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Sanatorium | New York City
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Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures | 1988 | Lisa
Best Supporting Actor | 1988 | Robert De
Best Supporting Actress | 1988 | Lisa
Best Writing | 1988 | Alan
Best Foreign Film | 1988
Budget 17,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 17,186,348 USD
Writer and director Alan Parker claims that Robert De Niro's performance as Louis Cyphre was so eerie and realistic that he generally avoided him during his scenes, letting him just direct himself.
When Louis (Robert De Niro) blows salt from his egg onto the restaurant table, Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) takes a pinch and throws it over his left shoulder. The superstition is that by doing so you blind the devil (or your evil angel).
The line "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise" is drawn from Sophocles' "Oedipus The King".
Alan Parker offered the role of Harry Angel to Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, and Robert De Niro.
Singer Johnny Favorite's real name is Liebling, which is commonly used in German for "sweetheart" or "darling" (or angel), but its secondary meaning is "favorite".
"Louis Cyphre: Alas... how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise, Johnny?"
"Harry Angel: [almost sobbing] I know who I am! Louis Cyphere: [smugly] That's it Johnny... take a good look... No matter how cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, your reflection always looks you straight in the eye. Harry Angel: [voice breaking as he sees his reflection] I know who I am! [starts screaming as Cyphre makes him remember all the homicides] Harry Angel: I know who I AM!"
