- Prince of Central Park
"Prince of Central Park" is a
2000 family movie . The cast includedFrank Nasso ,Kathleen Turner ,Danny Aiello ,Harvey Keitel , andCathy Moriarty . It was written and directed byJohn Leekley , and produced byJulius R. Nasso ,Steven Seagal , andJohn P. Gulino . The film is a remake of the 1977 TV movie "The Prince of Central Park" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076566/] starringRuth Gordon andT. J. Hargrave ; both films were based on the novel "The Prince of Central Park" byEvan Rhodes .Plot
12-year-old J.J. Somerled (
Frank Nasso ) runs away because his mother died and is placed in the care of an abusive foster mother. He takes his electronic keyboard, and lives inCentral Park inNew York City . He learns a lot, and meets a lot of people there including a person called "The Guardian" (Harvey Keitel ).Adaptation
Rhodes also adapted his own novel for Broadway in 1989, but the production, starring
Jo Anne Worley , was so poorly received [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=950DEFD8103CF933A25752C1A96F948260 "The City Is Sweet and Muggers Are Merry;"] from "The New York Times," November 10, 1989. Retrieved on2008-01-31 .] it closed after four performances. [ [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4253 "Internet Broadway Database."] Retrieved on2008-01-31 .]References
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