Denis Farina is kickass
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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. -
jstachler — 15 years ago(February 15, 2011 02:17 AM)
I agree he's hilarious in this. I like him in Midnight Run as wellit's almost the same part with equally awesome lines.
I see him every-so-often in the NW Indiana/SE Michigan area. I only say hello to him and hold off telling him how great he is. I think he wants to be left alone when he's not involved in a film. Just out doing whatever. -
tjh3123 — 14 years ago(June 11, 2011 04:47 PM)
This entire movie is a classic, with Farina of course contributing to its awesomeness. What cracked me up is Barboni's erroneous use of common phrases when he was trying to act all badass:
-The whole "eg/ie" exchange
-When Chili shot him in the head with the dart gun, he runs out yelling repeatedly, "Someone call f-ing '9-1-1-1'!!!" vs. "9-1-1"
-"When I tell you to jump, you say ok, ok!" vs. "how high"
-When he tries to make peace with Chili near the end."You took a swing at me, I say f-that. You owe me some $, I say f-that. You owe me the juice, I say f-that too. I say, 'live and let die!'" vs. live and let live.
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Maverikk — 14 years ago(June 20, 2011 09:57 PM)
He was great in every scene! The very first shot of him has him laughing in the face of a guy sitting at the table with him extremely hard about something always cracks me up. The way he flinches while on the toilet the first time the phone rings, and his follow up beep beep beep beep beep beep after the second just kills me. The way he's sitting there not giving a damn about anything Gene Hackman is saying when Gene is trying to get him to invest in his movie is priceless. And, of course, the scenes with him sitting there in his car waiting on his driver to walk all the way around and open his door, and him snapping his fingers for the cab to move up 2 feet and come to him instead of him coming to it.
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Kuato_and_George — 14 years ago(March 24, 2012 06:23 PM)
They should have had him in the sequel. He could have played a smaller role in the way deebo does in Next Friday.
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Doom — 12 years ago(July 26, 2013 01:48 PM)
Someone mentioned that on another site (that Farina stole the movie).
What's simply amazing to me is that it's hard to argue with that statement (he was so great in this) and we're saying that about a really great film with OTHER amazing performances by I dunno actors by the names of:- John Travolta
- Gene Hackman
- Rene Russo
- Danny DeVito
- James Gandolfini
- David Paymer
Incredible.
Wait a minute who am I here?
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franzkabuki — 12 years ago(February 25, 2014 08:19 AM)
I don`t know if Farina was a "kickass" or not (well, he did kick ass very good in Crime Story), but the way he played his character in Get Shorty, was quite embarrassingly awful a lot of the time - that is, whenever he went for some broad, over-the-top comedy. He really shoulda laid off that stuff.
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daughterofolaf — 12 years ago(March 22, 2014 07:02 PM)
My favorite is the look on his face when he shoots that dude after he says he has the f v c k ing Fiat of guns. LOL!!
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yogi115 — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 05:36 PM)
Much of Farina's performance isn't acting. I had the pleasure of knowing him back in Chicago circa 1970 when he was a street cop. Used to come into the back of a McDonald's where I worked to get his free coffee and such. Saw him pull over a guy in a vette in the parking lot for a traffic stop and the f-bombs were flying just like Lt. Mike Torello and/or Ray Barbone!! I do miss him and that wonderful attitude of his!
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Mickyfinn — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 08:59 AM)
No one mentioned the scene when he's talking to his boss about Chili and has the bandage on his nose. His voice is all nasal and he has to keep sucking air loudly through his mouth because he can't breathe through his nose. RIP Dennis
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parknourie — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:45 AM)
One of the rare actors who I instantly smile as he appears on the screen.
It's really sad after 9 years from the OP's post, Mr. Farina is not with us anymore.
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