Borough of Kings (2000)
Brooklyn Sonnet
A young man must decide between a life on the streets and a career in the theater.
95 min
Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. Tommy encourages Jimmy's dreams, and Jimmy gets the part of Banquo in a Joseph Papps production of "Macbeth." He goes to tell Tommy the good news and walks in on a mob hit. Tommy protects him temporarily from Nunzio, a murderous Mamaluc, but soon the cops get word Jimmy knows something. Can Jimmy succeed as an actor, be a stand up guy for Tommy, avoid Nunzio, and get closer to Anna, a woman he falls for at the theater?
- Release date
- December 31, 2000
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Jim Stanek as Jimmy O'Conner
- Kerry Butler as Anna Callahan
- Philip Bosco as Uncle Chicky
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as Nunzio
- Patrick Newall as Tommy DeVito
- Erik Jensen as Frankie the Snake
- Michael Mastro as Moosehead
- Olympia Dukakis as Helen Manners
- Tim Artz as Bobby Crypt
- Tommy Helbig as Bruno
Crew
- Elyse Lewin · Director
- Patrick Newall · Writer
- Chris Brinker · Producer
- Elyse Lewin · Producer
- Patrick Newall · Producer
- Alan Elliott · Composer
- Nils Kenaston · Cinematographer
- Brian Pryzpek · Cinematographer
- Harry Keramidas · Editor
- Lewis Schoenbrun · Editor
- Matthew Messinger · Casting director
- Brook Yeaton · Production designer