The Florentine (1999)

Released: 1999-04-19 Duration: 1hr 44min

Genres: Drama Comedy

Rating 5.2

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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

Initial Entertainment Group

American Zoetrope

NAZZ Productions

March First

Additional Info

Budget	$2,250,000.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.251

Directed By

Nick Stagliano

Crew

Director
Nick Stagliano

Producer
Francis Ford Coppola

Production Accountant
Michael Rath

Loader
Amy Silverman

Additional Second Assistant Camera
Amanda Cole

Assistant Electrician
Steven O'Neill

Additional Second Assistant Camera
Samantha Schutz

Key Grip
Greg Edwards

Lighting Supervisor
Paul Lowery

Assistant Electrician
Jason Summers

First Assistant Camera
Christopher Green

Still Photographer
John Clifford

Gaffer
Alan Hostetter

Second Second Assistant Director
Mikki Ziska

Second Assistant Camera
Matthew W. Flannery

Lighting Production Assistant
Christy Archibald

Unit Production Manager
A. John Rath

Production Coordinator
Lynn Appelle

Second Unit Director of Photography
Michael Barrett

Swing
Kenneth Conley

Assistant Grip
Christopher Muchow

Stunt Coordinator
Jay Spodaro

Still Photographer
Myles Aronowitz

On Set Dresser
Stéphane Ferrante

Additional Grip
Amanda McCormick

Location Manager
Gayle Vangrofsky

Set Dresser
Jimmy C. Stapp

Script Supervisor
Christine Gee

Production Coordinator
John Robert Reed

Cableman
Eric Strausser

Location Assistant
Doug Van Buskirk

Location Production Assistant
Stephen Molinaro

Production Sound Mixer
Thomas Varga

Leadman
Brian Scott Buteau

Additional Key Grip
Brian 'Buzz' Buzzelli

Wardrobe Assistant
Lissy Murphy

Hair Assistant
Alicia A. Kochis

Additional Production Assistant
Farrah Falcone

Techno Crane Operator
Joe Kuzan

Storyboard Designer
Andromache Chalfant

Art Department Production Assistant
Scott Hengst

Set Dresser
Marissa Nashel

Set Dresser
Oliver Wolf Wehner

Principal Costumer
Caroline Keil

Assistant Location Manager
Kimberly R. Faulkner

Best Boy Grip
Raymond Edwards

Assistant Grip
David Lambert

Key Costumer
Cara Borrelli

Property Master
Christopher DesMarais

Assistant Accountant
Elaine Cooke

Intern
Lori Magaro

Intern
Bryan McElroy

Runner Art Department
Christian Halac

Intern
Jason 'Jake' Davis

Intern
Scott Jones

Additional Production Assistant
Paul Wagtouicz

Production Secretary
Leah Culton

Runner Art Department
Ted Fairchild

Set Production Assistant
Dianna Walden

Set Decoration
Nick Evans

Set Production Assistant
Bill Tlusty

Additional Production Assistant
Bert French Jr.

Wardrobe Supervisor
Natalya Khorover

Assistant Makeup Artist
Kym Coates

Intern
Brad Katzev

Additional Production Assistant
Traven Rice

Intern
Ricardo J. Flores

Key Set Production Assistant
Christopher Savage

Intern
Bryan Rader Long

Intern
Will Rowe

Set Production Assistant
Greg Finkel

Set Production Assistant
Stacey Dolgos

Intern
Jessica Manning

Intern
Marin B. Bulatewicz

Intern
Eric Prykowski

Producer's Assistant
Niamh Clancy

Sponsorship Coordinator
Robert Colletta

Transportation Captain
Thomas Fitzgerald

Driver
Bill McReady

Driver
Dan Oldfield

Foley Artist
Beth Henderson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Reilly Steele

Dailies Technician
Joe Violante

Foley Recordist
Dave Paterson

Post Production Supervisor
A. John Rath

Intern
Shona Vitelli

Assistant Sound Editor
Rachel Chancey

Driver
Charles J. Ferguson

Original Story
Amy McCarty Baker

Chef
Paul Franklin

Public Relations
Jodie Magid

Extras Casting Assistant
Ann Gillette-Dolcini

Music Co-Supervisor
Ken Watson

Other
Buck Sanders

Thanks
Barbara Kowitz

Color Timer
Mark Ginsberg

Thanks
Lawrence Palmer, Jr.

Thanks
Peter Fields

Sound Engineer
John Kurlander

Orchestrator
Pete Anthony

Thanks
Thomas F. Goldsmith

Thanks
Judy Kruegar

Thanks
Frederick Mill

Thanks
Vince Agostino

Dolby Consultant
Tim J. Carroll

Thanks
Ilene Feldman

Music Coordinator
Julian Bratolyubov

Thanks
Louis Duit

Thanks
Sharon Pinkinson

Thanks
Tim Chambers

Thanks
Bob Brown

Orchestrator
Bill Boston

In Memory Of
Vincent R. Stagliano

Thanks
A.L. Brackbill, Jr.

Thanks
Nikos Nerantzinis

Thanks
Paul Shaytin

Thanks
Barbara Falcone

Thanks
William L. Heydt

Thanks
Abbe Shaytin

Thanks
Beth Holden

Thanks
Carol Andrade

Thanks
Jonathon Ruiz

Orchestrator
Marco Beltrami

Thanks
Kenneth R. Wilder

Thanks
Betty Kouack

Thanks
Leslie Meyers

Thanks
Tom Bartholomew

Thanks
Tom Pacchioli

Editor
Plummy Tucker

Negative Cutter
Patricia Sztaba

Second Assistant Director
Chip Signore

Production Design
Stephen McCabe

First Assistant Director
Jim LaClair

Executive Producer
Fred Fuchs

Post Production Coordinator
Leah Culton

Casting
Marcia Shulman

Writer
Tom Benson

Locale Casting Director
Kathy Wickline

Writer
Damien Gray

Producer
Nick Stagliano

Negative Cutter
Stan Sztaba

Dialogue Editor
Esther Regelson

Best Boy Electric
Casey Campbell

Producer
Steven Weisman

Director of Photography
Stephen Kazmierski

Production Supervisor
Bernadette Lee

Assistant Editor
Jordan Flaherty

Dailies Manager
James Palumbo

Boom Operator
Dan Wesson

Sound Effects Editor
James P. Lay

Foley Artist
Richard Partlow

Intern
Christine Archibald

Key Makeup Artist
Martel Thompson Hale

Assistant Property Master
Steven T. Duke

Costume Design
Kasia Walicka Maimone

Art Department Coordinator
Jason De Bari

Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Kris

Original Music Composer
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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