Mean Streets (1973) 50th Anniversary

Bald Move Prestige

Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Jim and A.Ron are diving into one of Martin Scorsese’s earliest films; Mean Streets. It was the Pulp Fiction of its day, it paved the way in pop music soundtracks, and was the foundation of Scorsese’s signature style. A young Robert De Niro stars as a loose cannon getting mixed up in all the wrong kinds of trouble. Get your fix of behind the scenes trivia in this anniversary episode of Bald Move Prestige. Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody welcome back to a anniversary edition of Bald Move Prestige.
0:04.4	We're talking about the 50th anniversary of Mean Streets released in 1973 is directed by one Martin Scorsese, a young little-known director at the time.
0:17.0	It was written by him with an assist by Martic Martin, who also helped him write New York and Raging Bull.
0:25.0	It stars Harvey Kitell, who for the longest time was just Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction.
0:32.0	It's so funny going through some of these older movies like,
0:35.3	oh shit these people had whole ass careers before I discovered them in the 90s. Oh my God, Harvey
0:40.8	Kiteel, a tough guy. Who knew? You can see Macopland Reservoir Dogs, Wise Guys.
0:47.3	He started in six Scorsese films, including The Irishman, spanning all over Martin's career.
0:54.0	A movie also stars Robert DeNiro, who man at this point his career was just prime to explode.
1:02.0	He had been working for like five was prime to explode.
1:02.9	He had been working for like five, six, seven years in Hollywood, but after this movie in the next
1:08.2	six years he's going to do the Godfather Part 2 taxi driver, The Deer Hunter, and Raging Bull.
1:14.4	Holy shit with her.
1:16.3	Yeah.
1:18.1	Deneiro has been on 10 different films with Martin Scorsse,
1:20.9	including the latest that's upcoming this week, right?
1:24.8	No, next week, Killers in the Flower Moon.
1:27.8	It's got David Provol, who again, I only knew from UHF.
1:34.0	The tough guy, hey, you know what they say,
1:38.0	Broads don't belong in Broadcasting guy.
1:42.0	Turns out he had a whole other career before he showed up in UHF.
1:47.0	He's also in Shawshanks's redemption.
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