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Mean Streets (1973)
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A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy. Director:Martin Scorsese |
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| Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
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Amy Robinson | ... | |
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Cesare Danova | ... | |
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Victor Argo | ... |
Mario
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George Memmoli | ... | |
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Lenny Scaletta | ... |
Jimmy
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Jeannie Bell | ... |
Diane
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Murray Moston | ... |
Oscar
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| Robert Carradine | ... |
Boy With Gun
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Lois Walden | ... |
Jewish Girl
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| Harry Northup | ... |
Soldier
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Storyline
The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbour- hood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future. Written by Dave Cook <cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
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You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets...Parents Guide:
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Hexenkessel See more »Box Office
Budget:
$500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$32,645 (USA) (15 March 1998) (3 Screens) (reissue)Gross:
$32,645 (USA) (15 March 1998) (re-issue)Company Credits
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By Giuseppe Di Stefano (as Guiseppe de Stefano)
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The voice over narration in the opening of the movie ("You don't make up for your sins in Church; you do it on the street; everything else is bullshit and you know it...") is actually not said by Harvey Keitel (the character we are intended to believe is thinking these thoughts), but director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese felt that using a separate voice to make the distinction between Keitel's thoughts and actions was necessary. Scorsese borrowed this technique from Federico Fellini, who used it in I vitelloni. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The end credits on the DVD incorrectly list David Carradine as "Oscar" and Robert Carradine as "Drunk". See more »Quotes
Charlie: You know something? She is really good-lookin'. I gotta say that again. She is really good-lookin'. But she's black. You can see that real plain, right? Look, there isn't much of a difference anyway, is there. Well, is there?See more »
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"MUNASTERIO DI SANTA CHIARA"By Giuseppe Di Stefano (as Guiseppe de Stefano)
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