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Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography + Autobiography, Music, Health + Wellness. Subgenre: Beauty + Grooming, General, Entertainment + Performing Arts, Composers + Musicians, Artists + Architects + Photographers, Genres + Styles / Rock, American / General. Publisher: Da Capo Pr. Pages: 208. Edition: Reprint. Language: English. Format: paperback. Date Published: May 7, 2003.

The balance of the film tilts in favor of the kids, with most of the action taking place in 1986. These scenes acutely capture the punishing heat of the New York City summer, with the teenage gang soaked in sweat and dirt as they trample through their crumbling Queens ghetto. Channing Tatum gives a terrifying performance as Montiel's violent young friend, Antonio, and Palminteri is equally intimidating, filling the screen with palpable rage as he barks at the older and younger versions of his son...

Orlandito "Dito" Montiel grew up wild in the streets of Astoria, Queens, pulling pranks for Greek and Italian gangsters and confessing at the church of the Immaculate Conception....

Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A - 43 x 62 Poster Print - Bus Shelter Style A

A coming-of-age drama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), called home after 15 years because his father (Chazz Palmintieri) is ill, encounters old friends - the ones he lost, the ones he left behind, the ones he can't help but remember. These are Dito's "saints." An honest account of a bittersweet return to a neighborhood where relationships can never be what they once were, Dito...

September 27, 2010: A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS may not be on everyone's list of great films of 2006 but it most assuredly should be. In a time when the bulk of films that come across the marquis are empty headed fluff (with of course notable exceptions), little films like this autobiographical coming of age story in Queens in the 1980s by the accomplished yet very humble Dito Montiel make an initial impact on the viewer, then hang around the psyche with memories of cinematic moments...

In this drama based on the director's own childhood, Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Queens after 20 years when his father falls ill. In flashbacks we see the young Dito, his family, and his friends, as he tries to navigate coming of age and wanting out.

A coming-of-agedrama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Dito, called home after 15 years because his father is ill, encounters old friends--the ones he lost, the ones he left behind, the ones he can't help but remember. These are Dito's "saints". An honest account of a bittersweet return to a neighborhood where relationships can never be what they once were, Dito's story is about coming to terms with a father...

A coming-of-age drama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), called home after 15 years because his father (Chazz Palmintieri) is ill, encounters old friends - the ones he lost, the ones he left behind, the ones he can't help but remember. These are Dito's "saints." An honest account of a bittersweet return to a neighborhood where relationships can never be what they once were, Dito...

Pages: 208, Paperback, Da Capo Press