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In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Christopher Collins
- Frank LaMotta
- (as Chris Latta)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThis film was designed as a vehicle for Lenny Henry as part of a 3-picture deal the actor signed with the Walt Disney Company, which thought that he had the potential to be a big star in the United States. When this film flopped at the box office, Henry's deal with Disney was canceled, and the other films were never made.
- Quotes
Miles Pope: Yo, Frankie, when you get to jail, you might want to talk to some of the brothers on your views of racial equality.
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Far Better Than I Expected
Lenny Henry is a comedian I have a lot of time for , everytime I see him on the telly I say to myself " Time for a bath " or " Time to mow the lawn " or " Time to go to bed " In short he`s one of the most unfunny men ever to have his own BBC show so I was expecting TRUE IDENTITY to be a major road accident involving a star vehicle . I was nicely surprised
Did someone say this was originally written for Eddie Murphy ? I must say that as Miles Pope Henry is actually an improvement over Murphy . Can`t you just imagine Murphy going way , way over the top in the role with the words " Motherf***er " appearing in every second sentence . Instead Henry makes Pope a likable affable loser who is very easy to like and boy does he make a very convincing white man . I bet Michael Jackson is asking the make-up team on this movie how it`s done
Much of the credit of the film`s enjoyment for me is simply down to the script . It`s beatifully paced and contains a lot of scenes that had me gasping " How is Miles going to talk himself out of this situation ? " . If I have a complaint it`s that we don`t see enough of Miles as a white mafia hitman
All in all a very entertaining comedy thriller , it`s not a classic and maybe my praise is down to the fact I was expecting to give TRUE IDENTITY one out of ten but it did keep my attention and gets six out of ten
Did someone say this was originally written for Eddie Murphy ? I must say that as Miles Pope Henry is actually an improvement over Murphy . Can`t you just imagine Murphy going way , way over the top in the role with the words " Motherf***er " appearing in every second sentence . Instead Henry makes Pope a likable affable loser who is very easy to like and boy does he make a very convincing white man . I bet Michael Jackson is asking the make-up team on this movie how it`s done
Much of the credit of the film`s enjoyment for me is simply down to the script . It`s beatifully paced and contains a lot of scenes that had me gasping " How is Miles going to talk himself out of this situation ? " . If I have a complaint it`s that we don`t see enough of Miles as a white mafia hitman
All in all a very entertaining comedy thriller , it`s not a classic and maybe my praise is down to the fact I was expecting to give TRUE IDENTITY one out of ten but it did keep my attention and gets six out of ten
- Theo Robertson
- May 17, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Galen identitet
- Filming locations
- Mill Neck Manor, Mill Neck, Long Island, New York, USA(Country club scene.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,693,236
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,541,581
- Aug 25, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $4,693,236
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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