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29th Street (1991)

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Directed by
George Gallo

Written by
Frank Pesce, James Franciscus

Cast
Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce, Robert Forster [more]


Release Date
• USA: Nov 1, 1991
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 8, 2005
• R2: 9 Feb 2004

Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes

Country USA, Japan

Studio 20th Century Fox

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• 29th Street



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 Synopses for 29th Street (1991)
1.There’s No Telling Where Luck Will Take You 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 WEDING), 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.   

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3.A film based on the life of Frank Pesce, an actor who won $6 million in the first New York State Lottery. Set in the closely-knit Italian-American neighborhood where Pesce grew up, "29th Street" is the story of a man blessed with extraordinary luck and how this blessing becomes a curse. After using his luck to establish himself as an ace card shark, Frank gets involved with some neighborhood heavies -- and when it comes time to collect his new fortune, Frank must make the most difficult choice of his life.   



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