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  2. Sep 6, 2002 · If this story sounds a little too symmetrical and neat, and in a way it does, real life supplies a rebuttal: "City by the Sea" is based on a true story, as described by the writer Mike McAlary in a 1997 Esquire article.

  3. Sep 6, 2002 · De Niro plays Vincent LaMarca, a New York City cop who’s tried for years to suppress the memory of his father being sentenced to the electric chair for murder. The family woe has apparently trickled down to LaMarca’s own son Joey (Franco), a drug addict now living in the dilapidated town of Long Beach, N.Y. a place once known as the city ...

  4. City by the Sea is a 2002 film starring Robert De Niro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, Frances McDormand and William Forsythe. It deals with the family problems of a wayward youth and is set against a man trying to break free of his past. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the story of Vincent LaMarca.

  5. Sep 6, 2002 · As Vincent's problems multiply, ''City by the Sea,'' which is based on a magazine article by Michael McAlary (and thus on a true story), stumbles from restrained, fine-edged realism...

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  6. Produced by Brad Grey, Elie Samaha, Michael Caton-Jones, Matthew Baer. Executive producers, Andrew Stevens, Dan Klores, Don Carmody, Roger Paradiso. Co-producer, Laura Viederman. Directed by ...

  7. Many viewers have wondered whether “City by the Sea” is based on a true story. The answer is yes and no. While the film is inspired by real events, it is not a direct adaptation of a specific true crime case.

  8. Sep 6, 2002 · When a respected New York homicide detective (Robert De Niro) discovers the prime suspect in a murder case is his estranged son (James Franco), he is forced to return home to the decaying ...

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