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Borough of Kings
Borough of Kings
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Borough of Kings

Original Title: Brooklyn Sonnet

2000
1h 35m

Status

Released

Release

2000

Runtime

1h 35m

Storyline

"A young man must decide between a life on the streets and a career in the theater."

Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. Tommy encourages Jimmy's dreams, and Jimmy gets the part of Banquo in a Joseph Papps production of "Macbeth." He goes to tell Tommy the good news and walks in on a mob hit. Tommy protects him temporarily from Nunzio, a murderous Mamaluc, but soon the cops get word Jimmy knows something. Can Jimmy succeed as an actor, be a stand up guy for Tommy, avoid Nunzio, and get closer to Anna, a woman he falls for at the theater?

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Dec 31, 2000
Director
Elyse Lewin

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler

Anna Callahan

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Uncle Chicky

Joseph Lyle Taylor

Joseph Lyle Taylor

Nunzio

Erik Jensen

Erik Jensen

Frankie the Snake

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Helen Manners

Jim Stanek

Jim Stanek

Jimmy O'Conner

Patrick Newall

Patrick Newall

Tommy DeVito

Michael Mastro

Michael Mastro

Moosehead

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