The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writer (WGA):

Lyle Kessler (written by)

Release Date:

17 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building...

Plot Keywords:

Homelessness | Mental Illness | Reference To The Lone Ranger | Street Kid | Homeless Man

Cast

Danny Glover	...	Jerry / Narrator
Matt Dillon	...	Matthew
Rick Aviles	...	Rosario
Nina Siemaszko	...	Tamsen, Rosario's Girl
Ving Rhames	...	Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully
Joe Seneca	...	Spits, Rosario's Roommate
Harry Ellington	...	Arthur
Ralph Hughes	...	Jason, Homeless boy at Fort Washington
Bahni Turpin	...	Gloria
Robert Beatty	...	Ex-Pharmacist
Reuben Schafer	...	Greek Man
Louis Williams	...	Ennis
Adam Trese	...	John
Kevin Corrigan	...	Peter
Brian Tarantina	...	Fred

Runtime:

Spain:108 min | UK:103 min | USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Carrie Productions Inc.

Trivia:

In order to research his role in the film, Danny Glover actually went incognito as a homeless person to get the feel for the struggles and hardship that homeless people endure.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Two different people said that Fort Washington Armory was in two different parts of the city. The guard at the family shelter told Matthew, "You're in the wrong place. You got to go downtown to Fort Washington." Later in the movie, at Fort Washington, Little Leroy said to Matthew, "We here at Washington Heights (where Ft. Wash. Armory is located). That's in the northern tip of the island of Manhattan, ..." Downtown is southern Manhattan.

Quotes:

Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: Meeeeeeooooowwwwww. Kitty cat. I'm always where th'moneyzat.

Soundtrack:

SHAME

So realistic it's scary!

As a former NYPD officer I can tell you this film is so realistic it's scary. the terrifying homeless shelters of NY are one step above Dante's Inferno. Potters field on Hart's island is also portrayed exactly as it is.

This Matt Dillon is some kind of actor. How do actors like this get passed over while morons like Sandler and Stiller are so highly praised? This world is just a little upside down. I have a feeling we wont be seeing many more movies like the saint of fort washington now that shrek 2 has busted all previous box office records. Like I said this world is just a little upside down! Danny Glover is also great in his role. So sad that we can spend 200 billion in Iraq and not provide proper facilities for our own mentally disturbed people.