City Island Poster and Clips
Today we have poster and clips from comedy “City Island,” directed by Raymond De Felitta who is is best known for directing “Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris” and Two Family House”.
Based upon De Felitta’s original screenplay, “City Island” is the story of a Bronx prison deputy Vince Rizzo (Garcia) who recognizes a prisoner (Strait) as his grown child whom he sired with another woman twenty years earlier. He decides to be the young man’s guardian in Rizzo’s family’s home, but his efforts to conceal the nature of his relationship to the young man promptly begin to unravel the complex web of deceits which have worn the family fabric threadbare through the years.
The film stars Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Ezra Miller, Alan Arkin and Emily Mortimer.
“City Island” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 26, 2009. Paradigm is repping rights to the pic, with several buyers believed to be interested.
Robert De Niro and Andy Garcia in ‘Street of Dreams’
‘Street of Dreams‘ is a co-production between US-based FR Productions, Korea’s Hyun Jin Cinema and Japan’s Wides Japan.
It will be produced by Fred Roos, whose credits include ‘The Godfather: Part II‘ and ‘The Godfather: Part III‘, ‘Lost in Translation‘.
‘Street of Dreams’ is based on the true story of Montana Joe, a legendary Japanese-American gangster in the 1940s.
Robert De Niro has been cast as an Italian mafia leader. Andy Garcia, will also play a mafia boss.
Korean actor Choi Min-soo will play the role of Montana’s Korean friend, Eddie. Chinese actress Shu Qi will also star in the film.
However, no actor has been cast in the lead role of Montana. There will be auditions for the role in May.
Raymond De Felitta, who was nominated for an Academy Award for a live-action short film ‘Bronx Cheer,’ will direct the film. Roger Towne, who won an Academy Award for ‘Chinatown‘ in 1975, wrote the script.
The project has been planned since 2002! ‘Street of Dreams’ is slated for release in 2009.
