Mean Streets
Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin, and starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was produced by Warner Bros. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 2, 1973, and was released on October14. De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Johnny Boy" Civello.
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 ne'er-do-well, 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. Giovanni wants Charlie to distance himself from Johnny, saying "honorable men go with honorable men."
More details
| author | Mardik Martin Martin Scorsese |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Martin Scorsese |
| editor | Sidney Levin |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | american mafia bleed catholic church catholicism church epilepsy fire hydrant honorable men injured little italy loan shark made man mafioso ne\'er-do-well |
| musicBy | Eric Clapton |
| producer | Jonathan Taplin |
| productionCompany | Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | independent neo-noir |