Mean Streets (Special Edition)

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After Martin Scorsese went to Hollywood in 1972 to direct the low-budget Boxcar Bertha for B-movie mogul Roger Corman, the young director showed the film to maverick director John Cassavetes and got an instant earful of urgent advice. "It's crap," said Cassavetes in no uncertain terms, "now go out and make something that comes from your heart." Scorsese took the advice and focused his energy on Mean Streets, a riveting contemporary film about low-life gangsters in New York's Little Italy that critic Pauline Kael would later call "a true original, and a triumph of personal filmmaking." Starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in roles that announced their talent to the world, it set the stage for Scorsese's emergence as one of the greatest American filmmakers. Introducing themes and character types that Scorsese would return to in Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, Casino, and other films, the loosely structured story is drawn directly from Scorsese's background in the Italian neighborhoods of New York, and it seethes with the raw vitality of a filmmaker who has found his creative groove. As the irresponsible and reckless Johnny Boy, De Niro offers striking contrast to Keitel's Charlie, who struggles to reconcile gang life with Catholic guilt. More of an episodic portrait than a plot-driven crime story, Mean Streets remains one of Scorsese's most direct and fascinating films--a masterful calling card for a director whose greatness was clearly apparent from that point forward. --Jeff Shannon

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Harvey Keitel plays Charlie, working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Amy Robinson is Teresa, the girlfriend his family deems unsuitable because of her epilepsy. And in the starmaking role that won Best Supporting Actor Awards from the New York and National Society of FIlm Critics, De Niro is Johnny Boy, a small-time gambler in big-time debt to loan sharks. This is a story Martin Scorsese lived, a semi-biographical tale of the first-generation sons and daughters of New York's Little Italy.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:by Martin Scorsese
Featurette:"Back on the Block"
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

You don't make up for your sins in the church, you do it in the streets..........2007-08-27

...And with that line a star was born. Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel, and Robert De Niro put together the greatest independent film ever. Mean Streets is a classic in every since of the way. Great cast, great script, great direction, the influence, the soundtrack. To list everything good about this movie would take up more space than I'm allowed.

Perfect from start to finish. The story is engaging, the characters are engaging. What more could you ask for?

The movie surrounds the lives of Charlie and his associates. Early Scorsese is definitely on in this movie. Everything that screams Scorsese can be seen and done perfectly in this movie.

A wonderful asset to any DVD collection. Highly recommeded.

Mean Streets.......2007-06-08

Mean Streets was a great bargain! I got it much sooner than expected, and the picture quality was like brand new! I would definetly order more products from this seller. Thank you

A Top Film.......2007-06-02

This is one of the most important movies of the 70's, released after The Godfather, and whilst probably not as good a film, I think it has been far more influential on other filmmakers - Tarantino for one. This is Scorcese's first masterpiece and rewards repeated viewings. The film is loosely based on Scorcese's own upbringing in little Italy.

The cast are perfection. Harvey Keital and Robert DeNiro spark brilliantly off each other, helped by a fabulous script and I believe some improvisation as well. Noteably the scene in the back of the bar "you mean last Tuesday". The dialogue in this film is marvellous and occasionally it is intentionally funny as well.

Prior to this film Scorcese had made some interesting films but none of them had his stamp on them. Mean Streets comes straight in out of nowhere as a fully fledged masterpiece:
The use of music when Johnny enters the bar; Its done in slow motion to the Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash.
The use of colour.
The drunk scene, not very long, but perhaps the best ever done. The camera (some sort of steadycam) faces Harvey Keital and we are staggering around with him, until eventually he falls over and passes out on the floor - the camera goes with him.
The wonderful fight sequence in the pool room over being called a "Mook"; when nobody knows what a Mook is...

Look out for Scorcese in an uncredited cameo role as Jimmy Shorts, and also for David Carradine as a drunk.

This is essential for any movie collection.

Movie Special.......2007-04-08

Excellent movie. Robert De Niro and Harvey Kietel are excellent. Martin Scorsese did an excellent job. I would recommend this move to anyone thats been to New Yorks Little Italy.

Before the Streets of Boston, before the Streets of 1860s N.Y.C. There was the "Mean Streets" of Little Italy.......2007-02-25

The first crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorcesse & his first of 8 pictures with Robert De Niro is 1973's "Mean Streets". Also starring Harvey Keitel who starred Scorcesse Masterpieces "Taxi Driver" & "The Last Temptation of Christ" A good, but not great crime drama, an intense classic, one of the meanest movies ever made. If you're are Scorsese fan see "Mean Streets"

Martin Scorsese Collection (After Hours/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore/Goodfellas/Mean Streets/Who's That Knocking At My Door?)

