Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Danny Glover | ... | Jerry | |
Matt Dillon | ... | Matthew | |
Rick Aviles | ... | Rosario | |
Nina Siemaszko | ... | Tamsen | |
Ving Rhames | ... | Little Leroy | |
Joe Seneca | ... | Spits | |
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Harry Ellington | ... | Arthur |
Ralph Hughes | ... | Jason | |
Bahni Turpin | ... | Gloria | |
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Robert Beatty | ... | Ex-Pharmacist (as Robert Beatty Jr.) |
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Reuben Schafer | ... | Greek Man (as Reuben Schaefer) |
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Louis Williams | ... | Ennis |
Adam Trese | ... | John | |
Kevin Corrigan | ... | Peter | |
Brian Tarantina | ... | Fred |
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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.