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 date	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^[1] 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 City, 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.^[2] 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",^[3] while the reviewer of The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".^[4]

References

↑ "Staten Island". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Staten Island Reviews at Metecritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
↑ Webster, Andy (2009-11-20). "Movie Reviews – Staten Island – NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
↑ Neumaier, Joe; Weitzman, Elizabeth (2009-11-19). "Short movie reviews". The New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-12-27.

External links

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

Films by James DeMonaco
Directed / written	Staten Island (2009) The Purge (2013) The Purge: Anarchy (2014) The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Written only	Jack (1996) The Negotiator (1998) Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) Skinwalkers (2006)

Luc Besson
Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Produced	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) Atlantis (1991) Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) La Turbulence des fluides (2002) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Les Côtelettes (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) District 13 (2004) Taxi (2004) Revolver (2005) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Bandidas (2006) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Taxi 4 (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) From Paris with Love (2010) 22 Bullets (2010) Colombiana (2011) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) The Lady (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) No Limit (2012) Collison (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) 3 Days to Kill (2013) The Family (2013) Brick Mansions (2014) The Homesman (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2016) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Written	Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Lucy (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
TV series	No Limit (2012-2015) Taxi Brooklyn (2014) Taken (2017)
See also	Filmography EuropaCorp

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