29th Street (1991)

Anthony LaPaglia of WITHOUT A TRACE stars as Frank Pesce, the $6.2 million winner of the first New York State Lottery. Unfortunately, Frank is also a full-time dreamer cursed with a lifetime of great luck, a bickering Italian-American family, and a love-hate relationship with his loser gambler father, Frank Sr. (Oscar® nominee Danny Aiello of DO THE RIGHT THING and MOONSTRUCK). But when Frank Jr. makes a deal with local mobsters, will his lottery prize be his unluckiest break ever? Fuhgeddaboutit! The biggest jackpot of all may be waiting for Frank and his father among the good guys, bad guys and wiseguys of 29th STREET. Lainie Kazan (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING), Oscar® nominee Robert Forster (JACKIE BROWN), Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts of THE SOPRANOS) and Frank Pesce himself co-star in this acclaimed comedy written and directed by George Gallo, the screenwriter of MIDNIGHT RUN.

29th Street

My husband and I saw this movie on cable and loved it. Bought it for him as part of his wedding anniversary gift. A nice addition to our home movie library. March 3, 2008

Best Movie

This is one of the funniest movies, this is a great buy and a must. January 19, 2008

Movie about growing up Italian in NYC

This is not a well known film but a personal favorite. Those who loved A BRONX TALE will get a kick out of this and for the same reasons. A sterotyical Italian/American family living in NYC and all the humor that can go along with that... PLUS, it has parts that can warm the heart. Both men and woman love this film. January 12, 2008

Arizona Review/Great Christmas Movie MLB

We recorded this movie from HBO when it came out in the nineties. We watch it every December, with It's a Wonderful Life and Home Alone. Even though the lanquage is kind of rough, it is full of laughs, and tears and a great ending. The best part about 29th Street is that it is an awesome, true story.

December 26, 2007

Sweet Movie Based on a True Story

29th Street is a sweet movie that is great to watch during the holidays since so much of it is set at Christmas time and it has a nice message. If it wasn't for the very raw language this could almost be a family film but then if the language was cleaned up it would not be a realistic story of this man and his life. This is one of the handful of movies where the real life hero plays a smaller part in the film (in this case Frank plays his policeman brother). The characters argue, curse and shout but their love for each other shines through painting an endearing picture of blue collar New Yorkers in the 1970's. A film that deserves to be more well known than it is. January 14, 2007

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