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Sidewalk Stories (1989)

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African-American mime artist Charles Lane directed and starred in this ultra-low-budget film. Lane plays a Chaplinesque homeless individual with a talent for sidewalk chalk art, who finds himself caring for an abandoned baby. The child's father has been killed in a robbery, so Lane begins a long, lonely search for the kid's next of kin. What little dialogue there is comes from the mouths of the multitude of oddball characters with whom Lane comes in contact while he roams the streets of New York. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Charles Lane

Written By: Charles Lane

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

Cast

Charles Lane
Artist
Nicole Alysia
Child
Sandye Wilson
Young Woman
Darnell Williams
Father
Trula Hoosier
Mother
Michael Baskin
Street Cop No. 1
Edith Falco
Carriage Couple
Tom Hoover
Portrait Artist
Bobby Johnson
Homeless Youth
Ed Kershen
Detective Brooks
Ian Klapper
Juggler
Jody O'Neil
Customer No. 1
Eric Payne
Penny Pitcher
Luis Antonio Ramos
Kidnapper
George Riddick
Street Partner
Bill Sage
Carriage Couple
Olivia Sklar
Librarian
Frank John Trezza
Kidnapper
Joseph Verhaus
Cab Driver
Robert Clohessy
Alley Tough
Edwin Anthony
Penny Pitcher
Angel Cappellino
Bully's Mother
Jeffrey Carpentier
Homeless Native America...
Jimmy Clehessy
Precinct Cop
Deena Engle
Park Mother
Ellia English
Bag Lady
Luis Alberto Garc�a
Homeless Spanish Speake...
Franklin Gordon
Alley Tough
Nell Gutman
Park Mother
Bobby Howard
Alley Tough
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Jazz Quartet
Raymond Jenkins
Precinct Cop
Lewis Jordan
Penny Pitcher
Chris Kapp
Homeless Mother
Gerald Lane
Shelter Director
Jan Leder
Jazz Quartet
Elizabeth Lesser
Pregnant Park Mother
Paul James Levin
Bully
Robin McWilliams
Breakdancer
Mary Ann Orbe
Park Mother
Herb Reynolds
Ventriloquist
Pier Robinson
Park Mother
Ben Schneeberg
Homeless Raver
Goma Sellman
Fine Woman
Marcel Smith
Jazz Quartet
Joe Solomon
Jazz Quartet
Henry Steen
Three-Card Monte Man
Robert Tuftee
Carriage Driver
Tom Wallace
Precinct Cop
Jomo Wilson
Magician
Trula M. Marcus
Nikki
Michael Luciano
Detective Grasso

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This lively forgotten film, which says so much without speaking, is certainly worthy of DVD salvation. Criterion, are you listening?

November 8, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

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My all time favorite movie

December 25, 2011

Jeffrey West

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