Alphabet City

Alphabet City

At 19, they gave him the streets. Tonight, they're going to take them back.

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Release Date

3/4/1984

Runtime

85 mins

Overview

A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A gritty street-level escape through 1980s New York where a young dealer's attempt to leave the drug trade becomes a desperate flight from the forces trying to keep him trapped. Raw and propulsive, grounded in the texture and danger of urban underworld life.

Mood

TenseDefiantBleak

Themes

CrimeSurvivalRedemptionComing of age

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Brisk

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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