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Staten Island is a french film of genre Drama directed by James DeMonaco released in USA on 7 november 2009 with Ethan Hawke
Staten Island (2009)
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Add to a movie listStaten Island (also titled Little New York ) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco in his directorial debut. It starred Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel as three Staten Islanders whose lives intersected through a crime. Following a very limited theatrical run in New York, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in December 2009.
Synopsis
A Staten Island mob boss Parmie (D'Onofrio) was robbed by a septic tank cleaner Sully (Hawke) who had a pal Jasper (Cassel), a deaf deli employee moonlighting as a corpse chopper for Parmie.Actors
Ethan Hawke
(Sully)
Vincent D'Onofrio
(Parmie Tarzo)
Seymour Cassel
(Jasper Sabiano)
John Sharian
Julianne Nicholson
(Mary Halverson)
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