Mean Streets
Mean Streets is a 1973 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay co-written with Mardik Martin. It stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, along with David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, and Cesare Danova. Scorsese's third feature film, it centers on a group of troubled young men in New York's Little Italy, and centers on many themes the director would later revisit, including the Mafia, Italian-American identity, urban life, and Catholic guilt.
Plot
Charlie Cappa, a young Italian American in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City, is hampered by his feeling of responsibility toward his reckless younger friend John "Johnny Boy" Civello, a small-time gambler and degenerate who refuses to work and owes money to many loan sharks. Charlie is also having a secret affair with Johnny's cousin Teresa, who has epilepsy and is ostracized because of her condition—especially by Charlie's Uncle Giovanni, a powerful mafioso, and is told to stay away from her. Giovanni also wants Charlie to distance himself from Johnny, saying that "honorable men go with honorable men".
More details
| author | Mardik Martin Martin Scorsese |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Martin Scorsese |
| editor | Sidney Levin Martin Scorsese |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | american mafia bleed catholic church catholicism church epilepsy fire hydrant injured little italy loan shark mafioso think |
| musicBy | Eric Clapton |
| producer | Jonathan Taplin |
| productionCompany | Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | independent neo-noir urban |