his first at bat but ends up getting a solid single instead.
The film deals with a botched heist (not the sort of story-line that is exactly lacking in Hollywood these days) and the relationships between the three main criminals. What we see is the thin lines between ... Read More
Rating:  - A slow day at the actor's workshop...
by dane youssef
A gang of crooks. The perfect plan. It all goes wrong. They're in trouble. The police are outside. They're cornered. What are they gonna do now?
Sound familiar?
The movie seems like it's trying to be a combination of the acting workshop, the "indie" film and the theater.
It's the kind of things that actors love--it's kind of like a workshop or a play because it mostly consists of tight focusing on the actors acting... acting angry, tense, ... Read More
Rating: - Decent dialogue drama....(ha! good aliteration!!)
There are some movies out there that, in my opinion, exist to give us faith in the movie industry. After years and years of main stream fluff (a family friendly term) and the shear lack of creativity in Hollywood, you lose your desire to see good films or just become numb to them. However, the channels like IFC, PBS, TCM, and Sundance keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open to good film making and new ventures. One such film is 1996's Albino Alligator, a caper/hostage flick by Kevin Spacey that doesn't break ... Read More
Rating: - Great Actors & Director but Bad Script
There's a superb cast assembled here. You have Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Mantegna and several others. It's like a play - primarily set in one small, claustrophobic basement bar with only one exit. There's a trio of brothers who are petty thieves who take the few bar people hostage while they try to think their way out of their mess. In the meantime the cops and news reporters do their usual dances outside.
This is of course a theme that's been done many, many times in many situations. ... Read More
Rating: - Great cast with dialogue that doesn't quite match up
I was drawn to buy this movie because of it's cast. The movie revolves around three desparate second rate crooks that get themselves in a mess and end up taking a tavern's patrons hostage. Watching this moving in 2005, it seems dated, even though I didn't think it needed to. I remember another movie involving hostage taking; a much older film, called Straw Dogs, yet it did not seem awkward watching it years later. There are a few tense moments and a few surprises along the way, but this film could have been much, much better.
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