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Thicker Than Blood (1998)

Thicker Than Blood

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12

1h 33m

May 31st, 1998

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Synopsis

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...

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Cast

Mickey Rourke
Father Frank Larkin
Dan Futterman
Griffin Byrne
Carlo Alban
Lee Cortez
Luna Lauren Velez
Camilla Lopez
Josh Mostel
Kendall
Peter Maloney
James
Vincent Laresca
Tyro
Rosanna DeSoto
Senora
Dick Latessa
Ciccilone
Grace Garland
Hooker
Full cast & crew

Directors

Richard Pearce
Full cast & crew

Producers

Charles Darby
(co-producer)
Michael Hausman
producer
David Manson
executive producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Bill Cain
play
Bill Cain
teleplay
Full cast & crew

Keywords

based on play
school
based on play or musical

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

December 11th, 2001 (France)
July 20th, 2001 (Germany)
October 8th, 1999 (South Africa) (video premiere)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Thicker Than Blood (original title)
Mais Forte que o Sangue (Brazil) (alternative title)
Mais Forte que a Amizade (Brazil)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

New York City, New York, USA

Running Times

93 min
95 min

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

TNT
Sarabande Productions
Turner Network Television (United States of America)

Distribution Companies

New Films International
TNT (original airing)
RTL2 (Germany)

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