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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).
Nov 1, 1991 · 29th Street: Directed by George Gallo. With Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce. Frank's been lucky from the day, he was born. So why's he throwing rocks at a church after winning $6,200,000 in 1976 NYC lottery? He tells his story at the police station.
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- Comedy, Drama
- George Gallo
- 1991-11-01
In this fact-based film, happy-go-lucky Frank Pesce Jr. (Anthony LaPaglia) is lucky from the day of his birth, when his mother (Lainie Kazan) gives birth to him in a different hospital than ...
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- George Gallo
- R
- Danny Aiello
Nov 1, 1991 · There they are, sitting in their living rooms, holding the winning ticket and expounding on their plans. They get a mike shoved in their faces and suddenly they’re benevolent investors and financiers, announcing good deeds such as buying their mother a home or paying off their in-law’s pickup truck.
Set in New York City in the 1950s-60s, a young man wins a bundle in the lottery and tries to get his father out of debt with loan sharks.
- George Gallo
- Danny Aiello
A review of the 1991 comedy/drama 29th Street, about a man who reflects back on his life with his Italian American family after winning the 1976 NYC lottery, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello and Lainie Kazan.
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Bookended with our present-day story set on Christmas Eve, the action opens with lead, Frank Pesce (LaPaglia), praying to stop a miracle: his eventual winning of six-million dollars in the first New York state lottery. Unlike Capra's hero, 29th Street's protagonist suffers from being too lucky.
