King of New York, Caminito ; Reteitalia ; Scena International ; The Rank Organisation Film Productions, Ltd. ; producers, Augusto Caminito, Mary Kane ; written by Nicholas St. John ; director, Abel Ferrara
Type
Label
King of New York, Caminito ; Reteitalia ; Scena International ; The Rank Organisation Film Productions, Ltd. ; producers, Augusto Caminito, Mary Kane ; written by Nicholas St. John ; director, Abel Ferrara
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
King of New York
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
54347304
Responsibility statement
Caminito ; Reteitalia ; Scena International ; The Rank Organisation Film Productions, Ltd. ; producers, Augusto Caminito, Mary Kane ; written by Nicholas St. John ; director, Abel Ferrara
Runtime
106
Summary
Chronicles the downfall of New York drug kingpin Frank White. Frank is a criminal driven by personal demons and an idiosyncratic sesnse of social justice. Having grown rich via his illegal exploits, Frank decides to give back to the city by building a multi-milion dollar hospital in an impoverished neighborhood. He attempts this by joining forces with a Chinatown gangster which, in turn, enrages the local - and very racist - Mafia. Meanwhile, Frank has a hotheaded cop on his back who will do anything to bring him down
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
- Rank Organisation Film Productions
- Walken, Christopher, 1943-
- St. John, Nicholas
- Tavoularis, Alex
- Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Julian, Janet, 1959-
- Ferrara, Abel, 1951-
- Reteitalia (Firm)
- Snipes, Wesley
- Chin, Joey
- Calderon, Paul
- Caminito, Augusto
- Kane, Mary
- Ramsey, Carol
- Redman, Anthony
- Caruso, David, 1956-
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Argo, Victor
- Scena International (Firm)
- Delia, Joe
- Bazelli, Bojan
Subject
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor22
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
- Rank Organisation Film Productions
- Walken, Christopher, 1943-
- St. John, Nicholas
- Tavoularis, Alex
- Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Julian, Janet, 1959-
- Ferrara, Abel, 1951-
- Reteitalia (Firm)
- Snipes, Wesley
- Chin, Joey
- Calderon, Paul
- Caminito, Augusto
- Kane, Mary
- Ramsey, Carol
- Redman, Anthony
- Caruso, David, 1956-
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Argo, Victor
- Scena International (Firm)
- Delia, Joe
- Bazelli, Bojan
- Genre1
- Subject5
- Mapped to1