Denis Farina is kickass
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SwimminWithBowleggedWomen — 18 years ago(February 28, 2008 11:04 AM)
I personally feel that Ray Barboni is one of the best characters in the history of movies.
Of all the parts mentioned already in this thread, I still can't stoplaughing about that scene where he walks up to the front of the cab, snaps his fingers and makes the driver pull up 5 feet so he didn't have to walk.
I also love the stupid music playing in the Caddy when he drives to the barber shop for the first time. Hilarious. -
derirre357 — 18 years ago(February 28, 2008 02:11 PM)
Yeah i was wondering what is gonna this idiot gonna do next and then came the taxi moment and it had me rofl. Dennis farina is always great, doesn't matter in a comic role like here or as a dead-serious kingpin in "midnight run".
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njscreenwriter — 16 years ago(September 03, 2009 09:34 AM)
OMG just reading this thread and thinking of all those scenes with Denis Farina has me laughing my a** off! Definitely one of the best parts, and some people miss it, when he snaps his fingers at the cabbie and makes him drive 5 feet.
I also love (and if anyone knows the name of this song lemme know!) the song playing in the car when he goes to visit Leo's wife. The singer says something about 'nervous indigestion'?!?!?! What the hell kind of song is that?? But I also love how he watches the driver get out, walk around the car, and open his door for him. Classic! -
bluestrat70 — 18 years ago(March 06, 2008 11:21 AM)
i laughed my ass off everytime he appears on screen. he had some great lines. mostly the lines were funny because of his delivery.
when he gets in the cab and says "take me to f-ing airport" was priceless.
"look it's chili outside and it's chili inside"
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slokes — 18 years ago(March 27, 2008 09:41 PM)
The great thing about Dennis Farina as Ray Bones is he plays a legitimate threat across the entire length of the film who keeps you laughing the whole time. Mortal threat and comedy are difficult to pull off in tandem, but he does it.
Great use of the f-word, too. If they had an award for "Finest Dramatic Use of the F-Word" at the Academy Awards in 1996, excuse me f-ball, but that's Mr. Farina's to take home. -
losidiot1 — 17 years ago(April 24, 2008 10:06 AM)
Dennis is the new host of a re-working of the TV show Unsolved Mysteries. It's going to start showing on Spike TV in November. I've been working with him in my studio for the last couple of weeks recording voice-overs for the show. For the record, Dennis is a very cool guy. He has a lot of good stories and is great to everyone at my production company.
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bluestrat70 — 17 years ago(April 28, 2008 10:48 AM)
PLEASE, if you get the opportunity, tell him that he is the s*%t, he does it all, I admire his work tremendously. His part in Get Shorty was the best. I don't know how he does it, but he just knows how to deliver a line.
Thanks much.
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planetmutty — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 04:36 AM)
when he gets in the cab and says "take me to f-ing airport" was priceless.
LOL, yes! I love that line. I mean, it's such a basic line, just a nothing, throwaway line really. But the way Dennis Farina says it, it just cracks me up every time.
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haewatein — 17 years ago(May 07, 2008 10:24 AM)
Yeah, excellent character!!
Just like in Snatch!
BE TROLL 2!!!
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blueshoe711 — 17 years ago(October 28, 2008 08:07 AM)
Wow, I was just going to bring that up.
As Cousin Avi, He had a lot of great lines in Snatch:
"Hear that Doug? We're coming to beep England."
Three seconds later Doug greets him in London: "Avi!"
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JoshuaPaul1976 — 17 years ago(November 08, 2008 05:52 PM)
Another good part is when they pull up in front of Leo's house and he just sits in the car like an a-hole until his bodyguard walks around the car to open the door for him. (He does a similiar thing later in the movie with the finger snap at the cab driver.)
He played the part perfectly of a typically arrogant gangster who thinks the world revolves around him and that everybody is there to serve him.
One thing I also thought was funny was when he was reading on the toilet and his lips were moving. I wonder if he added that himself or if that was already in the script. Either way, it was hilarious.
Yet one more funny scene was when he's throwing Harry around Harry's office and beating him up and says, "This is exactly what I needed. I little fvck!ng exercise after that long fvck!ng plane ride." Of course, he spreads the words out as he's tossing Harry around like a rag doll.
He did a bang-up job (literally) in this movie. -
willjohn — 16 years ago(September 09, 2009 07:34 PM)
Farina was a Chicago cop for 18 years. He probably picked up how criminals behave from his experience dealing with them.
He admits to having been a poor shot. Many Police are reported to have looked for cover whenever he got his pistol out. They thought it was more probable that Denis would shoot them than the criminal.