Southie is a 1999 American film directed by John Shea and starring Donnie Wahlberg. The film centers on Danny Quinn who returns home to South Boston from New York City and gets stuck between his friends, who are supported by one Irish gang, and his family, which are members of another. The film also stars Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, Will Arnett, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Wahlberg, and Amanda Peet. Memorable scenes were shot at the South Boston Yacht Club and Bowlarama on East Broadway. Southie was originally written as "Brass Ring" by two young first-time screenwriters from Boston, James... Cummings and Dave McLaughlin. In 1995 they brought their screenplay to New York where it was given by the original producer, Merrill Holtzman, to Shea to read. Shea met with Cummings and told him that the 150 page script was "full of promise" but needed some work. Shea thought that Cummings and McLaughlin, who had both grown up in Boston, had captured the flavor of the dialogue and of the characters in the Irish American community, but that the film had to be restructured, a female character added, and the ending changed.
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| Release date: | May 28, 1999 |
| Directed by: | John Shea |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |