ATLANTIC CITY - BLU

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• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
• Plot: The people and the story are magnetic; the background is the city of dreams that almost came true. Atlantic City is revitalized as a resort when gambling is legalized. But the new industry also brings unsettling changes. For Lou (Burt Lancaster), 40 years a bodyguard-boyfriend to aging beauty queen Grace (Kate Reid), his number-running sideline escalates to mob involvement. A drug-related slaying leaves him a small fortune, a new car and a new girl, Sally (Susan Sarandon), who is the perfect completion of his fantasy. This romantic thriller won the Golden Bear for Best Film of 1980 at the Venice Film Festival.
• Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Robert Goulet, Moses Znaimer, Angus MacInnes, Sean Sullivan, Wallace Shawn, Harvey Atkin, Norma Dell'Agnese, Louis Del Grande, John McCurry, Eleanor Beecroft, Cec Linder, Sean McCann, Vincent Glorioso, Adèle Chatfield-Taylor, Tony Angelo, Sis Clark, Gennaro Consalvo, Lawrence McGuire, Ann Burns, Marie Burns, Jean Burns, Connie Collins, John Allmond, John J. Burns, Jack Allocco, Elias Koteas, Louis Malle, John Guare, John Kemeny, Richard Ciupka, Suzanne Baron, Michel Legrand, Jean-Claude Laureux
• Director: Louis Malle
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: International Cinema Corporation (ICC), Selta Films, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Cine-Neighbor, The Merchant Trust Company, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie