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- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
Summary In the criminal and violent world of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, their 'king' Zharko Stepanowicz passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson, leaving the skipped father resentful.
Directed By: Frank Pierson
Written By: Peter Maas, Frank Pierson
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
King of the Gypsies
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Summary In the criminal and violent world of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, their 'king' Zharko Stepanowicz passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson, leaving the skipped father resentful.
Directed By: Frank Pierson
Written By: Peter Maas, Frank Pierson
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Eric Roberts, making his movie debut, shines as a Travolta-ish hero who wants to surmount his family origins. [19 July 2015, p.N]
Although this film suffered from some miscasting--especially the choice of Shields, whose performance is more than mildly distressing--King of the Gypsies offers an often fascinating look at gypsy culture in America.
When they are all brought together in one of the movie's many badly staged group scenes, King of the Gypsies hilariously resembles nothing so much as a Hollywood costume party. [28 Dec 1978, p.86]
Frank Pierson has written and directed a melodrama about three generations of gypsies that is all color and no substance.
Half the film passes while Pierson fumbles with the exposition—setting up an intricate internecine war for control of a Gypsy clan—and then he fumbles the action. Pointless, messy, rambling; no atmosphere and no energy.
King of the Gypsies gets caught in a paralyzing bind between sordid subject matter and ridiculous casting. Ostensibly a serious, compelling melodramatic chronicle about dynastic conflict within the gypsy subculture of contemporary American, the movie resolves itself lickety-split into a laughter. [20 Dec 1978, p.E1]
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 2 Nominations
