Ten Thousand Saints (2015)

Set in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.

Directors:

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Writers:

Robert Pulcini (screenplay), Shari Springer Berman (screenplay)

Stars:

Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Henry Kelemen	...	Young Jude
Julianne Nicholson	...	Harriet
Ethan Hawke	...	Les
Asa Butterfield	...	Jude
Avan Jogia	...	Teddy
Nadia Alexander	...	Prudence
Hailee Steinfeld	...	Eliza
Emily Mortimer	...	Diane
Austin Ramsey	...	Hockey Player
Jeff O'Donnell	...	Tory
Matthew James Ballinger	...	Hippie
Emile Hirsch	...	Johnny
Tracy Westmoreland	...	Photo Booth Bum
Warren Kelly	...	Minister
Ellie Bensinger	...	Female Classmate #1

Storyline

Follows three screwed up young people and their equally screwed up parents in the age of CBGB's, yuppies and the tinderbox of gentrification that exploded into the Tompkins Square Park Riots in New York's East Village in the 1980s.

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Plot Keywords:

alphabet city manhattan | indian american | chopsticks | crying | guitarist | 

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Taglines:

Rage. Riot. Rebirth.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use including teens, and language including sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hailee Steinfeld and Asa Butterfield both starred in Ender's game.

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Quotes

Jude: If Teddy hadn't left us for good, if he was still somewhere up there, ten years later, hovering above the city and the troposphere of the earth, he'd see a little heart transformed. He'd find Elisa in Brooklyn, starting her own family, and his best friend, believe it or not, about to become a father himself. He'd know that he'd not been forgotten, even if the outlines of his face grow fuzzier with each passing year. Maybe he'd also see how fragile each and every life is, and that they all just ...

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Connections

References The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

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Soundtracks

I Can't Wait
Written by John Smith (as John Robert Smith)
Courtesy of Nu Shooz Orchestra LLC
By arrangement with Spirit Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

alternative family

It's 1980 Vermont. Les (Ethan Hawke) is brutally honest in telling his son Jude that he's adopted. Years later, Jude Keffy-Horn (Asa Butterfield) is an emo teenager living with his adopted mother Harriet (Julianne Nicholson) and his sister. His best friend Teddy (Avan Jogia) is desperate to move to NYC and contact his older half-brother Johnny (Emile Hirsch) living there. Les' girlfriend Diane (Emily Mortimer) has a daughter named Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld). It's a dysfunctional alternative family drama and the grimy East Village gets gentrified.

It's often jarring when a lead character dies early on. It's also a little convoluted that Les and Johnny happens to live in the same area. The story would be a lot easier if the three kids go to NYC to find Johnny. Instead, the plot takes strange turns into a weird love triangle. The actors are superb but I'm not sure what to think of their characters. They make me want to stay with them... up to a point. I love these actors so much but the story doesn't live up to them.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ten Thousand Saints

Filming Locations:

Ossining, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$59,333

Company Credits

Production Co:

Archer Gray, Bad Medicine Films, Maven Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1