Movie
The Yards
Overview
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-04-27
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Miramax, Industry Entertainment Partners, Paul Webster Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Leo Handler
- Joaquin Phoenix as Willie Gutierrez
- Charlize Theron as Erica Soltz
- James Caan as Frank Olchin
- Ellen Burstyn as Val Handler
- Faye Dunaway as Kitty Olchin
- Steve Lawrence as Arthur Mydanick
- Andy Davoli as Raymond Price
- Tony Musante as Seymour Korman
- Victor Argo as Paul Lazarides
- Tomas Milian as Manuel Sequiera
- Robert Montano as Hector Gallardo
Crew
- James Gray - Director
- James Gray - Writer
- Matt Reeves - Writer
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