| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | |
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| Directed by | Dito Montiel |
| Screenplay by | Dito Montiel |
| Based on | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel |
| Produced by | Clara Markowicz Charlie Corwin Trudie Styler Travis Swords |
| Starring | Robert Downey Jr. Shia LaBeouf Rosario Dawson Melonie Diaz Eric Roberts Channing Tatum Chazz Palminteri Dianne Wiest |
| Cinematography | Éric Gautier |
| Edited by | Jake Pushinsky Christopher Tellefsen |
| Music by | Jonathan Elias |
Production companies | Belladonna Productions Original Media Xingu Films |
| Distributed by | First Look International |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Box office | $2 million[1] |
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author, director, and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. Montiel wrote and directed the film adaptation, which was released in the United States in September 2006 and in Europe in March 2007.[2] The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Montiel with Shia LaBeouf as a younger Montiel.
The film's narrative jumps frequently between 2005 and flashbacks from 1986 (filmed largely with shaky camera with short shots) with characters occasionally addressing the viewer.
- ^ "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "NEWS FLASH: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Movie Release in Europe". ChanningTatumUnwrapped.com. January 13, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2007.