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Brian Jun (writer)
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A father behind bars. A secret that would change everything.
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During a Midwestern winter, two working-class brothers must cope with their recently incarcerated father. full summary | add synopsis
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(Credited cast)| Jamie Anne Allman | ... | Maria Lee (as Jamie Anne Brown) | |
| Raymond J. Barry | ... | Vic Lee | |
| Kristian Best | ... | Michael Karns | |
| Michael Cowan | ... | Carpenter at Fire Job | |
| Clayne Crawford | ... | Ben Lee | |
| James DeBello | ... | Danny | |
| America Ferrera | ... | Amy Barnes | |
| Celesta Gentelin | ... | Baby Jenny at 1 | |
| Rusty Gray | ... | Marcus | |
| Tom Guiry | ... | PJ Lee | |
| Ricardo Gutierrez | ... | Ralph | |
| John Heard | ... | Carl Lee | |
| James R. Hentrich | ... | Charlie Haskel | |
| Richard Hoffman Jr. | ... | Carl Lee's attorney | |
| Amy Holland | ... | Distrought Woman | |
| Ian Ivkovich | ... | Young PJ Lee | |
| Charlie Keshner | ... | Carl's Jail Officer | |
| BJ Lange | ... | Diner Scene Patron (as Gerald J. Lange Jr.) | |
| Dennis Lebby | ... | Jimmy | |
| Heather McComb | ... | Lucy James | |
| James McDaniel | ... | Randall Karn | |
| Laurie Metcalf | ... | Marianne Karn | |
| Si Osborne | ... | Detective Brady | |
| James Simpson | ... | Carpenter at Fire Job (as James 'Bumper' Simpson) | |
| George Stumpf | ... | Young Carl Lee | |
| Jani Vorwerk | ... | Young Marianne Karn | |
| Carly Weiss | ... | Jenny at age 2 | |
| Robert Wood | ... | Casey |
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Rated R for language and brief drug use.
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USA:95 min
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Continuity: During the scene where PJ and Lucy are smoking a single blunt in the basement of the bar, one shot shows PJ about to take a hit as he asks Lucy a questions, and then the scene immediately cuts to Lucy answering as she finishes taking a rip from the joint.
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Steel City is one of those low-budget movies that makes for satisfying Sundance fare despite lacking the necessary ingredients for broader box-office success. It's the story of a dysfunctional family in a small town in Illinois, centering around 20-year-old PJ (Tom Guiry), who is trying to hold his life together as his father goes to prison for his role in a fatal car accident. PJ is angry, bitter and confused. He can't hold a job or his temper. He resents his older brother Ben (Clayne Clawford), whose life is also unraveling from alcohol, selfishness and philandering. He's feeling alienated from his mother, who has moved in with a black cop and his son. And he tries desperately to be supportive to his father (John Heard), for reasons that gradually emerge in the movie. Finally he is connected to his Uncle Vic (Raymond J. Barry), who helps him get a job and attempts to mentor him.
All this may sound vaguely familiar, but director Brian Jun manages to develop the characters with honesty and compassion. By the end of the movie each character has worked out his redemption, and in the process created bonds of love and concern within the family.
These Steel City characters feel like real people. The writing is crisp, hard and direct. The casting is terrific and each performance believable. This family will grow on you, and you will find yourself rooting for them to do well, to make good decisions, and to find happiness.