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29th Street (1991)

29th Street poster
Directed by
George Gallo
Genre
biographical film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is a comedy-drama about a man who tells his family his story of winning the New York State Lottery in the 1970s. It shows his Italian-American upbringing and the quirky people in his neighborhood.

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What happens

29th Street is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written and directed by George Gallo and starring Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, and Lainie Kazan. It was adapted from a story by Frank Pesce and James Franciscus (who had both co-starred in the cult thriller Killer Fish). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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