Gravesend Movie Review 1997

Big cajones, puny budget: mini-Scorsese Stabile delivers the goods. Tracks a night in the life of four delinquent Brooklyn buddies who find themselves with a dead body on their hands. To avoid police involvement, the boys recruit local drug dealer JoJo (Aquilino) to aid in the body's disposal. JoJo demands $500 and a finger from the victim in return. Rest of pic deals with the fellows' quest for the cash and incorporates a deluge of dark humor which, outside of the pat, in your face dialogue and action, is the picture's real draw. Nineteen at the time of shooting, film school dropout's $5,000 auspicious first picture grabbed the attention of such heavyweights as Spielberg (Stabile now has a two picture deal with his Dreamworks SKG) and Oliver Stone.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 85 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Disorganized Crime, New York, New York, Renegade Body Parts

Screenplay

Salvatore Stabile

Cast

Tony Tucci, Michael Parducci, Tom Malloy, Thomas Brandise, Macky Aquilino

Cinematography

Joseph Dell'Olio

Director

Salvatore Stabile

Music

Bill Laswell

Producer

Salvatore Stabile, Toni Ross, Mark Ross, Daniel Edelman, Island Digital Media