The Florentine (1999)
Overview
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of life's disillusioned "losers." Its owner, Whitey (Michael Madsen), is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough (Burt Young), and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco (Jim Belushi) runs a con on Frankie (Luke Perry) to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby (Chris Penn) becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki (Mary Stuart Masterson). Every plot in this multi-layered story seems to be at its nadir just as a pair of unlikely heroes emerge out of the backdrop to turn everything around.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,250,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.821 |
Directed By
Nick Stagliano
Crew
Nick Stagliano
Francis Ford Coppola
Matthew W. Flannery
John Robert Reed
Mikki Ziska
Amanda Cole
Alan Hostetter
John Clifford
Myles Aronowitz
Christopher Green
Christy Archibald
Jay Spodaro
Christine Gee
Kenneth Conley
Lynn Appelle
Amy Silverman
A. John Rath
Michael Barrett
Michael Rath
Samantha Schutz
Paul Lowery
Steven O'Neill
Jason Summers
Greg Edwards
Raymond Edwards
Kimberly R. Faulkner
Thomas Varga
Stephen Molinaro
Christopher Muchow
Eric Strausser
Brian Scott Buteau
Brian 'Buzz' Buzzelli
Joe Kuzan
Amanda McCormick
Gayle Vangrofsky
Marissa Nashel
David Lambert
Stéphane Ferrante
Christopher DesMarais
Elaine Cooke
Ricardo J. Flores
Bryan McElroy
Niamh Clancy
Lori Magaro
Bert French Jr.
Traven Rice
Scott Jones
Doug Van Buskirk
Oliver Wolf Wehner
Lissy Murphy
Farrah Falcone
Dianna Walden
Caroline Keil
Robert Colletta
Christian Halac
Nick Evans
Natalya Khorover
Alicia A. Kochis
Cara Borrelli
Kym Coates
Leah Culton
Jimmy C. Stapp
Scott Hengst
Ted Fairchild
Stacey Dolgos
Bryan Rader Long
Jessica Manning
Andromache Chalfant
Christopher Savage
Greg Finkel
Bill Tlusty
Marin B. Bulatewicz
Ann Gillette-Dolcini
Joe Violante
Julian Bratolyubov
Paul Wagtouicz
Will Rowe
Thomas Fitzgerald
Charles J. Ferguson
Eric Prykowski
Buck Sanders
Tim Chambers
Vincent R. Stagliano
A.L. Brackbill, Jr.
Paul Shaytin
Betty Kouack
John Kurlander
A. John Rath
Tom Pacchioli
Brad Katzev
Amy McCarty Baker
Shona Vitelli
Rachel Chancey
Jodie Magid
Jason 'Jake' Davis
Beth Henderson
Reilly Steele
Bill McReady
Dan Oldfield
Paul Franklin
Pete Anthony
Louis Duit
Judy Kruegar
Kenneth R. Wilder
Dave Paterson
Lawrence Palmer, Jr.
Leslie Meyers
Mark Ginsberg
Beth Holden
Bob Brown
Abbe Shaytin
Marco Beltrami
Ken Watson
Carol Andrade
Jonathon Ruiz
Thomas F. Goldsmith
Frederick Mill
Nikos Nerantzinis
Bill Boston
Barbara Falcone
Sharon Pinkinson
Tom Bartholomew
Tim J. Carroll
Ilene Feldman
Peter Fields
William L. Heydt
Vince Agostino
Barbara Kowitz
Jordan Flaherty
Stephen McCabe
Leah Culton
Martel Thompson Hale
Bernadette Lee
Fred Fuchs
James Palumbo
Tom Benson
Stephen Kazmierski
Kathy Wickline
Marcia Shulman
Jim LaClair
Steven Weisman
Plummy Tucker
Patricia Sztaba
Chip Signore
Damien Gray
Nick Stagliano
Stan Sztaba
Esther Regelson
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Dan Wesson
James P. Lay
Richard Partlow
Casey Campbell
Jason De Bari
Christine Archibald
Andy Kris
Steven T. Duke
Marco Beltrami
TOP CAST
Michael Madsen
Whitey
Chris Penn
Bobbie
Virginia Madsen
Molly
Jeremy Davies
Truby
Luke Perry
Frankie
Tom Sizemore
Teddy Finn
Hal Holbrook
Smitty
Jim Belushi
Billy Belasco
Burt Young
Joe McCollough
Mary Stuart Masterson
Vikki
Lillo Brancato
Pretty
James McCaffrey
Jack Ryan
Maeve Quinlan
Claire
Peter Maloney
Fr. Coyle
Jill Hennessy
Brenda
Jerome Le Page
Paris
Michael Massee
Nickie Nepolitano
Gene Canfield
Dombrowski
Bobby Cooper
Junior
Chris Barnes
Nathan
Tony Devon
Construction Boss
Kenny Marino
Chickie
Ilene Norris
Cocoa
Doug DeWitt
Gilroy
Joseph Glenn
John Maguire
Conrad Tooker
Mills
Jessica Hopper
Skeeter's Cousin
Guy Griffis
Tommy Culligan
Sylvia Kauders
Jewelry Saleswoman
Herbert Rubens
Pawnbroker
Russell Gibson
Burt's Sidekick
Robert Downs
Greek Cook
Charles J. Corrado Jr.
Construction Worker #1
John Brumfield
Construction Worker #2
Michael Griffith
Bowler #1
Mark Ott
Diner Patron
Lester Smith
Bar Patron
Jay Spodaro
Busboy
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