Mean Streets

Mean Streets
Mean Streets
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by	Martin Scorsese; Mardik Martin;
Story by	Martin Scorsese
Produced by	Jonathan T. Taplin
Starring	Robert De Niro; Harvey Keitel; David Proval; Amy Robinson; Richard Romanus; Cesare Danova;
Cinematography	Kent L. Wakeford
Edited by	Sidney Levin
Production; company	Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 14, 1973;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English, Italian, Neapolitan
Budget	$650,000
Box office	$3 million

Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin, and starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. It was produced by Warner Bros. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 2, 1973, and was released on October 14.^[3] De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Johnny Boy" Civello.

The film was the first of several collaborations between Scorsese and De Niro. It was also Scorsese's first critical and commercial success. In 1997, Mean Streets was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4]

^ "Mean Streets (1973)". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
^ Gleiberman, Owen (April 23, 2004). "Gross Oversights". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 19, 2007.
^ "Mean Streets". Afi. Catalog. Details. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 New Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. November 18, 1997. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

[1] "Mean Streets (1973)". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2016.

[2] Gleiberman, Owen (April 23, 2004). "Gross Oversights". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 19, 2007.

[3] "Mean Streets". Afi. Catalog. Details. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[4] "Librarian of Congress Names 25 New Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. November 18, 1997. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

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