Downtown: A Street Tale

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Downtown: A Street Tale
Directed byRafal Zielinski
Written byJoey Dedio
Produced byMaria Rita Caso
Helena Cynamon
Joey Dedio
Samuel H. Frankel
T.J. Mancini
Robert O. Ragland
StarringJoey Dedio
Eliud Figueroa
Geneviève Bujold
CinematographyHelge Gerull
Edited byEric Chase
Music byEleven
Robert O. Ragland
Production
company
Aloe Entertainment
Release date
  • April 7, 2007 (2007-04-07)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Downtown: A Street Tale is a 2004 American

drama film.[1]

Its focus is on a group of teenagers and twentysomethings living in the basement of an abandoned factory on 10th Avenue in

prostitute Raquel; and newly arrived from Texas rock star-wannabe Billy and his pregnant girlfriend Cheri. Added to the mix are social worker Aimee Levesque, who operates the fictional shelter Haven House (based on the real-life Covenant House) and keeps an eye on Angelo and his street kids; and a pornographer, a strip-club owner, and a wheelchair-using drug dealer. Their stories are told in a series of vignettes unfolding in the days just prior to Christmas
.

The

Lillo Brancato Jr. as the strip-club owner, and John Savage
as the drug dealer.

The film had its world premiere at the AFI Film Festival on November 7, 2004. Following limited releases in New York City and Los Angeles in 2007, it was screened twice at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Plot summary

Cast

Production

The soundtrack, available on AJM Records, includes a jazz-infused rendition of the Petula Clark classic "Downtown" by Irene Cara and "Children of Color" performed by Clark. This was the last film to be scored by composer Robert O. Ragland.

The movie was Line Produced by Daniel Sollinger.

Release

The film was released in theaters across the United States on April 7, 2007.[2]

Reception

The film has a Metacritic score of 44 out of 100.[citation needed] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "AFI FEST 2022 | DOWNTOWN: A STREET TALE". AFI FEST. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  2. ^ "Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  3. ^ Review The New York Times
  4. ^ Review Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times

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