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Big Brass Ring (The)
- Director: George Hickenlooper
- Writer: Orson Welles; Oja Kodar
- Producer: Willi Bär; Michael Beugg
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Muddled - that's the best word that can describe this massive disappointment.
What should have been something rather special - does not materialise.
It has all the credentials: a bastardised Welles script, great actors, a budget.
Unfortunately, in the hands of Hickenlooper, it rapidly descends into a convoluted mess.
The great Hawthorne is reduced to playing a hugely unbelievable character and Hurt is painfully dreary in his dreary role.
Scandalous waste of onscreen talent.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become governor of the state of Missouri. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him. Will the truth ruin his chances for office or will he land the "Big Brass Ring"?
Cast & Characters
William Hurt as William Blake Pellarin;
Nigel Hawthorne as Kim Mennaker;
Miranda Richardson as Dinah Pellarin;
Irene Jacob as Cela Brandini;
Ewan Stewart as Kinzel;
Gregg Henry as Billy;
Ron Livingston as Sheldon Buckle;
Jefferson Mays as Garne Strickland;
Jim Metzler as Pacxy Barragan;
Carmine Giovinazzo as Young Billy;
Thomas Patrick Kelly as Young Blake;
Mack Harrell as Homer Dix;
Lisette Bross as B.C. Dix;
F. Joseph Schulte as Senator Jack Moorehead;
Peggy Freisen as Gigi Moorehead