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| Directed by | John Landis |
| Produced by | Leslie Belzberg Lee Rich |
| Written by | Michael Wolk |
| Starring | Anne Parillaud David Proval Rocco Sisto Chazz Palminteri Anthony LaPaglia Robert Loggia Tony Sirico Tony Lip Kim Coates Marshall Bell Leo Burmester Rohn Thomas Angela Bassett Luis Guzmán Don Rickles |
| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Editing by | Dale Beldin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 25, 1992 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $4,972,818 |
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Innocent Blood (aka A French Vampire in America) is a 1992 film. The gangster and horror genres come together head-on in this typically stylish and tongue-in-cheek offering from John Landis. The film is unique in that it is set and was filmed in and around the Pittsburgh, PA area. The "Little Italy" of Pittsburgh, a portion of the Bloomfield (Pittsburgh) neighborhood, clustered around Liberty Avenue, is recognizable in many of the film's outdoor urban scenes. Actors Tony Sirico and David Proval have supporting parts as gangsters, foreshadowing their roles in The Sopranos.
Plot
Anne Parillaud plays Marie, a very appealing modern-day vampire in Pittsburgh, with a moral code that limits her bloodsucking to the criminal elements of society. However, when she feasts on vicious gang boss Sal 'The Shark' Macelli (Robert Loggia) and fails to complete the job properly (by not severing his spinal cord), he too becomes one of the undead and begins to pass his new-found powers on to his henchmen. With the help (and love interest) of undercover cop Joe Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia), Marie sets out to put things right. In typical Landis fashion, this movie balances plenty of slickly directed thrills and gore with some moments of humour. Loggia's bewilderment at waking in the morgue to find a thermometer protruding from his stomach and the reaction of the wife of crooked lawyer Manny Bergman (Don Rickles) to the bizarre mayhem that ensues are good examples.
Trivia
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- Director Frank Oz has a small role as the pathologist that discovers Robert Loggia at the morgue. Even though his role only spans slightly over 4 minutes, he was credited at the end amongst the main cast.
- Dario Argento, director of many famous Italian horror films, has a cameo as a paramedic.
- Even though the plot of this film is centered around vampires, the word "vampire" is not spoken for the entire duration.
External links
- Innocent Blood at the Internet Movie Database
- Innocent Blood at Rotten Tomatoes
- Innocent Blood at Box Office Mojo
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