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| All Road to Perdition artwork on this site is for sale. This is page 170. |
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This is the beginning of a scene that was also in the movie where O'Sullivan (just plain Sullivan in the film), visits Alexander Rance as he searches for evidence that will incriminate Connor Looney (Rooney in the film).
In the movie version, Jude Law is on his way to trap Tom Hanks as Sullivan, while Michael junior is left behind in the car to keep watch.
In the book three heavies arrive to gun down O'Sullivan. Michael junior's shouting alerts his father in the book while he sounds the car horn in the film. (He also shoots one of the bad guys which isn't in the movie.) In both cases a bloodbath ensues and again,in both versions, Rance comes out of it badly. Dead, in other words.
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In the book, Michael junior is redeemed by the confessional after shooting the guy in the previous scene. Although he goes on to kill again later on, his innocence is not compromised as his later vocation reveals.
In the movie his redemption is the fact that he never pulls the trigger at all.
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The shadow of Al Capone looms large in both versions. Although he's never seen in the final cut of the movie his part was originally cast with Tom Sizemore (later replaced by Alfred Molina), in the role.
(On a personal note, wouldn't it have been cool to see Robert deNiro and Kevin Costner reprise their roles as Capone and Eliott Ness from the Untouchables? Unfortunately, although both are in the book, Ness was never intended for the movie and even big Al never made it to the funal cut.)
In the movie Frank Nitti, played by Stanley Tucci, who was Capone's 'Enforcer' takes centre stage and he also featured extensively in the book. He's on the bottom left of the scene opposite digging into the spaghetti with Al Capone on the right of panel.
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Michael junior kills again! Of course, his father has just been gunned down by the nameless thug who was lying in wait at Uncle Bob and Aunt Sara's place. (Both elderly relatives having also been murdered.) There follows a dash not to hospital but to the nearest church where the dying O'Sullivan is given the last rites and absolved of his sins.
In the movie young Michael is incapable of pulling the trigger as he comes up behind Jude Law who is standing over the dying Michael Sullivan. But he distracts him enough for his father to finish things. Sullivan dies in his son's arms, grateful that the boy is not a killer. All Perdition artwork is for sale with prices varying from £100 upwards. Be warned that if you're after a piece that is one of my favourites you're going to need pretty deep pockets!
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