- Kings of South Beach
Infobox Film
name = Kings of South Beach
caption = Cover of the DVD
executive producer =Van Vandegrift
director = Tim Hunter
producer =Nicholas Pileggi Van Vandegrift Kip Konwiser
writer = Nicholas Pileggi
starring =Jason Gedrick Donnie Wahlberg
music =
cinematography = Patrick Cady
editing = Sunny Hodge
distributor =
release date =March 21 , 2007
runtime =
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget =
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website = http://www.aetv.com/kings-of-south-beach/index.jsp
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imdb_id = 0780059Kings of South Beach is a film written byNicholas Pileggi about an infamous operator of nightclubs in theSouth Beach section ofMiami Beach, Florida . The lead character is portrayed byJason Gedrick and his best friend is portrayed byDonnie Wahlberg . The film premiered on March 12, 2007 on theA&E Network .The film is loosely based on the true life exploits of
Chris Paciello , a transplanted New Yorker who back in his hometown he was involved with theMafia . He built a house of cards in South Beach of models, money and celebrity friends including Madonna.After an intense undercover investigation, Paciello was arrested on
racketeering and murder charges and went on to testify against known members and associates of the Colombo and Bonanno crime families.Reception
New York Post critic Linda Stasi rates Kings of South Beach as a "four star film" with a casting described as “perfect.” [ cite web|title=dOc Press Release Kings of South Beach | url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showrelease.php3?ID=8819 | accessdate=August 6 | accessyear=2007] Robert Bianco of USA Today describes "Gedrick and Wahlberg as absolutely first-rate, as these fine actors tend to be." [ cite web|title=PLAYERS CLUB- New York Post South Beach Boys' Night | url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03072007/tv/players_club_tv_linda_stasi.htm | accessdate=March 7 | accessyear=2007] Scott Weinberg, DVD Talk-Review called it Obvious, listless, and completely predictable from start to finish, Kings of South Beach is little more than a very thin retread of several much better crime stories. [ cite web|title=DVDTalk ReviewL Kings of South Beach | url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30900 | accessdate=January 5 | accessyear=2008]
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External links
* [http://www.aetv.com/kings-of-south-beach/about-movie.jsp About "Kings of South Beach", from A&E]
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