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Director:
Frank Pierson
Writers:
Peter Maas (book)
Frank Pierson (writer)
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Release Date:
13 July 1979 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
HIS time is here and he must carry on the tradition of ruling with vengeance! more
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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User Comments:
A rich and delightful expose of an American pastime! more (10 total)

Cast

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Sterling Hayden ... King Zharko Stepanowicz

Shelley Winters ... Queen Rachel

Susan Sarandon ... Rose

Judd Hirsch ... Groffo

Eric Roberts ... Dave

Brooke Shields ... Tita
Annette O'Toole ... Sharon

Annie Potts ... Persa
Michael V. Gazzo ... Spiro Giorgio
Antonia Rey ... Danitza Giorgio

Stephen Mendillo ... Adolf
Daniel Spira ... Zio Miller

Joe Zaloom ... Rui Ilanovitch
Lou Cevetillo ... Pete Stepanowicz
Zvee Scooler ... Phuro (as Svee Scooler)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Hillside, New Jersey, USA more
Company:
Dino De Laurentiis Company more

Fun Stuff

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Patti LuPone's movie debut. more
Soundtrack:
Be My Love more

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A rich and delightful expose of an American pastime!, 25 January 2003
Author: bruce johnson (bfjrnski@hotmail.com) from woodlyn, pennsylvania

I remember seeing "real" gypsies as a child!They used to camp at different places at the Jersey shore!They had trailors,tents,cadillacs and all lived and traveled together in big families!They seemed so loud and happy!But where have all our Gypsies gone?You can hardly even see a genuine gypsy fortune-teller anymore!Perhaps this is because of the lure of American life!With welfare,WIC,medicare,section-8 housing,disability and eldercare who really wants to live a nomadic life?Let alone be an "outlaw" Gypsy and make a squalid living stealing and telling fortunes? "King of the Gypsies" answers a lot of these questions without really saying so! We view many of the so-called traditions of American gypsies and witness their members decline into poverty and organized crime.The movie isn't completely true to the book.But by the movie's end we realize that the wild and colorful gypsy world is passing away.To be replaced by the hustle-n-bustle of American middle class life!

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