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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 · Overview. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime. Michael Caton-Jones. Director. Ken Hixon. Writer.
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. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past.
