Staten Island (film)
2009 French film
- October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21) (Tokyo International Film Festival)
- November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20) (United States)
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Staten Island (also known as Little New York) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco[1] in his directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel as three Staten Islanders whose lives intersect through a crime. Following a very limited theatrical run in New York City, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in December 2009.
Synopsis
A Staten Island mob boss Parmie is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully, who is friends with Jasper, a deaf deli employee moonlighting as a corpse chopper for Parmie.
Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Sully Halverson
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Parmie Tarzo
- Seymour Cassel as Jasper Sabiano
- Julianne Nicholson as Mary Halverson
- Adrian Martinez as Officer Rodriguez
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 25% based on reviews from 8 critics.[2][3] The New York Times critic praised the director James DeMonaco for "adroitly weaving violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable",[4] while the reviewer from The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".[5]
References
- ^ "Staten Island". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ^ "Staten Island (Little New York) (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Staten Island Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ Webster, Andy (November 20, 2009). "Movie Reviews – Staten Island". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ Neumaier, Joe; Weitzman, Elizabeth (November 19, 2009). "Short movie reviews". The New York Daily News. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
External links
- Staten Island at IMDb
- Staten Island at AllMovie
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Works by James DeMonaco
and directed
- Staten Island (2009)
- The Purge (2013)
- The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
- The Purge: Election Year (2016)
- This Is the Night (2021)
- The Home (2024)
- Jack (1996)
- The Negotiator (1998)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
- Skinwalkers (2006)
- The First Purge (2018)
- The Forever Purge (2021)
- Ryan Caulfield: Year One (1999)
- The Kill Point (2007)
- The Purge (2018–19)
- The Purge (franchise)
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