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Director:
Writer:
Buddy Giovinazzo (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Nowhere to go. No one to trust. more
Plot:
An ex-cons future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(4 articles)
User Comments:
A Slice of life/ like Boys in the Hood and New Jack City. more (15 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tim Roth ... Joey

James Russo ... Tommy

Deborah Kara Unger ... Lorraine

Joseph Ragno ... Ralphie
Catherine Kellner ... Denise

Saul Stein ... Brick
Bernadette Penotti ... Ronnie
Gareth Williams ... Ken Tierno
Jerry Dean ... Jackie
Larry Romano ... Carter

Mike Grief ... Gastank
Brian Burke ... Jason
James Starace ... Jeremy
James Shue ... Louie
Heather Gottlieb ... Candy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gasoline Alley (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
Argentina:102 min | Germany:101 min | UK:89 min | USA:99 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Towards the end when Tommy is trying to persuade the other two to leave with him, there are three points in which Tommy's lips move out of time with what he is saying. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Independents' days (1997) more
Soundtrack:
I Want You To Move more

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A Slice of life/ like Boys in the Hood and New Jack City., 8 January 2006
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Author: arabic58 from Houston TX

Just saw this film for the first time, 8-Jan-06. It conveys to me why I like Boys in the Hood and New Jack City. As a self described movie person, who only learned and saw the film maker's art through the lens of the boob tube beginning in the 1960s, I would like to recommend this movie. When the movie opened up, I just assumed a mid USA rust belt city that could be any one of thousand places. Chicago, Gary Indiana, Cleveland, etc. The ending surprised me , in that the cops from NYC showed up at their parents house. The last scenes action did not.

The first half of the film I just could not stop watching. We all grow up with dreams. We all think things will be like they are in the movies. At least the famous ones. The Classics. The reality of Boys in the Hood, New Jack City and The Best Years of Our Lives, later on in the film slaps you in the face. The ending did not do it for me. Every thing leading up the ending was believable. Going back home to the old neighborhood after getting out. Getting hooked up with family. Seeing people moving on, moving to their same end. The girl who was left back and was about to by hooked up to a violent looser like Loraine's 1st husband. Diane marrying a nice quiet boy, like she thought Joey was. Joey looking around and seeing the life he thought he would have. I just could not watch the strip scene with Loraine. The last good scene was Joey and Loraine in the car talking.

I would like to hope the ending was forced on the director because of perceived market forces.

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