25 Oct 2004
The Edukators
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
The Florentine
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of life's disillusioned "losers." Its owner, Whitey, is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough, and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly, is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy, shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco runs a con on Frankie to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki. Every plot in this multi-layered story seems to be at its nadir just as a pair of unlikely heroes emerge out of the backdrop to turn everything around.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Madsen Whitey
Chris Penn Bobbie
Virginia Madsen Molly
Jeremy Davies Truby
Luke Perry Frankie
Tom Sizemore Teddy Finn
Hal Holbrook Smitty
Jim Belushi Billy Belasco
Burt Young Joe McCollough
Mary Stuart Masterson Vikki
Lillo Brancato Pretty
James McCaffrey Jack Ryan
Maeve Quinlan Claire
Peter Maloney Fr. Coyle
Jill Hennessy Brenda
Jerome Le Page Paris
Michael Massee Nickie Nepolitano
Gene Canfield Dombrowski
Bobby Cooper Junior
Chris Barnes Nathan
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