City by the Sea (2002)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Michael Caton-Jones

Writers (WGA):

Mike McAlary (article)
Ken Hixon (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.

Plot:

Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.

Plot Keywords:

Beach | New York | New York City | Grandson | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Robert De Niro	...	Vincent LaMarca
Frances McDormand	...	Michelle
James Franco	...	Joey
Eliza Dushku	...	Gina
William Forsythe	...	Spyder
Patti LuPone	...	Maggie (as Patti Lupone)
Anson Mount	...	Dave Simon
John Doman	...	Henderson
Brian Tarantina	...	Snake
Drena De Niro	...	Vanessa Hansen
Michael P. Moran	...	Herb
Nestor Serrano	...	Rossi
Matthew Cowles	...	Arnie
Linda Emond	...	Margery
Cyrus Farmer	...	Carl

Also Known As:

Mark of a Murderer (USA) (working title)
The Suspect (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, drug use and some violence.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #38840) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Portugal:M/12 (original rating) | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Spain:13 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (2003) | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Robert De Niro personally had James Franco cast, after viewing his performance in James Dean (2001) (TV).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Joey and his Father are in the building surrounded by cops, and Joey fires the gun into the floor, the cop outside in the police car nearest the camera makes his hands into a gun shape instead of pointing a real gun.

Quotes:

Spyder: [to Gina at the drive-thru speaker] I'll have a bacon cheeseburger and a blowjob.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Rainbow Prelude

I thought it was pretty good

I thought that this movie was pretty good. It no doubt had great actors (just to name a few) Robert De Niro, Francais McDormand, James Franco, and Eliza Dushku. It definitely had a gloomy and creepy feel to it... and watching it, you can just imagine how bad the life of a junkie is. A great father-son story with romance (between Vince Lamarca and Michelle). It also demonstrates how you can influence people in different ways. One way is that Vince explains how after leaving Joey, it got easier and easier not seeing him all the time. As he says this, you can see that Gina is considering all of this, and then goes out to be some cigarettes, and never returns. It is one of those movies that you have to watch it and judge it yourself. I personally believe that this movie wins a 9/10.