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Pride and Glory is an American drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. Pride and Glory was originally slated for released on March 14, 2008, but this date was scrapped by New Line Cinema, and the film is scheduled to be released on October 24, 2008.
Director Gavin O'Connor collaborates with Narc director/screenwriter Joe Carnahan on this family-focused police drama concerning an honest homicide detective (Edward Norton) assigned to investigate the precinct run by his potentially crooked older brother (Noah Emmerich). As the investigation begins to reveal some troubling facts about the precinct, it gradually becomes apparent that the policeman who is also the older brother's best friend (Colin Farrell) may be the man orchestrating many of the suspected crimes.
Ray Tierney (Norton) is a New York police officer who is part of a multi-generational police family. Tierney investigates a troublesome case that involves his older brother and brother-in-law, compelling the family to choose sides between their blood and the New York Police Department. A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law (Colin Farrell). For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Jon Voight plays Francis Tierney Sr. Nick Nolte was originally cast in the role, but after a chronic knee injury become too severe, he was unable to perform and was replaced by Voight.
Noah Emmerich as Francis Tierney Jr. Emmerich had previously starred in Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds and Miracle.
The film also features Shea Whigham; Frank Grillo and John Ortiz as a police officers;Manny Perez; Lake Bell; Rick Gonzalez; Christina Cabot; and Declan Quinn. Quinn said the biggest challenge was "trying to find a fresh way to do a police drama where it feels real and not like something we've seen a hundred times before."
Director Gavin O'Connor and his brother Gregory began writing the film with New York City police officer Robert A. Hopes in 1999 after the completion Tumbleweeds. The brothers, whose father was a police officer, were given "rare" access to the police department and its officers. Gavin O'Connor described their intent: "My father was a New York City detective, and I grew up in that world. It's a celebration of honest cops, which was everything my father was about. Though it is fictional, it is an homage to my father." They also hoped to create a film which evoked those of the 1970s, using corruption in the police force as a metaphor for wider institutional corruption. The script was optioned in June 2000 by Fine Line Features, a subdivision of New Line Cinema, and Joe Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script. Production on the film was expected to begin later in 2000, with Gavin O'Connor directing and Gregory O'Connor producing.
In 2001, the project was subject to a turnaround deal which saw the rights ceded to Intermedia. Production was expected to start in February 2002 in New York City, and Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Jackman were in talks to star. The film's development was subject to further delays until 2005. Carnahan cited the September 11, 2001 attacks as the primary reason for the delay: "There was a moment after 9/11 where the notion of doing what might be deemed an anti-cop film, particularly an attack of the NYPD, would be grounds for hanging."
In September 2005, the rights were once more with New Line. Production president Toby Emmerich had been a fan of the script for several years, and the studio entered negotiations with Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Noah Emmerich to star. Production was set to begin in New York City in January 2006, though principal photography did not begin until the following month.
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