American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince

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American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince

1978

55m

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Martin Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past.

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Elliott Stein

Film Comment Magazine

12/12/2017

1/4

[Prince] seems to be one unexceptional rapaciously beady-eyed hanger-on.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

09/13/2007

3.5/5

There is a party atmosphere to the telling of these stories, as Mr. Prince holds forth in a smoke-filled room with a group of friends, Mr. Scorsese among them. But the film maker's conviviality takes on an element of regret.

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Rob Nelson

Village Voice

09/13/2007

It's not just in the hot tub that Scorsese wishes to separate himself from this guy.

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

Apr 5

6/10

... it illuminates some aspects of Scorsese and his approach to filmmaking and one should never turn down the chance for achieving that kind of insight.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

12/27/2023

FIVE STARS

I won't spoil any of the shock of hearing these tales for the first time, but suffice it to say any of Steven's stories would make great audition monologues for any actor willing to do his or her homework. I love this movie! You just might love it too!

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

08/09/2020

4/5

An evening with an ace storyteller.

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Yash B

08/10/2023

I can see why "American Boy" might be interesting to some, it just wasn't really my cup of tea. I thought some of the stories in the movie were kind of cool, but the experience of watching the documentary as a whole was a bit boring. I will say that I have become more interested in watching more of Scorsese's older work by watching his shorts on Criterion, but this one wasn't one of my favorites. Overall, there are moments that are intriguing, but they didn't do much for me personally.

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07/21/2015

Scorsese is a favorite of mine but this is a snoozer. Steven Prince tells stories that are semi-entertaining but you almost wish it was via a phone call or in person instead of on film.

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07/25/2014

A Completely Wired To-The-Nines Man Is Laughed At (But Not With, Mind You) By His "Friends" As He Recounts His Stupid Life Failures, Many Drug Related. A Train Wreck, It's Sad That Scorsese Utilises This Individuals Disastrous Dilemmas As Entertainment Fodder. An Early Take (40 Years Prior) On Endemol's TV-Shiw : Big Brother. Also Full Of Sad, Soulless, Game Show Drunks.

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11/22/2013

Fascinating. Some people not only realise how great life is, but also have a fantastic way of relating it.

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11/04/2013

http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2013/11/italianamerican-and-american-boy-2.html

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06/20/2012

I think with all his accomplishments in feature filmmaking, people sometimes forget or miss that Martin Scorsese is also a great documentarian. This one, made in 1978, is about Scorsese's friend Steven Prince, who is a great storyteller. I've always been a fan of a good storyteller, and this guy is quite good at weaving his tales of his childhood and his days as a drug addict and working for Neil Diamond, or his tale of giving a woman an adrenaline shot, a tale which inspired Tarantino and "Pulp Fiction". Quite interesting and funny.

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Martin Scorsese

Director

Bert Lovitt

Producer

Jim Wheat

Executive Producer

Ken Wheat

Executive Producer

Michael Chapman

Cinematographer

Amy Holden Jones

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Synopsis

Martin Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Bert Lovitt
Production Co: Scorsese Films, New Empire Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 55m

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