Borough of Kings (Brooklyn Sonnet) 23 years old

A young man must decide between a life on the streets and a career in the theater.

Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. Tommy encourages Jimmy's dreams, and Jimmy gets the part of Banquo in a Joseph Papps production of "Macbeth." He goes to tell Tommy the good news and walks in on a mob hit. Tommy protects him temporarily from Nunzio, a murderous Mamaluc, but soon the cops get word Jimmy knows something. Can Jimmy succeed as an actor, be a stand up guy for Tommy, avoid Nunzio, and get closer to Anna, a woman he falls for at the theater?

Credits

Borough of Kings Cast

Name Character
Olympia Dukakis She was 69, now 92 years old as Helen Manners
Joseph Lyle Taylor He was 36, now 59 years old as Nunzio
Erik Jensen He was 30, now 53 years old as Frankie the Snake
Philip Bosco He was 70, 88 years old when he died as Uncle Chicky

Borough of Kings Crew

Name Department
Borough of Kings poster
Borough of Kings (23 years)

A young man must decide between a life on the streets and a career in the theater.

  • Release day: Sunday, December 31, 2000
  • Runtime: 95 minutes