The cult and shock thriller of Abel Ferrara with Christopher Walken

Frank White is released from prison and the settling of scores is increasing. Installed in a suite at the Plaza, he is determined to become the king of New York again. But while the police have sworn to put him out of harm's way, White dreams of being a businessman. Getting closer to elected municipal officials and charities, he conceives the project to open a children's hospital, financed by money from drug trafficking...

With The King of New York , Abel Ferrara ( Bad Lieutenant ) produces a masterful urban thriller, a sort of funereal cross between opera and gangsta culture. Cops and thugs clash around a possessed Christopher Walken, in a luxury cast bringing together David Caruso ( CSI: Miami ), Laurence Fishburne ( Matrix ), Wesley Snipes ( Blade ) or Steve Buscemi ( Boardwalk Empire )! As cult as Scarface , The King of New York is a fantasy portrait of the criminal underworld and one of Ferrara's most accomplished works.

THE KING OF NEW YORK
(1989 – Colors – 99 mins)

SUPPLEMENTS

. POSSESSION (27 mins)
An interview with Abel Ferrara led by Nicole Brenez – film historian and author of several books on the filmmaker – around the making of The King of New York, its cinematographic issues and its place in American urban culture.

. INTERVIEW WITH AUGUSTO CAMINITO (19 mins)
The producer of The King of New York talks about the genesis and the shooting of the film, as well as his meeting with Abel Ferrara and Christopher Walken.

. TRAILER

Released October 24, 2012