Billy Bathgate (film)

Billy Bathgate
Original Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Robert Benton
Screenplay by	Tom Stoppard
Based on	Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
Produced by	Robert F. Colesbury Arlene Donovan
Starring	Dustin Hoffman Nicole Kidman Steven Hill Loren Dean Bruce Willis
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros
Edited by	Alan Heim David Ray Robert M. Reitano
Music by	Mark Isham
Production company	Touchstone Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$48 million[1]
Box office	$15.5 million[1]

Billy Bathgate is a 1991 American biographical gangster film directed by Robert Benton, starring Loren Dean as the title character and Dustin Hoffman as real-life gangster Dutch Schultz. The film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Bruce Willis. Although Billy is a fictional character, at least four of the other characters in the film are real people. The screenplay was adapted by British writer Tom Stoppard from E.L. Doctorow's 1989 novel of the same name. Doctorow distanced himself from the film for the extensive deviations from the book. It received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing a mere $15.5 million against its $48 million budget.