City Island

Andy Garcia has taken some time to talk to The National Ledger about his latest role in 'City Island'. Having just wrapped up Disney's 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua', Garcia has been speculated to be starring in 'Testament of Lucky Luciano'. Garcia sets the record straight, sharing he actually working on the film 'City Island', a comedy in which Garcia plays a prison guard who finds the son he had abandoned 20 years earlier. Garcia also shares what its like to be producing and staring in the same film. 'City Island' is out in theaters in September of 2009.

"...When you're producing an independent movie and acting in it at the same time, you're working with a lot of financial parameters. You work very long hours in a very short period of time. You do whatever you need to do..."

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UPI has posted an article about the casting of 'City Island'. The film is proof that a good script will attract good actors, Andy Garcia was immediately drawn to the project.

"...It is rare to find material that captures the human condition with an emotional yet humorous content, in such an elegant framework. From the first read, De Felitta's script seduced me not only as an actor but as a producer..."

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Cinematical has posted an article on 'City Island'. The film has just cast Julianna Marguiles as Andy Garcia's wife. Production has just began on the film.

"..Garcia's real-life daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido will play his daughter, and Ezra Miller has also nabbed an undisclosed part..."

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The Hollywood Reporter has posted an item on the film 'City Island'. Andy Garcia will now be joined by Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer and Alan Arkin. Raymon De Felitta directs this film, about a prison guard who reunites with his long lost son.

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The NYPost is reporting that 'City Island' director Raymond De Felitta has began blogging about his experience during the production. Usually reserved for jazz and classic films, he's turned his blog Movie's Till Dawn into an up to date source for the film's progress.

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Film stars Mortimer, Arkin, Garcia, Margulies

Variety has posted an article on the film 'City Island'. Directed by Raymond De Felitta, the film has just begun production. The film stars Andy Garcia, and follows a prison guard who has resently reunited with a son he abandoned through uncoventional circumstances. 

Read the full article here.