Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Director: Gary Fleder
Genre: Thriller, Crime Fiction, Comedy, Gangster, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Crime Comedy
Year: 1995
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Christopher Walken, Treat Williams, Christopher Lloyd, Bill Nunn, Gabrielle Anwar, Fairuza Balk, Josh Charles, Andy García, Steve Buscemi, Don Cheadle, Jack Warden, William Forsythe

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead is a 1995 crime film directed by Gary Fleder from a screenplay written by Scott Rosenberg. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Andy García, Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Fairuza Balk, and Gabrielle Anwar.

The film's title comes from a Warren Zevon song of the same name, recorded on his 1991 album Mr. Bad Example, which he allowed under the condition that the song be played during the end credits. The lead character's name, "Jimmy the Saint," comes from the Bruce Springsteen song "Lost in the Flood" from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. It is cited as one of the several Pulp Fiction's clones. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Jimmy "The Saint" Tosnia (Andy García) is a dapper ex-gangster living in Denver. Once known as "the bitch's bastard" in Denver's crime scene, Jimmy has left the criminal world, attempting to "go straight" with his business "Afterlife Advice", where dying people videotape messages for loved ones. Jimmy's business isn't doing well and he is in debt to a local loan shark known as "New Orleans Sal." What Jimmy doesn't know is

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