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A collection that will show you how Scorsese started and how he became a legend
The BEST Scorsese box set on DVD!
The Best
Marty is God, no, not good, God !!

Martin Scorsese Collection (After Hours/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore/Goodfellas/Mean Streets/Who's That Knocking At My Door?)
Starring: Martin Scorsese , and Robert De Niro
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Release Date: 2004-08-17

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Almost by accident, these five Warner Brothers films represent key moments in Martin Scorsese's career. Three of the films debut on DVD; all have excellent presentations plus new commentaries from Scorsese. The black-and-white Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1968) was Scorsese's first film, an episodic tale of growing up in Little Italy. Mean Streets (1973) put him on the map. After taking a bit of Hollywood bait (Boxcar Bertha), mentor John Cassavetes put Scorsese straight to find his true vision, and this nervy look at New York friends who border the gangster life is the result. This new special edition has the commentary track and a big improvement in its home video presentation.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) put Scorsese in the mainstream. This tale of a single mom (Ellen Burstyn in an Oscar-winning performance) finding second chances in the arid Southwest proved the New York City kid could tell other types of stories. After Hours (1985) saved Scorsese. The drain of big movies and his unsuccessful first attempt to make The Last Temptation of Christ left the auteur doubting his talent. The nightmarish comedy starting Griffin Dunne is a love-it-or-leave-it for many Scorsese fans, but the fast shoot schedule and claustrophobic story rejuvenated Scorsese and won him Best Director kudos at Cannes. The highlight of the collection is a two-disc edition of his masterpiece, GoodFellas (1990), complete with a remastered print and a dynamite commentary by several key talents (recorded separately) including Ray Liotta, author Nicholas Pileggi, and even Robert De Niro. Even with an extra disc of three featurettes, it's the film on which we hear the least from the man himself, but perhaps all we need to know is on the screen. --Doug Thomas

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A representative set from the master.......2007-03-17

This set only contains one of Scorcese's great films - Goodfellas, more of that later. I haven't seen Alice doesn't live here anymore, but it is supposed to be very good.
After Hours is an entertaining black comedy with Griffin Dunne trapped in a yuppies nightmare worthy of 4 stars.

Whos that knockin' is effectively a dry run for Mean Streets. However, Scorcese was still learning his craft in the 60's and whilst there are cinematic references to many classic films you do feel that Scorcese hadn't quite found his own voice at this stage of his career.

Goodfellas is a magnificent film. Only the first two Godfather films are on the same level in modern gangster films. This film has pace. It moves from one classic scene to the next. I remember Scorcese in an interview saying "you want it fast let's make it really fast" - this was his reaction to the 80's trend in fast cutting etc, but he does it with class.
The three lead roles are all marvellously played, and for me if I had to pick one, Joe Pesci would just steal the acting honours. This is a 5 star film.

The box is just cardboard with four DVD's in it. Goodfellas is the special edition which is much superior to the early double sided edition.

A collection that will show you how Scorsese started and how he became a legend.......2005-12-08

An excellent collection, starting at Scorsese's debut feature taking you all the way to his masterpiece goodfellas.

Who's that knocking at my door - Scorsese's film debut out of NYU funded by NYU and Scorsese's agreement to use the doors song the end over a sexy fantasy scene. The film is about falling in love, how the little moments in the beginning of a relationship are so wonderful. The fantasy scene is still groundbreaking today, great on showing how men desire sexual women but fear whores. A must see for any fan of scorsese or anyone who enjoys realistic filmmaking.

Mean Streets - Today, it remains of Scorsese's best and one of the best of the 70s. Mean streets is about a small time hood named Charlie who constantly has sinning on his conscience while attempting to help his crazy friend Johnny boy played by De Niro which led to the role of Don Corleone and an oscar! Wonderful film, beautiful cinematography, and beautiful, personal filmmaking! One of the best I've seen.

Alice doesn't live here anymore - You might think Scorsese sold out working with a major studio and a star but all the elements from his previous films are there. Ellen Burnst won an Oscar for her amazing portrayal of Alice, a widow trying to raise her snotty son while also trying to find a decent man a long the way. This is an excellent movie, one of the most important films of the 70s finally showing the women as the hero.

