Who's That Knocking at My Door
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| Who's That Knocking at My Door | |
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| Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
| Written by | Martin Scorsese |
| Starring | Harvey Keitel Zina Bethune Anne Collette |
| Release date(s) | November 15, 1967 (Chicago) |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75,000 USD (estimated) |
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Who's That Knocking at My Door, originally titled I Call First, is Martin Scorsese's first feature film. Exploring themes of Catholic guilt similar to those in his later film Mean Streets, the story follows Italian-American J.R. (Harvey Keitel) as he struggles to accept the secret hidden by his girlfriend (Zina Bethune). Winner of the 1968 Chicago Film Festival.
[edit] Plot
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic guilt than Scorsese's later work, we see what happens to J.R. when his religious guilt catches up with him.
[edit] Trivia
Martin Scorsese's mother, Catherine appears briefly as J.R.'s mother. Mrs. Scorsese would continue to appear in many of her son's films until her death in 1997. Martin himself appears uncredited as one of the gangsters. To this day, he still makes cameo appearances in many of his films.
The role of Sally Gaga is played by Michael Scala, the father of rapper Pizon.
[edit] External links
| Films directed by Martin Scorsese |
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| What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? • It's Not Just You, Murray! • The Big Shave • Who's That Knocking at My Door • Street Scenes • Boxcar Bertha • Mean Streets • Italianamerican • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore • Taxi Driver • New York, New York • American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince • The Last Waltz • Raging Bull • The King of Comedy • After Hours • The Color of Money • The Last Temptation of Christ • New York Stories • Goodfellas • Cape Fear • The Age of Innocence • Casino • Kundun • My Voyage to Italy • Bringing Out the Dead • Gangs of New York • The Aviator • No Direction Home • The Departed • Shine a Light |
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