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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.5M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Mean Streets
"Go to church on Sunday. Go to Hell on Monday."
1973 1h 52m EN
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7.0TMDB Β· 2,374
DramaCrime
Synopsis
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A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
βGo to church on Sunday. Go to Hell on Monday.β
Cast
Robert De Niro
John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
Harvey Keitel
Charlie Cappa
David Proval
Tony DeVienazo
Amy Robinson
Teresa Ronchelli
Richard Romanus
Michael Longo
Cesare Danova
Giovanni Cappa
Victor Argo
Mario
George Memmoli
Joey 'Clams' Scala
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writers
- Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin, Martin Scorsese
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts πΏ
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MONEY
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Made its money back 6.0Γ over at the box office.
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ERA
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53 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Martin Scorsese, shot by Kent L. Wakeford. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sidney Levin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel and David Proval carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Go to church on Sunday. Go to Hell on Monday.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Martin Scorsese directs. Kent L. Wakeford behind the camera. Sidney Levin cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $0.5M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Made its money back 6.0Γ over at the box office.
- 353 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
- 4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
- 5Directed by Martin Scorsese, shot by Kent L. Wakeford. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Sidney Levin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel and David Proval carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Go to church on Sunday. Go to Hell on Monday.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0070379 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 12 themes, including "secret love", "italian american", "gangster", "protection money".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Kent L. Wakeford
- Editing
- Sidney Levin
- Production design
- David Nichols
- Sound
- Walter Goss
- Stunt coordinator
- Bill Catching
- Runtime
- 112 min Β· 1h 52m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $500,000
- Box office
- $3,000,000
- Return
- 600% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Martin Scorsese
Stills Β· wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
- TA
Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions
Key crew
- EditorSidney Levin
- ProducerJonathan T. Taplin
- Executive ProducerE. Lee Perry
- EditorMartin Scorsese
- Production DesignDavid Nichols
- Animal WranglerGeorge Toth
- First Assistant CameraHarry Young
- Best Boy ElectricianBill Young
- First Assistant DirectorRussell Vreeland
- Camera OperatorGene Talvin
- Wardrobe SupervisorNorman Salling
- Stunt CoordinatorBill Catching
- Production Office AssistantChris Thompson
- Camera InternPat O'Mara
- Assistant Production CoordinatorDavid Osterhout
- Special EffectsBill Balles
- Key GripJohn Murray
- Production Office AssistantPamela Williams
- Sound Re-Recording MixerWalter Goss
- OtherDavid Nichols
- Sound Re-Recording MixerCharles Grenzbach
- Post Production SupervisorSandra Weintraub
- OtherDoyle Hall
- Additional PhotographyNorman Gerard
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- secret love
- italian american
- gangster
- protection money
- epilepsy
- redemption
- money
- little italy
- catholicism
- manhattan, new york city
- introspective
- sincere
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere1973-10-02Β· New York Film Festival
- Theatrical1973-10-14R
Also known as
International titles
- Ulice nΔdzyPL
- HexenkesselDE
- MizernΓ© uliceSK
- λΉμ΄ν 거리KR
- Pis KΓΌΓ§ΙlΙrAZ
