Pforte zur Hölle

Pforte zur Hölle (1971)

Born to Win

Früher war "J" (George Segal) einmal Frisör, jetzt ist er rauschgiftsüchtig und bei der Suche nach einem neuen Schuss, kennt er keine Gnade. So verdingt er sich auf den Straßen von New York als Kleinkrimineller und Handlanger von den großen Bossen. Als er von der Polizei als Spitzel angeworben wird, ist seine Lage noch gefährlicher geworden...

Erscheinungsdatum
1971-12-01
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (44)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 28 Min.
Genres
Komödie, Krimi, Drama
Regie
Ivan Passer

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Born to Win is a 1971 crime thriller directed by Ivan Passer and starring George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Hector Elizondo, Jay Fletcher and Robert De Niro. Filming locations were in Manhattan, specifically Times Square.

Production

Ivan Passer and David Scott Milton started interviewing ex-addicts at the Phoenix House, near where they were putting on a play titled Duet for Solo Voice. The resulting screenplay was originally more serious in tone when shot. The comic elements were played up later during editing.

Milton based the film's characters on the addicts who frequented the Manhattan diner that he owned. He adapted his observations of these characters into a play titled Scraping Bottom. The resulting screenplay for the film was titled Scraping Bottom. The copyright clearly can be read under the title as being credited to Scraping Bottom Productions.

Some of the characters in the film are played by actual junkies, people who Passer encountered when researching the film.

The film was chosen to be screened at the New York Film Festival in October 1971.

The film was the first effort of a production company founded by George Segal and Jerry Tokofsky.

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