Weeks before its theatrical release, Angel Heart faced censorship issues from the Motion Picture Association of America for one scene of sexual content.
Filming took place on location in New York and New Orleans, with principal photography lasting from March 1986 to June of that year. Vajna, who agreed to finance the $18 million production through their independent film studio Carolco Pictures. He also met with Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Parker began work on a new script and in doing so made several changes from Hjortsberg's novel. The project resurfaced in 1985, when producer Elliott Kastner brought the book to Parker's attention.
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His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.įollowing publication of the novel, Hjortsberg began developing the screenplay for a film adaptation, but found that no major studio was willing to produce his script. Harry Angel (Rourke), a New York City private investigator, is hired to solve the disappearance of a man known as Johnny Favorite. The film was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling.
Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological horror film, an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel.