Mean streets / a Warner Communications Company presents ; Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions ; screenplay, Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin ; story, Martin Scorsese ; producer, Jonathan T. Taplin ; director, Martin Scorsese.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. Wide screen (1.85:1) Special features: Excerpted conversation between Scorsese and filmmaker Richard Linklater from a 2011 Directors Guild of America event; Selected-scene audio commentary featuring Scorsese and actor Amy Robinson; New video essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith about the film's physicality and its portrayal of brotherhood; Interview with director of photography Kent Wakeford; Excerpt from the documentary Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood (2008) featuring Mean streets cowriter Mardik Martin as well as Scorsese, journalist Peter Biskind, and filmmaker Amy Heckerling; Martin Scorsese: back on the block (1973), a promotional video from the film's original theatrical release; Trailer; An essay by critic Lucy Sante. Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova.
Summary:
One of the most influential works of American independent cinema, Martin Scorsese's gritty portrait of 1970s New York City is an electrifying vision of sin and redemption starring Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, and Amy Robinson.
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