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Director:
Robert Mulligan
Writers:
Walter Newman (writer)
Richard Price (novel)
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Release Date:
6 October 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
How do you tell people you love, you love to do it on your own?
Plot:
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Mockingbird Director Mulligan Dies
 (From WENN. 21 December 2008, 11:53 PM, PST)

User Comments:
not as good as the novel but nicely done more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Sorvino ... Louis Chubby De Coco

Tony Lo Bianco ... Tommy De Coco

Richard Gere ... Thomas Stony De Coco
Lelia Goldoni ... Maria De Coco
Yvonne Wilder ... Phyllis De Coco
Kenneth McMillan ... Banion

Floyd Levine ... Dr. Harris
Marilu Henner ... Annette
Michael Hershewe ... Albert Tiger De Coco

Kristine DeBell ... Cheri
Paulene Myers ... Mrs. Pitt
Gloria LeRoy ... Sylvia

Bruce French ... Paulie
Peter Iacangelo ... Malfie
Kim Milford ... Butler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Father's Love (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
not as good as the novel but nicely done, 16 October 1999
Author: barahona from massachusetts

First I have to say that the novel Bloodbrothers by Richard Price is one of my alltime favorite books. Usually Hollywood has to make changes to make a movie viable , but in this one changing the book's ending kind of negated the novel's point. This is about a blue collar Bronx family with a long line of tradition as construction workers. Richard Gere in one of his first leading roles plays the sensitive older son who wants to work with children. His macho father, well played by Tony Lo Bianco, pressures him to work construction.Lo Bianco's tyrant character has made his whole family miserable, yet he is never played as a stereotype. The entire cast is good but at times it plays like a blue collar soap opera. If you haven't read the book, the film's highly charged emotions may hit home.

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