Rent Mikey and Nicky (1976)
3.4 of 5 from 104 ratings
1h 46min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
After he steals money from the mob Nicky (John Cassavetes) finds out that they have put a contract out on him. He turns to lifelong friend Mikey (Peter Falk) for advice, and help. His friend, it transpires is more Judas than saviour as it becomes clear that he (Mikey) might just be the trigger man Nicky has been dreading. Directed with Cassavetes-style verite flair, this unusual gangster movie takes us 'Sopranos style' into the lives and pastimes of the gangsters we see. Elaine May (Ishtar), directs wonderful performances from Cassavetes and Falk with great back up from Ned Beatty, William Hickey and Sandford Meisner. Down those dark streets these men will tread! Film noir and gangster style meet head on. - Actors:
- Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh, Sy Travers, Peter R. Scoppa, Virginia Smith, Jean Shevlin, Danny Klein, Martin Wolfson, Eugene Hobgood, David Pendleton, Will Gill Jr., Marilyn Randall, Reuben Greene
- Directors:
- Elaine May
- Producers:
- Michael Hausman
- Voiced By:
- Elaine May
- Writers:
- Elaine May
- Studio:
- C'est La Vie
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, A History of Gay Cinema: According to Hollywood, Drama Films & TV, Remembering M. Emmet Walsh
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 106 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Program on the making of the film featuring interviews with distributor Julian Schlossberg and actor Joyce Van Patten
- Interviews with critics Richard Brody and Carrie Rickey
- Audio interview from 1976 with actor Peter Falk
- Trailer and TV spot
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Reviews (4) of Mikey and Nicky
Could be a great film but terrible print - Mikey and Nicky review by RD
The title says it all. The print is an unwatchable, sub-VHS rip. it's shaky, blurry, the sound is bad. Wait till someone releases a version of the film that deserves viewing.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
very good film - terrible print - Mikey and Nicky review by CP Customer
This is a good film, but not what I want to say in this review. It's a really shoddy print, this release. It's very disappointing, both sound and image are terrible. I believe there is a US only Criterion Collection dvd but not available in the UK.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
On and Off, All Night - Mikey and Nicky review by griggs
Seeing this in a cinema for the first time wrecked me. Every bit of grime and menace lands harder on a big screen than it ever could at home.
Elaine May directs like tidiness personally offended her, and thank god for that. John Cassavetes plays Nicky like a man mid-meltdown who forgot the exits — paranoid, vicious, occasionally pathetic, sometimes all three in the same breath. Peter Falk’s Mikey plays it calm, but give him a minute and you’ll catch the cracks too. Watching them together feels less like a performance and more like standing too close to a real argument. No surprise, really — Cassavetes and Falk were actually best friends off screen, and you can feel it in every scene.
Seeing this in the cinema, I was able to focus on some of the smaller detail. The door chains got me this time round. On and off, all night long — May’s little joke about two men who are stuck to each other whether they like it or not.
Second watch, and the mess finally clicked. A messy film. Exactly as it should be.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.