Killing Them Softly (2012) on Netflix
Johnny Amato recruits Frankie and Russell to rob a Mafia poker game in Boston, expecting the syndicate to blame its host, Markie Trattman. Jackie Cogan, a hitman, is brought in.
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Plot summary
Johnny Amato, known as Squirrel, plans to rob a private poker game that the Mafia runs in Boston. He brings in Frankie, someone he once did business with, and Russell, an Australian immigrant who uses heroin and steals purebred dogs to sell in Florida. The game is hosted by Markie Trattman, who once paid two men to rob one of his own games, so Squirrel expects him to be blamed. The robbery nets about $100,000. Mob poker games stop, the criminal economy is shaken, and the lawyer called the Driver asks the hitman Jackie Cogan to deal with it.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Killing Them Softly (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Andrew Dominik asked Brad Pitt if he wanted a role in the film by text message; Pitt replied "yes" and the matter was settled within half an hour. Pitt had previously co-starred in Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
- Although Killing Them Softly takes place in Boston, it was filmed in the New Orleans area, so the characters still make references to Boston area suburbs from George V. Higgins's original novel.
- According to Garret Dillahunt, the film's first cut was two-and-a-half hours long, and his own cameo did not survive into the theatrical release.
- "Windmills of Your Mind", sung by Petula Clark, was heard in the film but left off the soundtrack album, which instead substituted instrumental versions of some songs not heard in the film.
