Mean Streets
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Film · TMDB
7.1A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Released: 1973-10-14112 minDir: Martin ScorseseDrama, Crime
Cast
- Robert De Niro as John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
- Harvey Keitel as Charlie Cappa
- David Proval as Tony DeVienazo
- Amy Robinson as Teresa Ronchelli
- Richard Romanus as Michael Longo
- Cesare Danova as Giovanni Cappa
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.2/10
124,697 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
96/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenplay by
- Martin Scorsese Mardik Martin
- Story by
- Martin Scorsese
- Produced by
- Jonathan T. Taplin
- Starring
- Robert De Niro Harvey Keitel David Proval Amy Robinson Richard Romanus Cesare Danova
- Cinematography
- Kent L. Wakeford
- Edited by
- Sidney Levin Martin Scorsese (uncredited)
- Production company
- Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- October 14, 1973 ( 1973-10-14 )
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
Key dates
- Published
- 14 October 1973
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- neo-noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenwriter
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast member
- Martin Scorsese
- Composer
- Eric Clapton
Article
Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay co-written with Mardik Martin. It stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, along with David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, and Cesare Danova. Scorsese's third feature film, it depicts a group of troubled young men in New York's Little Italy, and centers on many themes the director would later revisit, including the Mafia, Italian-American identity, urban life, and Catholic guilt.
Produced independently and released by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 2, 1973, Mean Streets received positive reviews from critics and marked Scorsese's arrival as a major figure of the New Hollywood movement. Robert De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Johnny Boy" Civello.