The Silver Screen Comes to the Local Scene

Judy Arzt, Ph.D., Saint Joseph College, CT

 

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Mystic Pizza

 

 

 

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A Word about Pizza at Mystic Pizza

"My last stop on my seaboard tour was a little hole in the wall called Mystic Pizza - in where else? Mystic, Connecticut. The atmosphere was rustic, and the service was over solicitous to say the least. Now, I am not a pizza person. I'm not particularly fond of cheesy cuisine, but this pizza is - how shall I put this in a word - superb. I must tell you this is probably the best pizza I've ever tasted, mystic indeed. Just the right blend of cheese, and tomatoes, and spices I can't quite identify. That's the Mystic Pizza, in Mystic. I have to give it my best rating - four stars." …
( National restaurant critic who visited the pizza shop in the movie, "Mystic Pizza", by Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood California)

 

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Key Cast Members 
Daisy Araujo            
Julia Roberts
Kat Araujo              
Annabeth Gish
Jojo Barboza            
Lili Taylor
Bill Montijo            
Vincent P. D'Onofrio
Tim Travers             
William R. Moses
Charles Gordon Winsor   
Adam Storke
Leona Valsouano         
Conchata Ferrell

(1988) Directed by Donald Petrie
Screenplay by Amy Jones, Perry Howze, Randy Howze and Alfred Uhry
Story by Amy Miss Jones
Director of photography:  Tim Suhrstedt
 Edited by Marion Rothman and Don Brochu
 Music by David McHugh
 Produced by Mark Levinson and Scott Rosenfelt
 Released by the Samuel Goldwyn Company

Filmed on location in Mystic and North Stonington, Connecticut and Rhode Island

 

 

 

Last revised 9/3/04 |  J. Arzt