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Mr. Untouchable
Critics' Pick
(No longer in theaters)
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Genre
Documentary
Producer
Mary-Jane Robinson
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Release Date
Oct 26, 2007
Release Notes
Limited
Official Website
Review
One of New York crime lore’s most influential and flamboyant gangsters, Nicky Barnes was one of the principal players in the seventies heroin catastrophe. Ever a proud, defensive man, Marc Levin’s doc lets Barnes tell his story and philosophize on the art of the deal. The results are sometimes persuasive (“In powder, you gotta be vicious”) and sometimes sadly comical (“They know not who they fucketh with”), but always fascinating.