City by the Sea

City by the Sea
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Directed by	Michael Caton-Jones
Produced by	Don Carmody Andrew Stevens Roger Paradiso Dan Klores
Written by	Ken Hixon
Starring	Robert De Niro James Franco Eliza Dushku William Forsythe Frances McDormand
Music by	John Murphy
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Editing by	Jim Clark
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$29,413,966[1]

City by the Sea is a 2002 film starring Robert De Niro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, Frances McDormand and William Forsythe. It deals with a family problems of wayward youth and set against a man trying to break free of his past. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the story of Vincent LaMarca.

Plot

Vincent LaMarca (Robert De Niro) is a veteran street cop and the son of an executed killer. While his father did not intend to kill the child he kidnapped, the son reaps the reputation anyway and decides to be so good that he is beyond reproach. Meanwhile, his own son Joey LaMarca (James Franco), a drug user with fading memories of athletic high school glory, gets wrapped up in a drug-related killing and, with no other choice, asks his estranged father for help. Joey suddenly comes to the attention of Vincent's current girlfriend Michelle (Frances McDormand), who asks Vincent why he is not going to help his son. Vincent has tried so hard to distance himself from his past that he cannot accept any intrusion into his contentment. Then Joey's girlfriend Gina (Eliza Dushku), who struggles to stay sober for her and Joey's infant son Angelo, comes into Vincent's life, asking him to save Joey. She later escapes, leaving the child with Vincent. Joey gets deeper into trouble when the local drug enforcer Spyder (William Forsythe) kills Vincent's cop partner Reg (George Dzundza) who was helping Vincent clear Joey's name, and the murder is pinned on Joey. In the end, Vincent sets aside his self-imposed isolation and helps save his son.

Cast

• Robert De Niro as Vincent LaMarca
• Frances McDormand as Michelle
• James Franco as Joey LaMarca
• Eliza Dushku as Gina
• William Forsythe as Spyder
• George Dzundza as Reg Duffy
• Patti LuPone as Maggie
• Anson Mount as Dave Simon
• John Doman as Henderson
• Brian Tarantina as Snake
• Drena De Niro as Vanessa Hansen
• Nestor Serrano as Rossi
• Michael P. Moran as Herb
• Michael Della Femina as Angelo LaMarca (Vincent's father)
• Dominick Angelo and Pasquale Enrico Cangro as Baby Angelo (Joey and Gina's son)

Notes

• ^ "Mark of a murderer" by Mike McAlary, Esquire magazine, 1997

References

1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=citybythesea.htm

External links

• City by the Sea
• City by the Sea at the Internet Movie Database
• City by the Sea at Box Office Mojo
• City by the Sea at AllRovi