City by the Sea is a 2002 film starring Robert De Niro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, Frances McDormand and William Forsythe. It deals with the family problems of a wayward youth and is set against a man trying to break free of his past. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the story of Vincent LaMarca. Vincent LaMarca is a veteran street cop and the son of an executed killer. While his father did not intend to kill the child he kidnapped, the son reaps the reputation anyway and decides to be so good that he is beyond reproach. Meanwhile, his own son Joey LaMarca , a drug... user with fading memories of athletic high school glory, gets wrapped up in a drug-related killing and, with no other choice, asks his estranged father for help. Joey suddenly comes to the attention of Vincent's current girlfriend Michelle , who asks Vincent why he is not going to help his son. Vincent has tried so hard to distance himself from his past that he cannot accept any intrusion into his contentment.
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| Release date: | September 6, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Matthew Baer, Brad Grey, Michael Caton-Jones, Elie Samaha |
| Editor: | Jim Clark |
| Music by: | John Murphy |
| Cinematography: | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Screenplay by: | Ken Hixon |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |