Brooklyn Rules (2007)

Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.

Director:

Michael Corrente

Writer:

Terence Winter

Stars:

Paulo Araujo, Daniel Tay, Ty Thomas Reed

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paulo Araujo	...	Young Michael
Daniel Tay	...	Young Bobby
Ty Thomas Reed	...	Young Carmine (as Ty Reed)
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Michael Turner
Alec Baldwin	...	Caesar
Scott Caan	...	Carmine Mancuso
Jerry Ferrara	...	Bobby Canzoneri
Christian Maelen	...	Gino
Mena Suvari	...	Ellen
Chris Caldovino	...	Philly Cabrese
John Cenatiempo	...	Bouncer #1
Alexa Havins	...	Blonde
Staci Rudnitsky	...	Allison
Annie Golden	...	Dottie
Monica Keena	...	Amy

Storyline

Michael 'Mike' Turner is handsome, bright, a resourceful law student and perfect gentleman. Mike were perfect hadn't he been born in late 20th century Brooklyn, a New York borough dominated by the mob, in his case Carmine Mancuso, who luckily chooses to protect bright Mike, even against mob ruffian Gino, and his two inseparable buddies. Cocky Carmine Mancuso actually chooses to join the bloody business, sparing only his youth friends. Third mate Bobby Canzoneri, whose equally dumb parents hosted the gang as kids, naively aims no higher then tenure in the US Post. Yet Bobby ends up dead when a mob war erupts.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | friend | 1980s | loyalty | new york | 

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Taglines:

Not made to be broken

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, pervasive language and some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 2009 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Nailed Right In

Filming Locations:

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$41,811 (USA) (11 May 2007)

Gross:

$398,420 (USA) (6 July 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cataland Films, Eagle Beach Productions, Hannover House

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During production, the working title of the film was "Nailed Right In".

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Goofs

Though the film is set in 1985, the trailer depicts an NYC street sign colored white on green. Until 1990, each borough's street signs had different color schemes. Manhattan was black on yellow, for instance, while Brooklyn was white on black.

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Connections

Referenced in The Lucky Ones (2008)

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Soundtracks

"You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudolph Taylor, Charles K. Wilson
Performed by The Gap Band
Courtesy of Island Def Jam Music Corp.

User Reviews

These guys must be promoting the movie

From the dialogue to the soundtrack, I felt like this movie was grabbing from other classic mob movies.

There were even direct quotes! ex: a conversation between freddie prinze jr and scott cahn about whether or not it was better to be loved or feared... come on! ... It was like listening to fingernails going down a chalkboard to here these two guys butchering one of the great mob movie moments between Sonny & C in A Bronx Tale.

The dramatic role was clearly too much for Freddie to handle. Scott Cahn and Alec Baldwin were bright spots, but there were too many other awkward moments that seemed like a collision between your typical romantic comedy and a bad mob movie.

If you're going to use the Stones in a mob movie soundtrack... at least pick songs that have not been used in other mob movies.

Don't waste your money and pay to see this in the theater. Its a rental.