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City by the Sea. City by the Sea is a 2002 American crime drama 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.
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.
Sep 6, 2002 · City by the Sea: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku. Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murder suspect.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Michael Caton-Jones
- 2002-09-06
Ken Hixon liberally adapts the true story of the tragic LeMarca family often softening actual events to observe how a good cop deals with a drug-addicted son. City by the Sea
Based on an article that appeared in Esquire Magazine in September 1997 entitled "Mark of a Murderer". The article tells the true story of three generations of the LaMarca family in New York: a man executed for kidnapping an infant; his son who was a police hero; and his grandson who faces the death penalty for murder.
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Linda Emond
Sep 6, 2002 · City by the Sea is based on a true story, about a cop whose father was executed for murder and now it looks like his son is going down the same path, and unfortunately, director Michael Caton-Jones ( The Jackal) and screenwriter Ken Hixon seem to have forgotten that people say things like “truth is stranger than fiction” to justify things that w...
Sep 6, 2002 · Overview. Review. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Releases. Related. Share on. facebook. twitter. Synopsis by Mark Deming. A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story.
