| Staten Island | |
| Director: | James DeMonaco |
| Producer: | Luc Besson Pascal Cauchetaux Sebastien Lemercier Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Starring: | Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio Seymour Cassel |
| Cinematography: | Chris Norr |
| Music: | Frédéric Verrières |
| Editing: | Hervé de Luze Christel Dewynter |
| Distributor: | EuropaCorp |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | France United States |
| Language: | English |
Staten Island (also known as Little New York) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco[1] in his directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel as three Staten Islanders whose lives intersect through a crime. Following a very limited theatrical run in New York City, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in December 2009.
A Staten Island mob boss Parmie is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully, who is friends with Jasper, a deaf deli employee moonlighting as a corpse chopper for Parmie.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 25% based on reviews from 8 critics.[2] [3] The New York Times critic praised the director James DeMonaco for "adroitly weaving violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable",[4] while the reviewer from The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".[5]