The King of Staten Island Movie Storyline. Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach.
As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys – Oscar, Igor and Richie – and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.
The King of Staten Island is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Judd Apatow, from a screenplay by Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus. It stars Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi, and follows a young man who must get his life together after his mother starts dating a new man who, like his deceased father, is a firefighter.
The film was announced as Apatow’s next project in early 2019, with the cast joining that April. Filming took place around New York City in June and July. The film has been called a “semi-biographical” take on the life of Davidson, whose father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks and who has had his own battles with mental illness.
Originally intended to be theatrically released in the United States, the film was released digitally via Premium VOD on June 12, 2020, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Davidson’s performance and Apatow’s handling of the mature subject matter, but criticized its length.
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Starring: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Steve Buscemi, Ricky Velez, Pamela Adlon, Jimmy Tatro, Kevin Corrigan, Domenick Lombardozzi, Mike Vecchione
Screenplay by: Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson, Dave Sirus
Production Design by: Kevin Thompson
Cinematography by: Robert Elswit
Film Editing by: Jay Cassidy, William Kerr, Brian Scott Olds
Costume Design by: Sarah Mae Burton
Set Decoration by: David Schlesinger
Art Direction by: Nick Francone
Music by: Michael Andrews
MPAA Rating: R for language and drug use throughout, sexual content and some violence / bloody images.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: June 12, 2020 (United States)
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