City by the Sea

City by the Sea is a 2002 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 CatonJones. It is based on the story of Vincent LaMarca.

Joeys girlfriend Gina Eliza Dushku, who is struggling to stay sober for their infant son Angelo, comes into Vincents life, asking him to save Joey. She later abandons the child, leaving him with Vincent. Joey gets deeper into trouble when the local drug enforcer, Spyder William Forsythe, kills Vincents cop partner Reg George Dzundza. Reg had been helping Vincent to clear Joeys name, but Joey is blamed for his murder. As his fellow police officers search for Joey as a suspected cop killer, Vincent decides to set aside his selfimposed isolation, and to help save his sons life.Although the story is mostly set in the New York City oceanfront suburb of Long Beach, New York, on Long Island, whose municipal slogan actually is Civitas Ad Mare Latin for The City by the Seaactual location filming was done in Asbury Park, New Jersey. There is a disclaimer in the credits at the end of the film, which includes scenes set on a shabby, dilapidatedlooking boardwalk and in a ruined and abandoned casinoarcade buildingexplicitly stating that it was not actually filmed in Long Beach . ........

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