United States / Apr 19, 1999 / Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of life's disillusioned "losers." Its owner, Whitey, is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough, and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly, is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy, shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco runs a con on Frankie to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki. Every plot in this multi-layered story seems to be at its nadir just as a pair of unlikely heroes emerge out of the backdrop to turn everything around.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jim Belushi | Billy Belasco |
| Burt Young | Joe McCollough |
| Mary Stuart Masterson | Vikki |
| Lillo Brancato | Pretty |
| James McCaffrey | Jack Ryan |
| Maeve Quinlan | Claire |
| Peter Maloney | Fr. Coyle |
| Jill Hennessy | Brenda |
| Jerome Le Page | Paris |
| Michael Massee | Nickie Nepolitano |
| Gene Canfield | Dombrowski |
| Bobby Cooper | Junior |
| Chris Barnes | Nathan |
| Tony Devon | Construction Boss |
| Kenny Marino | Chickie |
| Ilene Norris | Cocoa |
| Doug DeWitt | Gilroy |
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| Joseph Glenn | John Maguire |
| Conrad Tooker | Mills |
| Jessica Hopper | Skeeter's Cousin |
| Guy Griffis | Tommy Culligan |
| Sylvia Kauders | Jewelry Saleswoman |
| Herbert Rubens | Pawnbroker |
| Russell Gibson | Burt's Sidekick |
| Robert Downs | Greek Cook |
| Charles J. Corrado Jr. | Construction Worker #1 |
| John Brumfield | Construction Worker #2 |
| Michael Griffith | Bowler #1 |
| Mark Ott | Diner Patron |
| Lester Smith | Bar Patron |
| Jay Spodaro | Busboy |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Florentine |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Initial Entertainment Group, American Zoetrope, NAZZ Productions, March First |
| Release date | 19 aprile 1999 |
| Executive producer | Fred Fuchs |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola, Nick Stagliano, Steven Weisman |
| Writer | Amy McCarty Baker, Tom Benson, Damien Gray |
| Casting | Marcia Shulman |
| Editing | Plummy Tucker, Joe Violante, Mark Ginsberg, Jordan Flaherty, James Palumbo, Patricia Sztaba, Stan Sztaba |
| Cinematography | Stephen Kazmierski, Christopher Green, Matthew W. Flannery, Samantha Schutz, Michael Barrett, Amanda Cole, John Clifford, Myles Aronowitz, Raymond Edwards, David Lambert, Christopher Muchow, Brian 'Buzz' Buzzelli, Amanda McCormick, Greg Edwards |
| Assistant directors | Jim LaClair, Chip Signore, Nick Stagliano, Christine Gee, Mikki Ziska |
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Release dates
Premiere
Physical media
United States / Mar 28, 2000 / R / DVD
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