Movies Starring James Madio
West of Brooklyn
Ronnie Marmo, Natalia Livingston, Joe Mantegna, Robert Costanzo, James Madio, Balthazar Getty, Mel Rodriguez, Louis Vanaria, Liz Torres, John M. Jackson, Terry Scannell, Angela Pupello, Joleigh Fioravanti, Jennifer Blanc, Joshua Bevier
DIRECTOR:Danny Cistone
West of Brooklyn takes us on a heartfelt and often humorous journey from Brooklyn, New York to Hollywood, California. "Sebi" (Ronnie Marmo) is a young Italian American man, a simple street kid and a secret beat poet, who after the death of his mother (Liz Torres) escapes Brooklyn to join his crew of friends who recently relocated to L.A. These colorful characters from New York are truly fish out of water in L.A. and Sebi longs to find a place he can feel at home. Sebi's friends, a beautiful rich girl from Beverly Hills named "Matty" (Natalia Livingston), and his idol, a famous Bronx poet named "Gaetano D'Amico" (Joe Mantegna) bring Sebi face to face with his identity and help him find the courage to be exactly who he was all along.
Dough Boys
Louis Lombardi, Andrew Keegan, Tony Arrigo, Clyde Baldo, Rick Borgia, Andy Deliana, Gaetano Iacono, Matt Jade, Michael Jay Kaplan, James Madio, Al Messina, Frank Mosca, Musto Pelinkovicci, Michael Francis Tobin, Makenzie Caine
DIRECTOR:Louis Lombardi
Frank and Lou are brothers, running the family's bakery, a fixture in their Bronx neighborhood since 1921. Lou loves it, but the rest of his life is in tatters: he lives alone, bets on the horses, and owes a loan shark. Frank, older, married, and always responsible, wants to get out of the bakery and pursue other dreams. Things come to a head on the day Lou's marker comes due and Frank announces big news. Can the business or their relationship survive?
The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist
Lorraine Bracco, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Bruno Kirby, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Roy Cooper, Jimmy Papiris, Marilyn Sokol, Nick Gaetani, Alexander Chaplin, Ben Jorgensen, Josh Mostel, Juliette Lewis, Michael Imperioli
DIRECTOR:Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
