Mean Streets

Mean Streets
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Scorsese
Screenplay by
Story byMartin Scorsese
Produced byJonathan T. Taplin
Starring
CinematographyKent L. Wakeford
Edited bySidney Levin
Production
company
Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 14, 1973 (1973-10-14)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Neapolitan
Budget$650,000
Box office$3 million[2]

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]

  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.