CITY BY THE SEA

Robert DeNiro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, Patti Lupone

Warner Bros.; Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

2001

Vincent Lamarca is an NYPD Detective who started out in life by experiencing his father conviction and eventual execution murder and kidnapping in Sing-Sing Prison. Vince grew up to become a homicide cop and finds himself investigating a brutal stabbing death of a petty thief and drug dealer. All signs point to a junkie nicknamed "Joey Nova" who lives in a rundown part of long Beach, Long Island. In a twist that makes his life come full circle in a painful way as he finds out that "Joey Nova" is actually his own estranged son from a prior marriage. Vince finds himself torn between his loyalty to the police force and his loyalty to his own son.

PROMOTION IDEA:

Bring in your psychology department to discuss the theory of the “criminal gene” or the fact that some people are just “born bad.”