Little City (1997)

Adam is a painter who works as cab driver and blames his difficulties with women on his former girlfriend Kate who left him for lesbian Anne. As a result he doesn't pay much attention to ... See full summary »

Director:

Roberto Benabib

Writer:

Roberto Benabib

Stars:

Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Bellan

Cast

Credited cast:
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Kevin
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Rebecca
Joe Bellan	...	Landlord
Robert Elross	...	Sam
Josh Charles	...	Adam
Annabella Sciorra	...	Nina
Peter Gardiner	...	Priest
JoBeth Williams	...	Anne (as Jobeth Williams)
Joanna Going	...	Kate
Anna Getty	...	Maria
Stacy Haiduk	...	Julia
Meeka	...	Late Night Girl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lloyd Booker	...	Cop

Storyline

Adam is a painter who works as cab driver and blames his difficulties with women on his former girlfriend Kate who left him for lesbian Anne. As a result he doesn't pay much attention to his current girlfriend Nina, who leaves him for his best friend Kevin. New girl in town, Rebecca, who works in the same bar as Kevin, turns their lives into even bigger chaos.

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Plot Keywords:

painter | bar | lesbian | mob boss | trolley car | 

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Taglines:

When your one and only... isn't the only one!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 February 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

City of Love

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandeira Entertainment,Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is an actual restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach named "Little City" that is used as the exterior where Nina works, and the interior of Kate's blind date.

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Quotes

Adam: People who are tragically ambitious and smart go to New York and people who are just tragically smart come here.
Rebecca: Oh. Well what about people who are just tragically ambitious?
Adam: They go to LA.

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Soundtracks

Open Door
Written by John Basil, Jim Haas, R. Scott, Craig Teigen, and Jason Valdez
Performed by West Coast Harem
Provided by Transition Music Corp.

User Reviews

Great little movie with brutal relationship honesty...

1st watched 5/18/2003 - 8 out of 10(Dir-Roberto Benabib): Great little movie with brutal relationship honesty(aka. Is anything final?). Basically what this movie is about is people being involved with one another because they want sex, because they're obsessed, or because they want to be loved. It's all of these and then some for this twisted, topsy-turvy dramatic comedy. What makes this movie great will not sell DVD's but deserves a permanent part in movie history because of it's suttle unique & realistic storyline about life & love in an actual big city(San Francisco) that becomes little because of the intertwined relationships that occur throughout the movie. This movie doesn't need extras or anything else. It stands on it's own as a unique story with a good, what's going to happen next, finale. The players in this film are really good at just letting the story tell itself and not masking it with over-acting but just doing their job. This was definetly lost in the shuffle when it came out, but deserves to be recognized for what it is. A good movie.