After Hours - After failing to get his Jesus picture funded and the failure of his dark gem The King of comedy Scorsese resorted to a college kids script called After hours. This is pure 80s filmmaking and pure Kafka esque. Showing a man in a nightmare he had no idea he was getting into with no idea how to get out. Definitely a must see. One of the best dark comedies ever made!

Last but not least GOODFELLAS - Not much to say here. Just the greatest mob film ever made. Goodfellas shows the rise and fall of a group of gangsters from the 60s on. Scorsese directs the film with insight and he puts his electric trademark in every scene. One of the best of all time, this puts the icing on the cake of an excellent collection. It's a Great DVD and an amazing movie that you will appreciate more and more each time.

There you have it, my long review on a great collection. 5 essential films in Scorsese's career. A must own. 5 OUT OF 5!!!

The BEST Scorsese box set on DVD!.......2005-07-22

This is a brilliant collection of Scorsese's films, an even better collection than MGM's Scorsese Box Set! It gives us a Special Edition of "Goodfellas", Scorsese's first film (finally on DVD) "Who's That Knocking At My Door?", "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", a Special Edition of "Mean Streets" and (another finally on DVD) "After Hours".

The gems of this collection are Mean Streets, After Hours, and Goodfellas. These three films are considered to be among Scrosese's best! Pick this up today if you're a Scorsese fan, or a film buff, or if you're trying to get into Scorsese's work. Recommended.

The Best.......2005-03-20

Think of a world with out Martin Scorsese....... I don't want to, he's the best, and the only!

Marty is God, no, not good, God !!.......2004-12-03

This collection is the must have of any Marty fan and for that matter of any proper cinephile. Through 5 movies it traces the greatest part of Scorsese's stellar (until gangs of NY) carreer. It is extremely precious since it brings us "Who's that knocking at my door?", his first film shot when he was still studying in NYU, for the first time (to my poor French knowledge at least). The box really gives a wonderful overview of the themes that obsessed him in his young years (sex and religion, duty and punition) pictured in WTKAMD and Mean Streets, the film that made him big enough to introduce him to Hollywood, first in B-Movies ("Boxcar Bertha"), then to Oscar winning projects: "Alice doesn't live here anymore". This movie is extremely odd since it could seem to be a "feminist" film, and Scorsese as anyone will tell you is a guys' director (except for last temptation of Christ, the age of Innocence, Kundun... have I said enough to kill the cliché?). This woman "road movie" is nothing like "Thelma and Louise" but is still a very poignant portrait of a woman trying to put her life back together, but carefull, it's not a women's weepie, it's a strong, nuanced work. Which brings us to "After Hours" (one of the projects that ended MS's walk through the desert, along with Raging Bull), this Cannes festival prized movie reconciled MS with the critics and is one of the strangest movies in his carreer, you'll be surprised. And then, possibly his masterpiece, "Goodfellas", I don't think I need to say anything, the movie speaks for itself: WONDERFUL WONDERFUL and, oh, I forgot, WONDERFUL!!!
The DVD's all have commentaries and all of them have other featurettes on the making of the films, or trailers, and Goodfellas is actually the 2 DVD edition. In a word, u NEED to own this !

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Mean Streets
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Before the Streets of Boston, before the Streets of 1860s N.Y.C. There was the "Mean Streets" of Little Italy

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You don't make up for your sins in the church, you do it in the streets..........2007-08-27

Mean Streets.......2007-06-08

Mean Streets was a great bargain! I got it much sooner than expected, and the picture quality was like brand new! I would definetly order more products from this seller. Thank you

A Top Film.......2007-06-02

Movie Special.......2007-04-08

Excellent movie. Robert De Niro and Harvey Kietel are excellent. Martin Scorsese did an excellent job. I would recommend this move to anyone thats been to New Yorks Little Italy.

Before the Streets of Boston, before the Streets of 1860s N.Y.C. There was the "Mean Streets" of Little Italy.......2007-02-25

Scorsese Collection (Widescreen): The Departed 2-Disc Special Edition, Goodfellas 2-Disc Special Edition, Mean Streets, The Aviator 2-Disc Special Edition)

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Scorsese Collection (Widescreen): The Departed 2-Disc Special Edition, Goodfellas 2-Disc Special Edition, Mean Streets, The Aviator 2-Disc Special Edition)

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7 DVD set includes Special Editions of GOODFELLAS, THE AVIATOR and THE DEPARTED.
Widescreen Versions of all four films!

