Deuces Wild
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For the B. B. King album, see Deuces Wild (album).
| Deuces Wild | |
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| Directed by | Scott Kalvert |
| Produced by | Willi Bär |
| Written by | Paul Kimatian Christopher Gambale |
| Starring | Stephen Dorff Brad Renfro Fairuza Balk Norman Reedus Max Perlich |
| Music by | Stewart Copeland |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Editing by | Michael R. Miller |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 3, 2002 |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
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Deuces Wild is a 2002 action / drama / crime film directed by Scott Kalvert and written by Paul Kimatian and Christopher Gambale who also created the story. It stars Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, and Fairuza Balk amongst others. The film is set in 1958 New York. The movie was executive produced by Martin Scorsese as a favor to Paul Kimatian, his once time cocaine dealer in the 1970's.
Tagline: Before gangs had guns... they fought with guts.
Leon (Dorff) and Bobby (Renfro) are brothers and also part of the Deuces, a street gang in Brooklyn. Ever since their brother overdosed on drugs, they made an effort to keep drugs off their streets. Their rival gang, the Vipers, are a threat to their mission and a gang war is about to erupt.
[edit] Cast
- Stephen Dorff - Leon
- Brad Renfro - Bobby
- Fairuza Balk - Annie
- Norman Reedus - Marco
- Balthazar Getty - Jimmy Pockets
- Drea de Matteo - Betsy
- Max Perlich - Freddie
- Vincent Pastore - Father Aldo
- Frankie Muniz - Scooch
- Louis Lombardi - Philly Babe
- Nancy Cassaro - Esther
- Matt Dillon - Fritzy
- Deborah Harry - Wendy
- James Franco - Tino
- Joshua Leonard - Punchy
- Alba Albanese - Brenda
- Danny Cistone - Little Jack
- Johnny Knoxville - Vinnie Fish
- Mel Rodriguez - Big Dom
- Robert Miranda - Gino
- Shamus Murphy - Patty Cugire
- Ronnie Marmo - Moof
- Paul Sampson - Joey Pants
- Maurice Compte - Maurice
- George Georgiadis - Willie
- Jackie Tohn - Mary Ann
- George Palermo - Stevie Olives
- Steve Picerni - Jerry

