Rating: R
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 02/18/2003
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan

William DeMeo is scriptwriter, star, and co-director for the crime drama Wannabes. Hotheated older brother Angelo (DeMeo) and more-thoughtful younger brother Paulie (Conor Dubin) are both fired from their jobs as waiters at an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. They join up with two of their neighborhood friends, Pete (Daniel Margotta) and Dom (John Palumbo) to start up a bookie business with a 20,000-dollar loan. The group has a rocky start, but soon acquires some help from a partner in Coney Island and expands into more complicated illegal activites. Local crime boss Santo Minieri (Joe Viterelli) develops an interest in the new business and soon takes Angelo up as his protégé. Santo's biological son, Vinny (Joesph D'Onofrio), is angered by his father's choice and seems headed for destruction.

~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
William DeMeo - Angelo
Conor Dubin - Paulie
Daniel Margotta - Pete
John Palumbo - Dom
Joe Viterelli - Santo Minieri
Joseph D'Onofrio - Vinny

Production:
William DeMeo Charles A. Addessi - Director
Charles A. Addessi Nicole Craig - Producer
Fred Shehadi Peter Primamore Jay Stollman - Composer
Paul Fargione - Editor
William DeMeo - Screen Writer
Brian Reynolds - Cinematographer
Mildred Brignoni - Costume Designer
Michael Caldera - Executive Producer
Ann Mckinnon - Production Designer
Ozzie Smith - Cinematographer

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