Main Cast: Lainie Kazan, Joseph Bologna, Barbara Carrera, Paul Sorvino, Renée Taylor, Angelina Jolie, Nathaniel Marston
Release Year: 1996
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Romeo and Juliet gets updated -- and played for laughs -- in this romantic comedy set in the City Island section of the Bronx. Mike and Sadie Cappamezza (Joseph Bologna and Lainie Kazan) are a hard-working couple who have run a family-style Italian restaurant for years. The Cappamezzas' fiercest rivals have long been Count and Countess Malacici (Paul Sorvino and Barbara Carrera), who operate a pretentiously upscale Neapolitan eatery (and whose titled nobility seems to be in question). The Malacicis don't like the Cappamezzas any more than the Cappamezzas like them, and for years they've been trying to run each other out of business. So no one is pleased when Rosario Cappamezza (Nathaniel Marston), Mike and Sadie's son, and Gina Malacici (Angelina Jolie), the daughter of the Count and Countess, are cast in a student production of Romeo and Juliet -- and annoyance gives way to shock when Rosario and Gina fall in love offstage as well as on. The husband and wife team of Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor co-wrote and co-directed this film; Taylor also appears in a small role as a psychic. While completed in 1994, Love Is All There Is didn't enjoy a theatrical release until 1996. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Ellee Wynn-Briscoe - Art Director, Jean Scoccimarro - Casting, Broderick Johnson - Co-producer, Tom Kelly - Co-producer, Andrew Kosove - Co-producer, Chantal Ribeiro - Co-producer, Dona Granata - Costume Designer, Harvey Waldman - First Assistant Director, Joseph Bologna - Director, Renée Taylor - Director, Nick Eliopolous - Editor, Dennis M. O'Connor - Editor, Georges Pappas - Executive Producer, Jeff Beal - Composer (Music Score), Alan Jones - Camera Operator, Ron Norsworthy - Production Designer, Elliott Kastner - Producer, Joe Romano - Sound/Sound Designer, Joseph Bologna - Screenwriter, Renée Taylor - Screenwriter
The Cappamezzas' son, Rosario, (Nathaniel Marston) falls in love with the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, (Angelina Jolie) after she replaces the obese star of the neighborhood church's staging of Romeo and Juliet. The rivalry intensifies after Rosario deflowers Gina after a fight with her parents.
The movie was filmed at Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, NY and many scenes were shot in City Island, Bronx, New York.
