A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
Director: Dito Montiel
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Shia LaBeouf as Young Dito |
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Channing Tatum as Young Antonio |
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Robert Downey Jr. as Dito |
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Rosario Dawson as Laurie |
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Melonie Díaz as Young Laurie |
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Chazz Palminteri as Monty |
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Dianne Wiest as Dito's Mother |
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Martin Compston as Mike O'Shea |
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Olga Merediz as Aunt Mary |
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Laila Liliana Garro as Diane |
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Eléonore Hendricks as Jenny |
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Adam Scarimbolo as Guiseppe |
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Federico Castelluccio as Antonio's Father |
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Chance Kelly as Prison Guard |
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Gilbert Cruz as Queensbridge Bodega Man |
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Scott Michael Campbell as Nerf |
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Eric Roberts as Antonio |
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Peter Anthony Tambakis as Young Nerf |
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Jermel Wilson as |
| Directing | Dito Montiel | Director |
| Production | Robert Downey Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Éric Gautier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jonathan Elias | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jake Pushinsky | Editor |
| Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Editor |
| Production | Charlie Corwin | Producer |
| Production | Amanda Mackey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Clara Markowicz | Producer |
| Production | Bobby Sager | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Sahagen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sting | Executive Producer |
| Production | Trudie Styler | Producer |
| Production | Travis Swords | Producer |
| Production | Melissa Chusid | Casting |
| Production | Cathy Sandrich Gelfond | Casting |
| Production | Amanda Mackey | Casting |
| Art | Jody Asnes | Production Design |
| Art | Cherish M. Hale | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandra Hernandez | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Cooke | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Grimes | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dionne Pitsikoulis | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Dito Montiel | Writer |