Starring Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel, “Mean Streets” was Martin Scorsese’s first feature-film of his own design. Keitel plays Charlie, a small-time hood living in New York City’s Little Italy and struggling to work his way up the ranks of a local mob. Life is complicated by his family’s disapproval of his epileptic girlfriend, and by the reputation-ruining debt his friend Johnny Boy (De Niro) has racked up with a loan shark.
After the film’s release, DeNiro won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actor for his role. In 1997, the Library of Congress selected “Mean Streets” for preservation in the United States Film Registry, and the American Film Institute nominated it for one of the Top 100 Movies of all time.
Come see a Scorsese classic, and his first project with Robert DeNiro, followed by enlightening discussion.
Film starts at 7:30, discussion to follow
FREE admission; $5 donation suggested.
Beverages will be available, but please leave food at the door.
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 110 Min
Jersey City Art School
326 5th Street, Ground Floor
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