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Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Shia LaBeouf, Chazz Palminteri
Dito is a successful writer living in Los Angeles, who is summoned home to Astoria after a 15-year absence when his father becomes seriously ill. Memories of his youth come flooding back as he revisits the old neighborhood, attempts to rebuild a relationship with his father and encounters his 'saints'--Dito's few childhood friends who aren’t in prison or dead. As Dito finds himself whisked back into the youthful events that shaped him, an unforgettable cast of characters unfolds to the sweltering heat of summer 1986. These include Laurie, Dito's childhood sweetheart; Mike O'Shea, a transplanted Scot with an Irish name who dreams of becoming a punk rock musician; Giuseppe, a reckless, destructive and possibly insane member of Dito's street posse; and the unforgettable Antonio, Dito's cocky and volatile best friend grappling with an abusive father.
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US Release Date
9/29/06
MPAA Rating
Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, sexuality, and drug use.
Running Time
98 mins.
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$516,139
Awards
- Winner of the Special Jury Prize - Best Ensemble Performance award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best First Film (Runner-up) award at the 2006 New York Film Critics Society [Festiva Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best First Screenplay award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Dramatic Directing Award award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival [Festival/Award Awards.
Distributor
- First Look Pictures
- First Look Studios
