AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE

(1978) Director: Martin Scorsese

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SUMMARY:

In the home of actor George Memmoli, Steven Prince (best known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in 'Taxi Driver') discusses his past before an audience including Martin Scorsese, Memmoli and several of their friends. Prince is a raconteur telling wild stories about his life as an ex-drug addict and road manager for Neil Diamond. Scorsese intersperses home movies of Prince as a child as he talks about his family.

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REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, CREDITS:

• 'It's Not Just You, Marty - Scorsese and meatballs: Classic '70s docs illuminate the director's persona and themes' Village Voice article

NOTES:

• When talking of his years as a heroin addict, Prince tells a story about injecting adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, with the help of a medical dictionary and a Magic Marker. This story was re-enacted by Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction.
• Photographed by Michael Chapman whos credits with Martin Scorsese include 'Taxi Driver', 'The Last Waltz' and 'Raging Bull'
• Steven Prince also appears in Richard Linklater's 'Waking Life'
• The film was shot over the course of one night at the home of George Memmoli. Due to injuries sustained in an accident during the production of the movie 'The Farmer', Memmoli had to decline the part of the disturbed passenger in 'Taxi Driver' that was ultimately played by the film's director Martin Scorsese.
• Neil Young - Time Fades Away (Featured in film)