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Mickey rourke, earlier in his career, showed the smooth style and skill in acting which he showed in later films. The pope of greenwich village is a 1984 american film starring mickey rourke, eric roberts, daryl hannah, geraldine page, kenneth mcmillan and burt young. Born in the bronx, new york, he finished both high school and engineering college at night and has had a remarkable range of jobs. The pope of greenwich village, set in manhattans italian community, is a nearmiss in its transition from novel by vincent patrick to film, setting forth an offbeat sliceoflife tale of small. Hes been a doortodoor bible salesman, bartender, restaurant owner, standardbred pacer owner, vicepresident of an engineering. Roberts had made comparatively few films, and showed also an idiosyncratic style in. The pope of greenwich village locations new york mafia times. The pope of greenwich village desperate hours the dissolve. Charlie, nicknamed the pope, manager of a new york city restaurant and barely able to stay ahead of his gambling debts, and his pals paulie and barney pull a heist that makes them targets of both the mafia and the police. They all wave their hands a lot, and hang out on street corners, and have uncles in the mafia.
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