Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.
John 'Fastjack' Farrell
- Fitz
- (as John 'Fast Jack' Farrell)
Michael A. Rizza
- Poker Player #2
- (as Michael Rizza)
Arthur J. Nascarella
- Dino
- (as Arthur Nascarella)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe dice/card moves used in this movie were all shown to the cast by a real life dice mechanic by the name of "Fast Jack" he is one of the last true card and dice mechanics living today!
- GoofsJoe is on the phone with his bookie and names a horse in the "late night double" and bets a $50 "box". There are no box bets in a (daily) "double", and any wager that can be"boxed" requires more than one horse.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Killin Smallz (2022)
- SoundtracksYou Know I Want You
Performed by Kevin Osbourne
Music and Lyrics by Chris Hajian
Moving Pictures Music - ASCAP
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I saw this at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan.
Yonkers Joe stars Chazz Palminteri as the title character, a great con artist who makes a lot of money from working the tables at casinos. He and his girlfriend Janice (Christine Lahti) have a pretty good life. But then Joe gets a call from an institution telling him that his son Joe Jr. (Tom Guiry) who has Down's Syndrome is being disruptive there and thus must be taken out. Joe doesn't know how to take care of his son and this new change in his life is ruining a lot of his plans and ways of making money. Over time, the father and son try to live with each other while at the same time try to help each other out.
This film had a great cast. Palminteri was wonderful as Yonkers Joe, a conflicted and confused parent who doesn't know how to take care of his troubled son. Lahti is a delight trying to play the role of the one that hopes to ease the tension and make Joe Jr. feel like he's welcome. And Tom Guiry is excellent and very believable as Joe Jr. Someone after the screening even asked the director if the actor who played Joe Jr. really had Down's Syndrome. Guiry gives a lot of depth to the character, making Joe Jr. both entertaining and emotional.
There are many clever moments throughout the film, all of the con acts are fun to watch. The dialogue is well written and the plot unravels nicely. The scenes in Las Vegas are also very well shot in all of the different locations.
With a talented cast and crew, Yonkers Joe is a great and enjoyable film that people she really look out for.
Yonkers Joe stars Chazz Palminteri as the title character, a great con artist who makes a lot of money from working the tables at casinos. He and his girlfriend Janice (Christine Lahti) have a pretty good life. But then Joe gets a call from an institution telling him that his son Joe Jr. (Tom Guiry) who has Down's Syndrome is being disruptive there and thus must be taken out. Joe doesn't know how to take care of his son and this new change in his life is ruining a lot of his plans and ways of making money. Over time, the father and son try to live with each other while at the same time try to help each other out.
This film had a great cast. Palminteri was wonderful as Yonkers Joe, a conflicted and confused parent who doesn't know how to take care of his troubled son. Lahti is a delight trying to play the role of the one that hopes to ease the tension and make Joe Jr. feel like he's welcome. And Tom Guiry is excellent and very believable as Joe Jr. Someone after the screening even asked the director if the actor who played Joe Jr. really had Down's Syndrome. Guiry gives a lot of depth to the character, making Joe Jr. both entertaining and emotional.
There are many clever moments throughout the film, all of the con acts are fun to watch. The dialogue is well written and the plot unravels nicely. The scenes in Las Vegas are also very well shot in all of the different locations.
With a talented cast and crew, Yonkers Joe is a great and enjoyable film that people she really look out for.
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,286
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,073
- Jan 11, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,286
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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