American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

MOVIE #1,772 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 07.01.24 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎: A MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTOR FOCUS 🇮🇹🇺🇸 This is a short feature documentary (55 minutes) about the guy who played the gun salesman in Taxi Driver, Steven Prince. Well, not about him per say. Marty just films as he tells a bunch of stories from his crazy life. For example... Prince recalls injecting adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, with the help of a medical dictionary and a Magic Marker. This story was re-enacted by Quentin Tarantino in his screenplay for Pulp Fiction.

Prince also tells a story about his days working at a gas station, and having to shoot a man he caught stealing tires, after the man pulled out a knife and tried to attack him. This story was retold in the Richard Linklater film Waking Life.

It's a highly enjoyable watch.

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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince is a 1978 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. Its subject is Scorsese's friend Steven Prince, known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in Taxi Driver. Prince is a raconteur who tells stories about various events in his life. It was released on October 31, 1978.