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Additional authors

1. DeFelitta, Raymond.
2. American Film Institute.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. This comedy/drama is a nostalgic look at a bygone era and a neighborhood "that is only a memory." Set in the Bronx soon after World War II, it is the story of Danny Di Prima, a returning vet and aspiring songwriter intent on leaving the circumscribed world he grew up in. Visiting a local bar with his friend Freddy, Danny meets Walter "Logs" Laganegra ("The Bronx cheers for logs"), a terrifying bull of a man who was once a contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, but presently reduced to throwing fights for easy money. Logs takes a possessive liking to Danny, convinced that he is the only person who truly understands him. He even secures an appointment for Danny with Milton Gold, a renowned record publisher, but manages to dash Danny's chances by going berserk in the office. Desperate to extricate himself from this oppressive friendship, Danny concocts a plan which will alienate Logs and ingratiate himself once more with Milton Gold.

Subject

1. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction
2. Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction
3. Boxers (Sports) > Fiction
4. Comedy films

Credits (note)

1. Director, writer, Raymond De Felitta; photography, Blake T. Evans; editor, Jay Woelfel.

Performer (note)

1. Sean Faro, Macka Foley, Jolene Rae, Tony Simotes, Allen Bloomfield.

Title

1. Bronx cheers [videorecording] / The American Film Institute, Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies ; produced by Matthew Gross.

Imprint

1. New York : Carousel, 1990.

Credits

1. Director, writer, Raymond De Felitta; photography, Blake T. Evans; editor, Jay Woelfel.

Cast

1. Sean Faro, Macka Foley, Jolene Rae, Tony Simotes, Allen Bloomfield.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. DeFelitta, Raymond.
2. American Film Institute.

Branch call number

1. VTH 1886 B