Emmy Nominated Andy Garcia and actress Julianna Margulies portray a married couple from City Island in this 2010 movie about a couple apparently fixed in a groove of life without excitement. The movie, made in 2009, shows what a dysfunctional family of people who can't seem to bring themselves to tell even the simplest truth to one another. For example, Garcia's character, Vince Rizzo, a corrections officer by day, wants to become a Hollywood star so he's been taking acting classes no one knows about.
At the 2009 famous Tribeca Film Festival, where a lot of films make their debut, this movie won the audience award. This is the award given to films that are favorites of those viewing the films for the first time, both everyday people and critics are allowed to vote for this award. The distributors take their movies to these film festivals in order to generate publicity and a name for the film. People seemed to identify and love this quirky little film in which no one likes to tell the truth.
Everyone in this dysfunctional family unit is hiding something from the rest of the family, a large secret that they believe would destroy their parents and the way everyone things about them. Garcia, the father of this film and the star of the very popular Ocean's movie franchises, is hiding the fact that he desperately wants to become an actor. Garcia's wife, performed perfectly by Margulies of televisions The Good Wife, hides her smoking and is often sneaking around trying to catch Garcia's character in bed with another woman, something she won't find.
Other family members include a daughter who is supposed to be attending collage but instead is a stripper. This character is performed by Dominik Garca-Lorido of the Lost City. The Rizzo's young, teenage son's performance is done by Ezra Miller of television's Californication and he is trying to keep his secret love and fetish regarding the family's 300 pound neighbor. The performance of the drama coach of the elder Rizzo is done by Emmy Award Winner Alan Arkin from Little Miss Sunshine. He, too, has several secrets he's keeping from the rest of those on screen.
What makes the movie interesting and the big reason for 'why today?' is because the elder Rizzo became inspired by one of his acting exercises, so much so that he decided to find his long-lost son, Tony, played by Steven Strait from 10,000 BC. Having a long-lost son who happens to be an ex-con throws fire on an already supercharged situation and of course, hilarity ensues.
One more notable character is the elder Rizzo's acting partner played by Emily Mortimer of Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer's chemistry is nearly perfect for this quirky little comedy but it's the portal of they married couple of Garcia and Margulies' and their constant miscommunications and love-hate banter, in typical New York style, that are real scene stealers for this movie.
The movie is named for an actual place; a small town on the outskirts of the Bronx's and it is a community deep with family traditions. Grandparents and parents pass down their homes to the children to live in when they no longer can care for them. There are virtually no outsiders in this tiny seaside community. In its heyday, this community was a bustling port for fisherman. Barely anyone knows it exists except for some people in Manhattan and maybe a few in the Bronx, however, that is changing.
This movie came out in April of 2010 and the Blu-Ray and DVD release date is scheduled for August 24, 2010. In addition to his acting duties, Andy Garcia is also one of the many producers, joining several co-producers and executive producers. The film was written and directed, as a labor of love by Raymond De Felitta. - 40726
At the 2009 famous Tribeca Film Festival, where a lot of films make their debut, this movie won the audience award. This is the award given to films that are favorites of those viewing the films for the first time, both everyday people and critics are allowed to vote for this award. The distributors take their movies to these film festivals in order to generate publicity and a name for the film. People seemed to identify and love this quirky little film in which no one likes to tell the truth.
Everyone in this dysfunctional family unit is hiding something from the rest of the family, a large secret that they believe would destroy their parents and the way everyone things about them. Garcia, the father of this film and the star of the very popular Ocean's movie franchises, is hiding the fact that he desperately wants to become an actor. Garcia's wife, performed perfectly by Margulies of televisions The Good Wife, hides her smoking and is often sneaking around trying to catch Garcia's character in bed with another woman, something she won't find.
Other family members include a daughter who is supposed to be attending collage but instead is a stripper. This character is performed by Dominik Garca-Lorido of the Lost City. The Rizzo's young, teenage son's performance is done by Ezra Miller of television's Californication and he is trying to keep his secret love and fetish regarding the family's 300 pound neighbor. The performance of the drama coach of the elder Rizzo is done by Emmy Award Winner Alan Arkin from Little Miss Sunshine. He, too, has several secrets he's keeping from the rest of those on screen.
What makes the movie interesting and the big reason for 'why today?' is because the elder Rizzo became inspired by one of his acting exercises, so much so that he decided to find his long-lost son, Tony, played by Steven Strait from 10,000 BC. Having a long-lost son who happens to be an ex-con throws fire on an already supercharged situation and of course, hilarity ensues.
One more notable character is the elder Rizzo's acting partner played by Emily Mortimer of Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer's chemistry is nearly perfect for this quirky little comedy but it's the portal of they married couple of Garcia and Margulies' and their constant miscommunications and love-hate banter, in typical New York style, that are real scene stealers for this movie.
The movie is named for an actual place; a small town on the outskirts of the Bronx's and it is a community deep with family traditions. Grandparents and parents pass down their homes to the children to live in when they no longer can care for them. There are virtually no outsiders in this tiny seaside community. In its heyday, this community was a bustling port for fisherman. Barely anyone knows it exists except for some people in Manhattan and maybe a few in the Bronx, however, that is changing.
This movie came out in April of 2010 and the Blu-Ray and DVD release date is scheduled for August 24, 2010. In addition to his acting duties, Andy Garcia is also one of the many producers, joining several co-producers and executive producers. The film was written and directed, as a labor of love by Raymond De Felitta. - 40726
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