ASIN: B000NSV60C

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The Best of Director Martin Scorses: Includes the films THE DEPARTED (Special 2 Disc Edition), THE AVIATOR (Special 2 Disc Edition), MEAN STREETS and GOODFELLAS (Special 2 Disc Edition). All are presented in Widescreen and includes exclusive slipcover box to hold all of the DVDs.

Best of the 70's (All The President's Men/Deliverance/Mean Streets/Network)

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Best of the 70's (All The President's Men/Deliverance/Mean Streets/Network)
Starring: Best of 70's 4pak
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Blue Collar [NON-US Format, Pal, Region2, Import - Great Britain]

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Blue Collar [NON-US Format, Pal, Region2, Import - Great Britain]

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Amazon.com Paul Schrader had established his reputation as a screenwriter (The Yakuza and Taxi Driver, among others) before embarking on his directorial debut. Blue Collar is the story of three working-class guys at the Checker auto plant who run their local union office. Richard Pryor delivers a funny, passionate, seething performance in one of his rare dramatic roles as a rabble-rousing union man. Trapped by family worries and crippling back taxes, he dreams up the robbery after scoping out the joint and enlists his coworker and buddies, family man Harvey Keitel and high-living bachelor Yaphet Kotto, who are in similar financial straits. This is a strictly amateur-hour heist, and their successful getaway is the last bit of good luck in store for the trio. The robbery turns up no cash, only incriminating files, and the inept thieves are soon blackmailing the powerful union, which fights back with force, seduction, and murder. Schrader's first film has little of the polish or style he developed by American Gigolo, but his portrait of lower middle class families in 1970s Detroit, interracial relations, and male camaraderie is sharp and insightful. His attention to detail shows in every frame and adds to the edgy material, which balances the thriller plot with social commentary about corruption, labor relations, and the lure of power. Schrader's later films show more subtlety and cinematic confidence, but time hasn't dimmed the power he unleashes in this angry working class drama. The DVD features commentary by Paul Schrader, his first such audio track, guided and prodded by critic Maitland McDonagh, who does her best to draw the director out of his long silences and launch him into his fascinating production stories. --Sean Axmaker

Charlie Rose with Martin Scorsese (January 16, 1998)

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Charlie Rose with Martin Scorsese (January 16, 1998)

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Charlie Rose with Martin Scorsese; Barbara De Fina (November 17, 1995)

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Charlie talks to Martin Scorsese for the hour. Scorsese began his career at NYU film school, where he drew notice for his gritty realism and inventive camera work. His filmography features some of the classics of contemporary cinema, including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas. He has challenged the medium with such diverse films as The Last Temptation of Christ and The Age of Innocence. Tonight, Scorsese is on to discuss his life, a new book, A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, and a new film, Kundun.

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Mean Streets [Region 2]

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The Chinese Dragon + Mean Streets of Kung Fu

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The Chinese Dragon + Mean Streets of Kung Fu
Director: Yu Wei Wu , and Dao Yang
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Two full length Martial Arts movies on one DVD. In the first movie, THE CHINESE DRAGON, a Chinese hitman goes on a rampage after he is double crossed by the mob, the triads and Yakuza. In the second movie, MEAN STREETS OF KUNG FU, a top Martial Arts student proves his skills and determination after being challenged by a local gangster.

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Safety In Numbers

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"The winter started off like any other, except that this one began with a murder," notes Allen Fielding, a writer who never writes. Instantly, the tone of SAFETY IN NUMBERS is set. Taking place in the Orange County hardcore scene circa 1996, SAFETY IN NUMBERS shows you yet another side of the OC. Allen is on the sidelines of life. He's in love with his former next door neighbor, Lori, who happens to be dating Isaac, a popular musician in the Orange County music scene. In short, he's everything that Allen isn't, which suddenly drives Allen to deeply absorb himself into his screenplay writing. By doing this, he deals with life on his terms. Fending off distractions, mainly friends who don't take him seriously, Allen thinks that his hard work has finally paid off when he gains some interest from a literary agency. He then meets and befriends Issac, and it is here that Allen's closed off world is turned upside down. Shot on location in Orange County, CA, SAFETY IN NUMBERS is a timely document along the lines of Martin Scorsese's MEAN STREETS and George Lucas' AMERICAN GRAFFITI. Set against the lush beach and suburban backgrounds of Orange County during the winter of 1996, SAFETY IN NUMBERS is a simple tale of someone struggling to stay true to themselves without falling into the environment that surrounds him. Featuring a soundtrack by Gameface, Farside, Brown Lobster Tank, Lifetime, Swiz, Ashes, Kill Holiday, Ignite and Eleven Thirty-Four.

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