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The Florentine

5.5 104 mins Drama   Comedy   1999
Initial Entertainment Group   American Zoetrope   NAZZ Productions   March First  
Director(s): Nick Stagliano

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, is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough, and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly, is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy, shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco runs a con on Frankie to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki. 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.

Casts of The Florentine

Michael Madsen

as Whitey

Chris Penn

as Bobbie

Virginia Madsen

as Molly

Jeremy Davies

as Truby

Luke Perry

as Frankie

Tom Sizemore

as Teddy Finn

Hal Holbrook

as Smitty

Jim Belushi

as Billy Belasco

Burt Young

as Joe McCollough

Lillo Brancato

as Pretty

James McCaffrey

as Jack Ryan

Maeve Quinlan

as Claire

Peter Maloney

as Fr. Coyle

Jill Hennessy

as Brenda

Jerome Le Page

as Paris

Michael Massee

as Nickie Nepolitano

Gene Canfield

as Dombrowski

Bobby Cooper

as Junior

Chris Barnes

as Nathan

Tony Devon

as Construction Boss

Kenny Marino

as Chickie

Ilene Norris

as Cocoa

Doug DeWitt

as Gilroy

Joseph Glenn

as John Maguire

Conrad Tooker

as Mills

Jessica Hopper

as Skeeter's Cousin

Guy Griffis

as Tommy Culligan

Sylvia Kauders

as Jewelry Saleswoman

Herbert Rubens

as Pawnbroker

Russell Gibson

as Burt's Sidekick

Robert Downs

as Greek Cook

Charles J. Corrado Jr.

as Construction Worker #1

John Brumfield

as Construction Worker #2

Michael Griffith

as Bowler #1

Mark Ott

as Diner Patron

Lester Smith

as Bar Patron

Jay Spodaro

as Busboy

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