Kings of South Beach

Infobox Film
name = Kings of South Beach


caption = Cover of the DVD
executive producer = Van Vandegrift
director = Tim Hunter
producer = Nicholas Pileggi Van Vandegrift Kip Konwiser
writer = Nicholas Pileggi
starring = Jason Gedrick Donnie Wahlberg
music =
cinematography = Patrick Cady
editing = Sunny Hodge
distributor =
release date = March 21, 2007
runtime =
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget =
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website = http://www.aetv.com/kings-of-south-beach/index.jsp
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0780059

Kings of South Beach is a film written by Nicholas Pileggi about an infamous operator of nightclubs in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. The lead character is portrayed by Jason Gedrick and his best friend is portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg. The film premiered on March 12, 2007 on the A&E Network.

The film is loosely based on the true life exploits of Chris Paciello, a transplanted New Yorker who back in his hometown he was involved with the Mafia. He built a house of cards in South Beach of models, money and celebrity friends including Madonna.

After an intense undercover investigation, Paciello was arrested on racketeering and murder charges and went on to testify against known members and associates of the Colombo and Bonanno crime families.

Reception

New York Post critic Linda Stasi rates Kings of South Beach as a "four star film" with a casting described as “perfect.” [ cite web|title=dOc Press Release Kings of South Beach | url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showrelease.php3?ID=8819 | accessdate=August 6 | accessyear=2007] Robert Bianco of USA Today describes "Gedrick and Wahlberg as absolutely first-rate, as these fine actors tend to be." [ cite web|title=PLAYERS CLUB- New York Post South Beach Boys' Night | url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03072007/tv/players_club_tv_linda_stasi.htm | accessdate=March 7 | accessyear=2007] Scott Weinberg, DVD Talk-Review called it Obvious, listless, and completely predictable from start to finish, Kings of South Beach is little more than a very thin retread of several much better crime stories. [ cite web|title=DVDTalk ReviewL Kings of South Beach | url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30900 | accessdate=January 5 | accessyear=2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.aetv.com/kings-of-south-beach/about-movie.jsp About "Kings of South Beach", from A&E]