Fifteen-year-old Howie loses just about everything and everyone in the space of a single week, but ends up finding himself in the process. His mother has just died. His father, a building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his young girlfriend, let alone his own son. Thusly, the teen must navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised. Floating towards an ill-behaved existence, Howie and his crowd begin robbing houses in the middle-class neighborhoods off the Long Island Expressway. Together, he and his best friend Gary break into a place belonging to an old guy named Big John, a local man who is a respected pillar of the community. When Big John fingers Gary for the crime, Howie learns that his pal has been leading a secret, dangerous but also alluring double life. Subsequently, we also discover that Big John has secrets of his own.
| Release Date: | Jan 2001 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | 20 wins & 15 nominations |
| Cast: | Paul Dano (Howie Blitzer), Bruce Altman (Marty Blitzer), Billy Kay (Gary), James Costa (Kevin Cole), Tony Michael Donnelly (Brian), Michelle Carano (Newscaster), Tatiana Burgos (Marty's Girlfriend), Brian Cox (Big John Harrigan), B. Constance Barry (Anne Harrigan), Walter Masterson (Scott), Brad Silnutzer (Henry), Bob Gerardi (Clifford), Adam LeFevre (Elliot), Frank Rivers (Man with Pizza (as Frank G. Rivers)), Anthony F. Peragine (Tough Kid #1), Jude LoBasso (Tough Kid #2), Marcia DeBonis (Guidance Counselor), Gladys Dano (Sylvia Blitzer), Emilio Cuesta (Howie (5 Years Old)), Christine Toy Johnson (FBI Woman), Francis Leik (Police Officer (as Francis J. Leik)), Chuck Ardezzone (Desk Sergeant), Risa Ziegler (Female Cop), Ray Garvey (Brian's Father), Angela Pietropinto (Mrs. Cole), Chance Kelly (Prison Guard), Luis G. Moreno (Prison Guard (uncredited)) |