Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin
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Charlie (Harvey Keitel) and Johnny Boy (Robert DeNiro) are small time hoods in Little Italy. Johnny Boy owes a lot of money and Charlie is trying to be legit, but is dragged down by his friendship with Johnny Boy.
A wonderful, gritty look at early 70s NY nightlife for Italian wannabe mobsters. The directing is weird at times, but very effective. My favorite scene was Harvey Keitel getting shitfaced and walking from the bar to the backroom to pass out.
Keitel and DeNiro are fantastic, of course, seeing as they are two of the greatest actors. I didn't even know it was DeNiro until the closing credits. Dude is so young here.
Check this movie out. It's a classic. It's a little light on action--it's mostly dudes just hanging out, fucking around and talking shit--but it's intriguing. It's not quite a character study, but it comes close. It's going off of Netflix streaming tomorrow, so I got there just in the nick of time.

9/10