Mean Streets
It is the story that embodies the reality of a young man named Charlie is a young American Italian and Johnny Boy. It may be quite difficult when the hood is struggling for a short time to succeed in the 'moderate streets' in Little Italy where circumstances and events conflict.
23 November 1943, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
12 June 1919, New York, USA
15 July 1941, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
10 August 1956, New York, USA
8 December 1936, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 August 1938, New York City, New York, USA
16 April 1912, New York City, New York, USA
10 June 1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA
3 July 1949, Oklahoma, USA
13 April 1948, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
5 November 1934, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
8 February 1943, Barre, Vermont, USA
13 May 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
17 November 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1954, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 March 1943, New York, USA
27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
20 May 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1 March 1926, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
17 August 1943, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1940, Amarillo, Texas, USA
March 09, 2011
Authentic in feel and immensely personal in subject matter, Mean Streets marked the arrival of one Martin Scorsese and his unique brand of urban filmmaking.August 20, 2010
showcases Scorsese's artistic strengths and weaknesses as they stood at the outset of his careerApril 16, 2013
This marriage of indelible imagery with electric, seemingly incongruous pop songs wouldn't be bettered until, well, the next time Scorsese decided to do it.May 20, 2003
No matter how bleak the milieu, no matter how heartbreaking the narrative, some films are so thoroughly, beautifully realized they have a kind of tonic effect that has no relation to the subject matter.May 22, 2016
[F]or all the violence of the streets, this is less a crime film than a character piece, a love letter to the streets of New York's Little Italy and the young men rattling around like tough guys and fantasizing about becoming the real thing.February 14, 2001
Its greatness lies in its leanness, with nary a word, a move, a gesture that's nonessential.March 31, 2008
Scorsese is exceptionally good at guiding his largely unknown cast to near-flawless recreations of types. Outstanding in this regard is De Niro.March 03, 2013
Scorsese exalts cinema as the mediator of reality, memory and reverie, the demonic art that enthralls the church boyFebruary 09, 2006
One of the best American films of the decade.January 01, 2000
In countless ways, right down to the detail of modern TV crime shows, Mean Streets is one of the source points of modern movies.March 31, 2008
The acting and editing have such an original, tumultuous force that the picture is completely gripping.