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Mean Streets

  • 1973
  • R
  • 1h 52m
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Mean Streets (1973)
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A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.

  • Director
    • Martin Scorsese
  • Writers
    • Martin Scorsese
    • Mardik Martin
  • Stars
    • Robert De Niro
    • Harvey Keitel
    • David Proval
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    113K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,201
    492
    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writers
      • Martin Scorsese
      • Mardik Martin
    • Stars
      • Robert De Niro
      • Harvey Keitel
      • David Proval
    • 336User reviews
    • 133Critic reviews
    • 96Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 5 nominations

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    Robert De Niro and David Proval in Mean Streets (1973)
    Robert De Niro and David Proval in Mean Streets (1973)
    Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Richard Romanus in Mean Streets (1973)
    Martin Scorsese in Mean Streets (1973)
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    D'Mitch Davis and George Memmoli in Mean Streets (1973)
    Harvey Keitel and Cesare Danova in Mean Streets (1973)
    Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Amy Robinson in Mean Streets (1973)
    Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Amy Robinson in Mean Streets (1973)
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    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Johnny Boy
    Harvey Keitel
    Harvey Keitel
    • Charlie
    David Proval
    David Proval
    • Tony
    Amy Robinson
    Amy Robinson
    • Teresa
    Richard Romanus
    Richard Romanus
    • Michael
    Cesare Danova
    Cesare Danova
    • Giovanni
    Victor Argo
    Victor Argo
    • Mario
    • (as Vic Argo, Victor Argo)
    George Memmoli
    George Memmoli
    • Joey
    Lenny Scaletta
    • Jimmy
    Jeannie Bell
    Jeannie Bell
    • Diane
    Murray Moston
    Murray Moston
    • Oscar
    • (as Murray Mosten)
    David Carradine
    David Carradine
    • Drunk
    Robert Carradine
    Robert Carradine
    • Boy With Gun
    Lois Walden
    • Jewish Girl
    Harry Northup
    Harry Northup
    • Soldier
    Dino Seragusa
    • Old Man
    D'Mitch Davis
    D'Mitch Davis
    • Cop
    Peter Fain
    • George
    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writers
      • Martin Scorsese
      • Mardik Martin
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Francis Ford Coppola contributed money to the budget of the film.
    • Goofs
      The end credits on the DVD incorrectly list David Carradine as "Oscar" and Robert Carradine as "Drunk".
    • Quotes

      Martin Scorsese: You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

    • Alternate versions
      NBC edited 10 minutes from this film for its 1977 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Jumpin' Jack Flash
      Written by Mick Jagger (as M. Jagger), Keith Richards (as K. Richards) (uncredited)

      By The Rolling Stones

      Courtesy of ABKCO Records

    User reviews336

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    7/10
    The Scorsese Template
    Scorsese's first film, the interesting catastrophe "Boxcar Bertha," marked his birth as a director, but it was with his second feature, "Mean Streets" that we witnessed the birth of an artist. Most of "Mean Streets" is slightly unfocused with a simplistic plot based around a lot of machismo grandstanding and long bouts of boring dialog (occasionally made interesting by DeNiro's off-kilter star-making turn as Johnny-Boy), with spats of visceral violence (far less gory here than in later Scorcese pics), and a visual bravado that seems slightly less disciplined but no less entertaining than your standard Scorsese crime flick.

    Despite its drawbacks (mainly due to youth and inexperience), the template was set. The opening credits (done to the tune of "Be My Baby") suck you right into the film, and the rest of the movie is peppered with Scorsese's loving treatment of popular music that would later become one of his most endearing hallmarks. The basic premise featuring Harvey Keitel as Charlie (the young hood with a heart of gold and conflicted internally by the religion of the Church and the religion of the Streets), Robert DeNiro as Johnny-Boy (the equally loved and hated loose-canon brother figure), and Amy Robinson as Theresa (the woman our hero wants to put on a pedestal as a saint but often treats like a whore), is a trifecta of archetypes we see repeated again and again in Scorsese's films (most obviously in "Casino" with the DeNiro-Pesci-Stone characters, and most subversively in "The Last Temptation of Christ" with Jesus-Judas-Mary Magdalene). The religious iconography, the brotherhood of crooks, the attraction to the gangster lifestyle, the keen eye for depicting violence in artistic and startling ways...these are displayed here in "Mean Streets" in their rawest form.

    Though flawed in many ways, "Mean Streets" set the stage and laid the the template for the type of film Scorsese would perfect seventeen years later with "Goodfellas." This heralded the arrival of a new talent and a new genre, and the world of film has thankfully never been the same.
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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Season of the Witch
    • Filming locations
      • Old St Patrick's Cathedral - 263 Mulberry Street, Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(church)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Taplin - Perry - Scorsese Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $32,645
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $32,645
      • Mar 15, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,131
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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