The Yards
The Yards is a 2000 American crime film directed by James Gray, written by Gray and Matt Reeves, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn and James Caan.
Plot
Leo Handler rides the subway to his mother Val's house in Queens, New York, where she throws a surprise party celebrating his parole. His cousin Erica Soltz is at the party with her boyfriend Willie, who takes Leo aside and thanks him for serving time in prison, implying that Leo had taken a fall for their gang of friends. Leo is eager to find a job to support his mother, as she has a heart condition. Willie suggests working for Erica's stepfather, Frank Olchin.
More details
author | James Gray Matt Reeves |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | James Gray |
editor | Jeffrey Ford |
events | corruption white-collar crime |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | attorney attorney general awaken break brooklyn borough hall fall find a job grieve hear heart attack heart condition hide injured kill knicks land police officer political corruption railway car rat roosevelt island sick mother surprise party |
musicBy | Howard Shore |
producer | Nick Wechsler Paul Webster |
productionCompany | Miramax Films |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |