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Charles Grodin was possibly never better than his role as 'The Duke' Mardukas while Robert De Niro was crabby, relatable and, ultimately, a guy you rooted for. He was already an acclaimed cinema legend and a two-time Oscar winner, but Midnight Run proved he could be a box-office draw. His performance surprised everyone but the man himself, who had often felt he had been type-cast a serious figure just because he took on heavy roles.
Midnight Run proved to be a box-office success, taking in over $91 million at the box-office, and it gave De Niro a new lease of life. From that moment on, after rediscovering himself as an actor and proving he can go light as well as hard, he was much busier, in terms of productions. The following year, he even starred in another comedy - We're No Angels - with Sean Penn.
The 1990s would see him direct a movie for the first time, A Bronx Tale, and throw himself into dramas and thrillers again - Goodfellas, Heat, Casino and Cop Land being the stand-outs. He surprised many again, in 1997, by playing the hapless 'Louis' in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. By the end of the century, De Niro was in his late 50s and looking out for another comedy, or two, to get involved in.
In 2000, he delivered a performance that would rival his Midnight Run role of Jack Walsh when he played Jack Byrnes in the hilarious Meet The Parents -"I'm a patient man. That's what 19 months in a Vietnamese prison camp will do to you. But I will be watching you!" 35 years after the cinema release of Midnight Run, Robert De Niro has assembled a stash of fine comedy outings - Silver Linings Playbook and Joy being the best picks - but it all comes back to the New Yorker stepping outside of his comfort zone and taking a chance.
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