City Island is a movie made in 2009, which came out in April of 2010, starting Emmy Nominated Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies as a married couple seemingly stuck in a rut. Their entire family, including themselves, can not face the truth. Vince Rizzo, Garcia's character, is a corrections officer and longs to be a big star. This revelation is a secret he wants to keep from his family and hides his weekly acting classes as best he can.
This dark family comedy won the coveted audience award at the 2009 famed Tribeca Film Festival where most films go to generate a buzz which in turn brings more people out to view the film when it hits the theaters. This was its first screening and critics and movie-goers both enjoyed the hilarity that came out of this charming yet smart film about the lengths families will go to in order hide the truth from one another.
Each of the members of this dysfunctional family is hiding a secret that they believe if revealed, would destroy one another and the very foundation of their family. The father of the family, Garcia of the Ocean's films, secretly wants to be an actor and takes a weekly acting class. His wife, Joyce, played by Margulies of the Good Wife, is busy playing detective because she believes her husband is cheating on her rather than plotting a big Hollywood career.
The family has a collage-attending daughter, played by Dominik Garca-Lorido, of the Lost City, who is also hiding a secret, she is a stripper. Their young, teenage son, played by Ezra Miller, from Californication, has a weird fetish that has something to do with their 300 lb neighbor. Then there is the elder Rizzo's drama coach, played by Emmy Award Winner, Alan Arkin of Little Miss Sunshine, who also has a few secrets he's hiding.
One of the first things a screenwriter must do when putting their story on paper is to answer the question 'why today?' this will give the audience the reason for the movie. The main character in this film, Vince Rizzo answers this question for us through his excited reaction to an acting game. He recently found his long-lost son in the prison where he works as a corrections officer and decides to bring him home to meet his family. This is the beginning of the families many secrets unveiling.
Another of the non-family members to show up and wreck havoc on the family, especially the elder Rizzo, is his acting partner, Emily Mortimer who played in last years Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer have good onscreen chemistry, but the best chemistry goes to Garcia and Margulies. Their onscreen banter as a husband and wife in the New York area is hilarity and 'right on' in almost all cases. They banter back and forth with miscommunications and love and hate mixed for hilarity.
The movie's namesake is a real live place just outside of the Bronx's and it is teaming with tradition. There are basically no 'outsiders' in the tiny former fishing village and parents hand down their houses from generation to generation. People outside of Manhattan and the Bronx don't know of this beautiful little community, that is, until now.
This film was written and directed by Raymond De Felitta of Two Family House. There are several producers and co-producers attached to this film, including Andy Garcia. The DVD and Blu-Ray of City Island is scheduled for release on August 24, 2010. - 40724
This dark family comedy won the coveted audience award at the 2009 famed Tribeca Film Festival where most films go to generate a buzz which in turn brings more people out to view the film when it hits the theaters. This was its first screening and critics and movie-goers both enjoyed the hilarity that came out of this charming yet smart film about the lengths families will go to in order hide the truth from one another.
Each of the members of this dysfunctional family is hiding a secret that they believe if revealed, would destroy one another and the very foundation of their family. The father of the family, Garcia of the Ocean's films, secretly wants to be an actor and takes a weekly acting class. His wife, Joyce, played by Margulies of the Good Wife, is busy playing detective because she believes her husband is cheating on her rather than plotting a big Hollywood career.
The family has a collage-attending daughter, played by Dominik Garca-Lorido, of the Lost City, who is also hiding a secret, she is a stripper. Their young, teenage son, played by Ezra Miller, from Californication, has a weird fetish that has something to do with their 300 lb neighbor. Then there is the elder Rizzo's drama coach, played by Emmy Award Winner, Alan Arkin of Little Miss Sunshine, who also has a few secrets he's hiding.
One of the first things a screenwriter must do when putting their story on paper is to answer the question 'why today?' this will give the audience the reason for the movie. The main character in this film, Vince Rizzo answers this question for us through his excited reaction to an acting game. He recently found his long-lost son in the prison where he works as a corrections officer and decides to bring him home to meet his family. This is the beginning of the families many secrets unveiling.
Another of the non-family members to show up and wreck havoc on the family, especially the elder Rizzo, is his acting partner, Emily Mortimer who played in last years Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer have good onscreen chemistry, but the best chemistry goes to Garcia and Margulies. Their onscreen banter as a husband and wife in the New York area is hilarity and 'right on' in almost all cases. They banter back and forth with miscommunications and love and hate mixed for hilarity.
The movie's namesake is a real live place just outside of the Bronx's and it is teaming with tradition. There are basically no 'outsiders' in the tiny former fishing village and parents hand down their houses from generation to generation. People outside of Manhattan and the Bronx don't know of this beautiful little community, that is, until now.
This film was written and directed by Raymond De Felitta of Two Family House. There are several producers and co-producers attached to this film, including Andy Garcia. The DVD and Blu-Ray of City Island is scheduled for release on August 24, 2010. - 40724
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