Taglines: Before gangs had guns… they fought with guts.
This gang warfare drama is from director Scott Kalvert, whose previous film was the controversial and violent The Basketball Diaries (1995). In the sweltering summer of 1958, Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are leaders of the Brooklyn street gang known as the Deuces. When their brother Alley Boy died from an overdose, the two toughs vowed to keep narcotics out of their turf, but now they’re being muscled by a new and more powerful gang called the Vipers, fueled by drug money and led by mobster Fritzy Zennetti (Matt Dillon).
As a vicious gang war heats up that will determine Brooklyn’s future, a romance develops between Bobby and Annie (Fairuza Balk), the leader of a girl gang. Deuces Wild co-stars Frankie Muniz, Balthazar Getty, Max Perlich, Drea de Matteo, Deborah Harry, Vincent Pastore, Joshua Leonard, James Franco, and Johnny Knoxville.
Deuces Wild is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert and written by Paul Kimatian and Christopher Gambale, who also created the story. It stars Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, James Franco, Matt Dillon, and Fairuza Balk, among others. The film is set in 1958 Brooklyn, New York City. Martin Scorsese was originally the executive producer (as a favor to Paul Kimatian), but he eventually removed his name from this film. It was the final film of cinematographer John A. Alonzo before his death in 2001.
Deuces Wild (2002)
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Vincent Pastore, Frankie Muniz, Balthazar Getty, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus, Max Perlich, Drea de Matteo, Ava Lee Scott
Screenplay by: Paul Kimatian, Christopher Gambale
Production Design by: David L. Snyder
Cinematography by: John A. Alonzo
Film Editing by: Michael R. Miller
Costume Design by: Marianna Åström-De Fina
Set Decoration by: Jan K. Bergstrom
Art Direction by: Donna Ekins-Kapner
Music by: Stewart Copeland
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language, some drug content and brief sexuality.
Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release Date: May 3, 2002
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