King of the Gypsies (film)
1978 film by Frank Pierson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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King of the Gypsies is a 1978 American drama film by Paramount Pictures starring Eric Roberts (in his film debut), Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole and Judd Hirsch.
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Directed by | Frank Pierson |
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Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
Edited by | Paul Hirsch |
Music by | David Grisman, Stephane Grappelli |
Production company | Dino De Laurentiis Company |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5–8 million[1] |
Box office | $7,325,177 (USA) |
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Originally planned to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich,[2] the film was finally directed by Frank Pierson from a screenplay which he adapted from the 1975 book King of the Gypsies by Peter Maas. The book tells the story of Steve Tene and his Gypsy family.