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Fort Apache the Bronx

  • 19811981
  • RR
  • 2h 5m
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Paul Newman, Edward Asner, and Ken Wahl in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
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In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
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    • Director
      • Daniel Petrie
    • Writers
      • Heywood Gould
      • Thomas Mulhearn(suggested by the experiences of)
      • Pete Tessitore(suggested by the experiences of)
    • Stars
      • Paul Newman
      • Edward Asner
      • Ken Wahl
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Daniel Petrie
    • Writers
      • Heywood Gould
      • Thomas Mulhearn(suggested by the experiences of)
      • Pete Tessitore(suggested by the experiences of)
    • Stars
      • Paul Newman
      • Edward Asner
      • Ken Wahl
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    • 55User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore

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    Paul Newman, Edward Asner, and Ken Wahl in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
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    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Murphy
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Connolly
    Ken Wahl
    Ken Wahl
    • Corelli
    Danny Aiello
    Danny Aiello
    • Morgan
    Rachel Ticotin
    Rachel Ticotin
    • Isabella
    Pam Grier
    Pam Grier
    • Charlotte
    Kathleen Beller
    Kathleen Beller
    • Theresa
    Tito Goya
    • Jumper…
    Miguel Pinero
    • Hernando
    Jamie Tirelli
    Jamie Tirelli
    • Jose
    Lance Guecia
    • Track Star
    • (as Lance William Guecia)
    Rony Clanton
    Rony Clanton
    • Pimp
    • (as Ronnie Clanton)
    Clifford David
    Clifford David
    • Dacey
    Sully Boyar
    Sully Boyar
    • Dugan
    Michael Higgins
    Michael Higgins
    • Heffernan
    Rik Colitti
    • Pantuzzi
    Irving Metzman
    • Applebaum
    Frank Adu
    • Clendennon
    • Director
      • Daniel Petrie
    • Writers
      • Heywood Gould
      • Thomas Mulhearn(suggested by the experiences of)
      • Pete Tessitore(suggested by the experiences of)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to veteran TV writer and producer Steven Bochco, this film served as one of the inspirations for his ground breaking series Hill Street Blues (1981).
    • Goofs
      In the last scene, you can see the (non-extra) locals being held back in the background to give the illusion of a deserted area.
    • Quotes

      Connolly: Your Precinct has the worst absentee record in the city, the most disability claims, the highest percentage of men on sick call, the least convictions per arrest, and you want me to believe there are no men on the take!

      Dugan: So they toss a numbers runner for a couple of dollars, turn a pimp upside down for a little loose change, there's nobody getting rich up here.

      Connolly: There's nobody doing anything up here that I can see, these men aren't motivated

      Dugan: Motivated ? This is Siberia, Connolly. 65% of the men up here have been transferred. We've got the connivers, the slobs, the shirkers, Guys who beat up the wrong Guinea. Gave a diplomat a parking ticket, screwed a big mouth hooker or shook down the wrong peddler

      Connolly: There are plenty of good police officers under your command, you're the one that's falling down on the job

      Dugan: Yeah that's right, Blame Dugan! Sure let the politicians and everyone else off the hook, Blame Dugan, that's the easy way. You got a 40-block area with 70,000 people packed in like sardines smelling each others' farts living like cockroaches, and that's Dugan's fault. You got the lowest income per capita, the highest rate of unemployment in the city and that's my fault! Why aren't I out there getting all these people jobs? Largest proportion of non-English speaking population in the city! Dugan's fault, why aren't he out there teaching them to speak English? 4% Spanish speaking cops on the force! Hey Dugan, get your ass out in the barrio and recruit! Families that have been on welfare for three or four generations. Youth Gangs. Winos. Junkies. Pimps! Hookers. Maniacs. Cop-killers...

      Connolly: You finished?

      Dugan: Yeah, I'm finished. I'm goin' to Florida, Connelly. I'm goin' fishin'. So you can bring up all your computers and your slide rules and all your psychological techniques. I mean this neighborhood'll bury ya. There's enough dirt in this precinct to bury every smart-ass cop in the city!

    • Alternate versions
      NBC edited 29 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Melvin and Howard, Fort Apache: The Bronx, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, The Devil and Max Devlin, Hangar 18 (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Steppin' Out
      Performed by Mel Tillis

      Courtesy of Elektra Records

      (P) 1980 Elektra Records

    User reviews55

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    7/10
    Underrated, almost cinema vérité look at the "Bronx Zoo" of the 1970s
    I was a bit taken aback when reading through the external reviews and seeing notable critics like Roger Ebert generally panning this movie. Not that it's a high water mark of film making, but a stylish, gritty, well-constructed movie, certainly.

    The one major distracting element is Paul Newman. His performance is not at fault by any standards, in fact he was very good, but in this dark look at inner city dwellers and how they're prisoners of the crime and poverty that surrounds them, one of Hollywood's most notable actors just sticks out like a sore thumb. Again, not through any misstep that Mr. Newman might have made, but just simply because he is who he is: Too big to fit into a movie about little people.

    Regardless, the movie is highly recommended for anyone wanting a unique look at inner city blight, the people who live in this setting and the men and women who try to protect them. There is nothing quaint about this movie, it is real and rough.
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    • Oct 17, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Fort Apache, the Bronx
    • Filming locations
      • Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Time Life Films
      • Producers Circle
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,200,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,200,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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