Staten Island (film)
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 Film poster
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| Directed by | James DeMonaco |
| Written by | James DeMonaco |
| Produced by |
Luc Besson Pascal Cauchetaux Sebastien Lemercier Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Starring |
Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio Seymour Cassel |
| Cinematography | Chris Norr |
| Edited by |
Hervé de Luze Christel Dewynter |
| Music by | Frédéric Verrières |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
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Running time |
96 minutes |
| Countries | France United States |
| Language | English |
Staten Island (also known as Little New York) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco 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 (D'Onofrio) is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully (Hawke), who is friends with Jasper (Cassel), 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. 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", while the reviewer from The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".