Staten Island (film)

Staten Island
Directed by	James DeMonaco
Produced by	Luc Besson Sebastien Lemercier D. Ramanaidu Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Written by	James DeMonaco
Starring	Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio Seymour Cassel
Cinematography	Chris Norr
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release dates	October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21) (Tokyo International Film Festival) November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France United States
Language	English

Staten 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Ethan Hawke as Sully Halverson
• Vincent D'Onofrio as Parmie Tarzo
• Seymour Cassel as Jasper Sabiano
• Julianne Nicholson as Mary Halverson
• Adrian Martinez as Officer Rodriguez

Critical reception

The film received mixed to average reviews from critics. The New York Times critic praised the director DeMonaco for "adroitly weaving violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable", while the reviewer of The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".

External links

• Official website
• Staten Island at IMDb
• Staten Island at Metacritic
• Staten Island at Rotten Tomatoes
• Staten Island at AllMovie by Jason Buchanan