The Lords of Flatbush
by Verona, Stephen
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Actor: Lou Byrne, Margaret Bauer, Paul Jabara, Perry King, Susan BlakelyDirector: Verona, Stephen
Brand: Sony
Primary Contributor: Stallone, Sylvester
Primary Contributor: Winkler, Henry
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Lords of Flatbush
Movie Review: Great B-Movie - "Happy Days" It Ain't
Summary: 4 Stars
You can't help but see Fonzie when you see Henry Winkler in this film...but Happy Days it ain't.
Don't get me wrong, it is a great little b-movie (even the soundtrack is low budget with original 1970s songs trying to sound 1950s). But this film is not the innocent 1950s that Happy Days portrays. It is a straight, in-your-face look at the juvenile delinquent life--a day in the life of four guys in a gang called The Lords.
These guys get together with girls, fight, disrupt the classroom, and ultimately realize that they eventually have to grow up (or at least Sylvester Stallone's character Stanley does).
If you want a good juvenile delinquent film with familiar faces and cool nostalgia, then go to Flatbush with The Lords!
Summary of The Lords of Flatbush
Cult favorite about the life and times of brooklyns coolest high school gang circa 1957. Special features: subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai scene selections theatrical trailers talent files interactive menus fullscreen and widescreen versions and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/07/2004 Starring: Sylvester Stallone Henry Winkler Run time: 84 minutes Rating: PgWhen The Lords of Flatbush was released in 1974, Sylvester Stallone was still an unknown actor polishing his screenplay for Rocky, and Henry Winkler was approaching TV superstardom as "Fonzie" in the first season of Happy Days. In this modest, low-budget feature, they play second and third fiddle (respectively) to Perry King, whose respectable career, ironically, would never reach such stratospheric heights. As for their costar and diminutive fourth "Lord of Flatbush," Paul Mace appeared in only one more movie after this (Stallone's Paradise Alley), and was killed in a 1983 traffic accident at the age of 33. Such is the random nature of fame and fate.
The movie itself is noteworthy mostly for the pre-stardom appearances of Stallone and Winkler, and a strong costarring role for that most ubiquitous of '70s actresses, Susan Blakely. Despite its amateurish style, muddy sound quality, and rambling scenes that have casual appeal but minimal narrative momentum, the movie is blessed with laid-back authenticity, recognizing the value of awkward pauses and jumpy rhythms of conversation. The ensemble of self-named Lords--four leather-clad rebels in 1957 Brooklyn, moving reluctantly toward adulthood--is solidly cast, and even the most familiar scenes (like making out at a drive-in showing From Here to Eternity) ring with engaging truth. Codirector Martin Davidson later covered similar territory in Eddie and the Cruisers, and Barry Levinson transcended this shoestring affair with his 1980 classic Diner, but The Lords of Flatbush stands on its own as an earnest and lightly entertaining drama that boosted its costars to bigger and better things. --Jeff Shannon
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