10,000 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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

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, 14 August 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Archer Gray, Bad Medicine Films, Maven Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the marriage ceremony the flower necklace is put on Eliza twice.

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Quotes

Eliza: Will you remember me as the most fucked up girl you ever knew?

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Connections

References Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

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Soundtracks

Ilona
Written by Francis Smith and Robert Bennett
Performed by FM Smith
Courtesy of Fervor Records

User Reviews

I like the story and the punk rock influences behind it.

Can't help but to love a movie that reminds me of old school New York. Was it really that great? That's how I remember it to be. Than again, I'm not old enough to have struggled on those streets, Squatting in houses and being semi homeless for my art, which the movie glorifies.

They did a pretty good job at recreating late 1980s NYC with tight shoots to leave out how alphabet city has change and to keep how it stayed the same, using Super composites of CBGBs, old trains and even phone booths, plus old shots of world trade. It's cool that technology allows us to do that now.

The movie's focus on that time period sometimes feels force with one liners explaining how that moment of the late 80s was about to spawn what that neighborhood next to Thompson Square park is now.

I thought it was interesting that the actual band, Army of One is showcased in the movie, though not the center focus of the movie, it's about their tour Guitar player Jude and his life, based on a book that I did not read.

Ethan Hawke as Jude's dad Les was charming and funny

It's a hardcore punk version of Juno in a lot of ways, but all together a coming-of-age story with a lot of layers to it as it Centers around Jude and his friendships with other kids. It was a great ensemble cast.

Definitely worth checking out.