Deuces Wild [Blu-ray]

Director: Scott Kalvert Scott Kalvert

Overview

This gang warfare drama is from director Scott Kalvert, whose previous film was the controversial and violent The Basketball Diaries (1995). In the sweltering summer of 1958, Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are leaders of the Brooklyn street gang known as the Deuces. When their brother Alley Boy died from an overdose, the two toughs vowed to keep narcotics out of their turf, but now they're being muscled by a new and more powerful gang called the Vipers, fueled by drug money and led by mobster Fritzy Zennetti (Matt Dillon). As a vicious gang war heats up that will determine Brooklyn's future, a romance develops between Bobby and Annie (Fairuza Balk), the leader of a girl gang. Deuces Wild co-stars Frankie Muniz, Balthazar Getty, Max Perlich, Drea de Matteo, Deborah Harry, Vincent Pastore, Joshua Leonard, James Franco, and Johnny Knoxville.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2015
UPC:	0887090108409
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	R
Source:	Olive
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	17,998

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stephen Dorff	Leon
Brad Renfro	Bobby
Fairuza Balk	Annie
Norman Reedus	Marco
Max Perlich	Freddie
Drea de Matteo	Betsy
Vincent Pastore	Father Aldo
Frankie Muniz	Scooch
Balthazar Getty	Jimmy Pockets
Nancy Cassaro	Esther
Matt Dillon	Fritzy
Debbie Harry	Wendy
James Franco	Tino
Joshua Leonard	Punchy
Alba Albanese	Brenda
Anna Albanese	Actor
Danny Cistone	Little Jack
Louis Lombardi	Philly Babe
Johnny Knoxville	Vinnie Fish
Melvin Rodriguez	Big Dom
Robert Miranda	Gino
Shamus Murphy	Patty Cugire
Ronnie Marmo	Moof
Paul Sampson	Joey Pants
Maurice Compte	Maurice
George Georgiadis	Willie
Jackie Tohn	Mary Ann
George Palermo	Stevie Olives
Steve Picerni	Jerry
Marc Alexander Sferrazza	Young Boy at Pool
Blake Bashoff	Allie Boy
Larry Moss	Pops
Alex Watson	Sal
Alex City	Stretch
Stephanie Stenta	Marco's Babe
Clayton Barber	Top Hat
Alex Kalognomos	Stretch
Michael Endoso	Louie
Lee Whitaker	Viper
Christopher Lep	Viper
Norman Panto	Italian Band Member,Italian Band Member
Tony Doria	Italian Band Member
Tony Giaimo	Italian Band Member
Albert Joby	Cop
Jefferey Clark	Cop
Ian Quinn	Alley Cop
Joe Campana	Feast Barker
Eric Prescott	Carnival Patron

Technical Credits

Paul Kimatian

Christopher Gambale

Scott Kalvert	Director
Paul Kimatian	Screenwriter,Producer
Christopher Gambale	Screenwriter
Pete Antico	Stunts
Willi Baer	Producer
Todd Bryant	Stunts
Fred Caruso	Producer
Michael Cerenzie	Producer
Josh Hakian	Special Effects
Eberhard Kayser	Executive Producer
Mario Ohoven	Executive Producer
Marc Sferrazza	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Brooklyn in the summer of 1958 was a place where doo-wop blared from candy-store jukeboxes, kids played stickball in the streets, and locals fumed about the Dodgers ("doze bums") for having pulled up stakes for the West Coast. But Deuces Wild doesn’t suffuse New York’s most colorful borough in the rosy glow of nostalgia; this operatically violent melodrama unfolds in a '50s Brooklyn where youth gangs fight for control of the streets and play footsie with local mobsters. The Sunset Park neighborhood is dominated by the Deuces, whose charismatic leader, Leo (Stephen Dorff), has his hands full. In addition to fending off periodic incursions by the rival Vipers, Leo tries to turn a blind eye to the increasingly intrusive activities of mob boss Fritzy (Matt Dillon) and keep his hotheaded younger brother, Bobby (Brad Renfro), out of trouble. That last assignment proves especially difficult when Bobby takes up with Annie (Fairuza Balk), the younger sister of a Vipers big shot. Director Scott Kalvert (The Basketball Diaries) certainly hasn’t been influenced by West Side Story, or even The Lords of Flatbush; his street toughs are genuinely dangerous kids from dysfunctional families, and their onscreen clashes are hyperrealistic, wince-inducing affairs replete with knives, brass knuckles, and lead pipes. If anything, Kalvert’s been watching westerns like Tombstone -- it’s easy to imagine the Deuces as the Earps, the Vipers as the Clantons, and Sunset Park as the O.K. Corral. The character types may be familiar, but Deuces Wild isn’t your father’s teenage gang movie: It’s a raw, occasionally shocking little film with pitch-perfect performances and vigorous action. Kalvert supplies a commentary track on the DVD.

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