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 | 3.251 |
Directed By
Nick Stagliano
Crew
Nick Stagliano
Francis Ford Coppola
Michael Rath
Amy Silverman
Amanda Cole
Steven O'Neill
Samantha Schutz
Greg Edwards
Paul Lowery
Jason Summers
Christopher Green
John Clifford
Alan Hostetter
Mikki Ziska
Matthew W. Flannery
Christy Archibald
A. John Rath
Lynn Appelle
Michael Barrett
Kenneth Conley
Christopher Muchow
Jay Spodaro
Myles Aronowitz
Stéphane Ferrante
Amanda McCormick
Gayle Vangrofsky
Jimmy C. Stapp
Christine Gee
John Robert Reed
Eric Strausser
Doug Van Buskirk
Stephen Molinaro
Thomas Varga
Brian Scott Buteau
Brian 'Buzz' Buzzelli
Lissy Murphy
Alicia A. Kochis
Farrah Falcone
Joe Kuzan
Andromache Chalfant
Scott Hengst
Marissa Nashel
Oliver Wolf Wehner
Caroline Keil
Kimberly R. Faulkner
Raymond Edwards
David Lambert
Cara Borrelli
Christopher DesMarais
Elaine Cooke
Lori Magaro
Bryan McElroy
Christian Halac
Jason 'Jake' Davis
Scott Jones
Paul Wagtouicz
Leah Culton
Ted Fairchild
Dianna Walden
Nick Evans
Bill Tlusty
Bert French Jr.
Natalya Khorover
Kym Coates
Brad Katzev
Traven Rice
Ricardo J. Flores
Christopher Savage
Bryan Rader Long
Will Rowe
Greg Finkel
Stacey Dolgos
Jessica Manning
Marin B. Bulatewicz
Eric Prykowski
Niamh Clancy
Robert Colletta
Thomas Fitzgerald
Bill McReady
Dan Oldfield
Beth Henderson
Reilly Steele
Joe Violante
Dave Paterson
A. John Rath
Shona Vitelli
Rachel Chancey
Charles J. Ferguson
Amy McCarty Baker
Paul Franklin
Jodie Magid
Ann Gillette-Dolcini
Ken Watson
Buck Sanders
Barbara Kowitz
Mark Ginsberg
Lawrence Palmer, Jr.
Peter Fields
John Kurlander
Pete Anthony
Thomas F. Goldsmith
Judy Kruegar
Frederick Mill
Vince Agostino
Tim J. Carroll
Ilene Feldman
Julian Bratolyubov
Louis Duit
Sharon Pinkinson
Tim Chambers
Bob Brown
Bill Boston
Vincent R. Stagliano
A.L. Brackbill, Jr.
Nikos Nerantzinis
Paul Shaytin
Barbara Falcone
William L. Heydt
Abbe Shaytin
Beth Holden
Carol Andrade
Jonathon Ruiz
Marco Beltrami
Kenneth R. Wilder
Betty Kouack
Leslie Meyers
Tom Bartholomew
Tom Pacchioli
Plummy Tucker
Patricia Sztaba
Chip Signore
Stephen McCabe
Jim LaClair
Fred Fuchs
Leah Culton
Marcia Shulman
Tom Benson
Kathy Wickline
Damien Gray
Nick Stagliano
Stan Sztaba
Esther Regelson
Casey Campbell
Steven Weisman
Stephen Kazmierski
Bernadette Lee
Jordan Flaherty
James Palumbo
Dan Wesson
James P. Lay
Richard Partlow
Christine Archibald
Martel Thompson Hale
Steven T. Duke
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Jason De Bari
Andy Kris
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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