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American Boy A Profile of Steven Prince

posted by admin, September 4, 2011 @ 7:15 pm

Movie: American Boy A Profile of Steven Prince

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  • Release Date: May 15, 2009
  • Run Time: 55 mins
  • Genre: Documentary

is a 1978 documentary directed by . Its subject is Scorsese’s friend Steven Prince, best known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in Taxi Driver. Prince is a raconteur telling stories about his life as an ex-drug addict and a road manager for Neil Diamond. Scorsese intersperses home movies of Prince as a child as he talks about his family. When talking of his years as a , Prince tells a story about injecting adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, with of a medical dictionary and a Magic Marker. This story was re-enacted by in his screenplay for Pulp Fiction. Prince also tells a story about his days working at a gas station, and having to shoot a man he caught stealing tires, after the man pulled out a knife and tried to attack him. This story was retold in the Richard Linklater film Waking Life.

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6 Responses to “American Boy A Profile of Steven Prince”

  1. tabney says:

    What a cutie!he looks my age. Lovee his hair……lol

  2. schie says:

    one of my favorite scenes from the movie!

  3. gopadmin says:

    What a precious moment when baby boy realizes it’s mama he sees on stage and smiles.

  4. ristle says:

    I could barely contain my laughter when Steven was laughing at him cursing.nThe camera continued to shake a little. lol

  5. sti kotickeech says:

    Obama named “gun salesman of the year 2009″ – (scroll to bottom)

  6. hung says:

    Just in case anyone wants to know I do want RAGE for PC….


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