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