Once Upon a Time in Staten Island is set in the summer of 1982 and has as its backdrop the release of Rocky III. The story tells of an average teen who embarks on a quest in his Rocky Balboa-obsessed town that swirls in his family members. Naomi Watts and Frank Grillo play his parents.
Also starring are Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent, Blue Jasmine), Lucius Hoyos (Heroes Reborn), Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women, Howard’s End), River Alexander (The Way Way Back) and Chase Vacnin (The Little Rascals Save the Day).
