Who Shot Patakango? (1989)

A coming-of-age tale set in Brooklyn during the late '50s which centers around the high school life of a group of teens that have to deal with racial tensions at their interracial vocational high school.

Director:

Robert Brooks

Writers:

Halle Brooks, Robert Brooks

Stars:

David Edwin Knight, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Otto

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Edwin Knight	...	Bic Bickham
Sandra Bullock	...	Devlin Moran
Kevin Otto	...	Mark Bickham
Aaron Ingram	...	Cougar
Brad Randall	...	Patakango
Chris Cardona	...	Freddie
Michael Puzzo	...	Goldie
Christopher Crean	...	Tony
Gregg Marc Miller	...	Vinnie
Damon Chandler	...	Mr. Donnelly
Bridget Fogle	...	Mitsy
Philip Rosenthal	...	Principal (as Phil Rosenthal)
Clint Jordan	...	Ricky (Dick)
Ella Arolovi	...	Marianna
Nicholas Reiner	...	Carmen

Storyline

Sandra Bullock stars in a wistful story set during the late 1950s. This nostalgic drama portrays the lives and adventures of a group of Brooklyn high-schoolers. Big trouble starts when random gunfire wounds one of the teenagers. The rest of the group now goes in search of the scoundrel doing the shooting.

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Plot Keywords:

school | question in title | punctuation in title | question mark in title | independent film | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Brooklyn Love Story

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Allison Janney's first film.

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Connections

References Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Over the Mountain, Across the Sea"
Written by Rex Garvin
Performed by Johnnie and Joe
Courtesy of Regent Music Corp.

User Reviews

phew, this really smells

I also rented this film b/c of Sandra and she was the only good thing in it. She was close to looking age appropriate but just about everyone else looked too old to even be in college, except maybe in night school. The school yard was empty, there were no cars on the street and the plot was limp. Lame, lame, lame. I am also from Brooklyn and grew up in this time frame. I actually remember kids breaking antennas off cars to make zip guns and there was one fatal outcome. If the film had served as a warning about how dangerous guns are then perhaps it would have some redeeming value aside from Sandra appearing sans clothes. (Thnx for that.)Interested in hooligans in high school? Then stick with Blackboard Jungle, the first Rock and Roll movie.