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A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. The Feds insert their own undercover agent to audition for the role of Cassius, seeking to determine who is the real gangster among a cast of make-believe criminals. All the while, the oblivious cast seek only to prove to themselves, their families, and friends that they are more than just extras.Read moreLess
A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. The Feds insert their own undercover agent to audition for the role of Cassius, seeking to determine who is the real gangster among a cast of make-believe criminals. All the while, the oblivious cast seek only to prove to themselves, their families, and friends that they are more than just extras.
The story
A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. The Feds insert their own undercover agent to audition for the role of Cassius, seeking to determine who is the real gangster among a cast of make-believe criminals. All the while, the oblivious cast seek only to prove to themselves, their families, and friends that they are more than just extras.
Cast & crew
Michael RispoliNick DeMaio
Annabella SciorraAngela DeMaio
Paul Ben-VictorDennis Socio
Katie StevensGina DeMaio
Charlie SeminePaulie / Goldberg
Anthony DeSandoJoey 'Bananas' Bongano
Tony SiricoBobby Musso
Tony DarrowFrankie Fusso
John BiancoMikey BrigandiExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Austin Schmidt
- Writer
- Christopher Kublan
- Original Music Composer
- Aaron Mirman-Heslin
- Writer
- Michael Rispoli
- Director
- Christopher Kublan
- Writer
- Gregg Greenberg
- Producer
- Michael Mailer
- Editor
- David Leonard