In the fight, Walter is shot by the criminals, but the pair are able to subdue them. Rusty locks himself in the bedroom, and when Walter comes in on them, the criminals turn their attention on him, prompting Rusty to return the favor. Walter hears the commotion and runs up to save Rusty's life. One night, after returning from a drag beauty contest called "Flawless" Rusty is accosted by the criminals who had crept into his apartment to find the stolen money. Outraged by this, Walter and Rusty part ways angrily. When Walter inquires how Rusty got the money, Rusty says he stole it from a drug pusher, who was also responsible for the attack the night Walter had his stroke. However their friendship is marred when Rusty shows Walter a stash of money, hidden in the body of his dress making manequin, which is enough to pay for his operation. Walter begins to gain confidence and make strides to return to a normal life. When Walter comes to Rusty to use his musical talents for voice lessons to overcome his impediment, the pair while at first argumentative and uncomfortable with the other begin to become friends. Rusty has a desire to undergo a transexual operation, but lacks the money to do so. Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is one of Walter's drag queen neighbors and the two are at-odds constantly due to their differing lifestyles. He suffers a massive blow to his ego, and Walter becomes ashamed to be seen in public in such a fashion. He awakens with the right side of his body paralyzed resulting in poor speech and posture, giving him an unrecoverable limp requiring him to use a cane to get around. One night, he hears gunshots upstairs, and while ascending to help suffers a stroke. Despite his locale and rampant run of drag queens in his building he tends to keep to himself and still live a life lavished in lovely women, dancing and dining. Walter Koontz (Robert De Niro) is a highly decorated "local hero" officer of the New York police department who lives in a downtown apartment complex. Other cast members includes Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wilson Jermaine Heredia, both of whom starred (as Mimi and Angel, respectively) in the original production of the Broadway Musical Rent. Joel Schumacher did well in that part, but the directing was too formulaic, and that is the reason for the lower rating! This film could be so much better if he was a little bit braver!įlawless is a 1999 crime comedy-drama film that stars Robert De Niro, Austin Womack, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.įlawless was directed by Joel Schumacher, who also wrote the screenplay. The screenplay is sometimes very rough around the edges. Good acting from two real stars, but nothing spectacular. Rusty has a desire to undergo a transsexual operation, but lacks the money to do so. Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is one of Walter's drag queen neighbours and the two are at-odds constantly due to their differing lifestyles. so much that Walter becomes ashamed to be seen in public. Awakening with the right side of his body paralysed is something he is not used to, and his poor speech and posture gives a massive blow to his ego. I found the story of Walter Koontz (Robert De Niro) - highly decorated "local hero" police officer - amazing! Well developed and done with warmness - warmness missing from most of the movies today! The real story starts when one night, Walter hears gunshots upstairs, and while ascending to help he suffers a stroke. She is also a trained pole dancer.I cannot believe that this film is so underrated. She served as an Adler Outreach (now Arts Justice) Ambassador with Phoenix House Academy in Los Angeles to provide a free actor-training program for teens in alcohol and drug recovery. She has performed in numerous theatre productions, including Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Vinegar Tom, Apartment 3A, A Man With Five Children, The Golden Age, Bombshells, Call This Number, the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Shakespeare Benefit, and improvisation ensembles. She can be seen in the upcoming HBO mini-series Untitled Lakers Project (2022). She has appeared in the Screen Australia short Glory (2007), the CW Seed comedy series JoJoHead (2016), and the indie feature Beyond the Sky (2018). She was selected as an Ian Potter Cultural Trust grantee during her first year, and was granted an Assistantship (work-study) position during her second and third year. At the age of 19, she moved to New York to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting's 3-Year Conservatory, where she also completed the Shakespeare Intensive. Katherine Taylor is an Australian actress.
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