A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Name: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2006-10-13
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Dianne Wiest, Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Melonie Diaz, Laila Liliana Garro

IMDb ID: tt0473488 · Year: 2006 · Rating: 6.9 (27,350 votes)

Genres: Crime · Drama

Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Canada: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (English)
Canada: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (French)
United Kingdom: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Ireland: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (English)
India: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (English)
New Zealand: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (English)
United States: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
South Africa: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (English)
Argentina: Tus santos y tus demonios
Mexico: Tus santos y tus demonios
United States: Tus santos y tus demonios (Spanish)
Uruguay: Tus santos y tus demonios
Romania: Cum sa-ti recunosti sfintii
Greece: Egheiridio anagnorisis agion (transliterated title)
Lithuania: Gidas, kaip atpažinti savo nuodemes
Italy: Guida per riconoscere i tuoi santi
Turkey: Hayatındaki Azizleri Keşfetme Kılavuzu (Turkish)
France: Il était une fois dans le Queens
Germany: Kids in den Straßen New Yorks
Estonia: Kuidas ära tunda oma pühakuid
Spain: Memorias de Queens
Spain: Memòries de Queens (Catalan)
Hungary: Őrangyallal, védtelenül
Finland: Queens - kovat korttelit
Brazil: Santos e Demônios
Latvia: Tavu sveto celvedis
Croatia: Vodič za prepoznavanje svetaca
Poland: Wszyscy twoi święci
Greece: Εγχειρίδιο αναγνώρισης αγίων
Serbia: Водич за препознавање светаца/Vodič za prepoznavanje svetaca
Russia: Как узнать своих святых
Ukraine: Як впізнати своїх святих (new title)
Japan: シティ・オブ・ドッグス (Japanese)
Taiwan: 放下屠刀
Tus santos y tus demoniosContent RatingRRelease Date2006-10-13Runtime100 minutesMetascore67IMDb Popularity0User Reviews103Critic Reviews72Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglish
SpanishKeywordscoming of age
teenage boy
scot
gay man
autobiographicalFilming LocationsAstoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USAProduction CompaniesBelladonna Productions
Truly Original
Xingu FilmsOfficial SitesOfficial site - http://www.belladonna.bz/#/a-guide-to-recognizing-your-saints/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473488/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0473488.jpgUpdated At2025-02-09T19:28:26

Directors

Dito Montiel

Writers

Dito Montiel

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Dianne Wiest | Character: Flori
Actor: Robert Downey Jr. | Character: Dito
Actor: Shia LaBeouf | Character: Young Dito
Actor: Melonie Diaz | Character: Young Laurie
Actor: Laila Liliana Garro | Character: Diane
Actor: Eleonore Hendricks | Character: Jenny
Actor: Adam Scarimbolo | Character: Guiseppe
Actor: Peter Anthony Tambakis | Character: Young Nerf
Actor: Channing Tatum | Character: Young Antonio
Actor: Anthony Tirado | Character: Street Corner Puerto Rican
Actor: Erick Rosado | Character: Puerto Rican Van Driver
Actor: Steve Payne | Character: Beach Chair Guy
Actor: Chazz Palminteri | Character: Monty
Actor: Tibor Feldman | Character: Teacher
Actor: Martin Compston | Character: Mike O'Shea
Actor: Marc Castle | Character: Drunken Man in Subway
Actor: Steven Randazzo | Character: Token Clerk
Actor: George DiCenzo | Character: Uncle George
Actor: Olga Merediz | Character: Aunt Mary
Actor: Teresa Kelsey | Character: Newscaster
Actor: Sammy Rhee | Character: Korean Shop Owner
Actor: Jermel Wilson | Character: Yup Yup
Actor: Michael Rivera | Character: Reaper
Actor: David Castro | Character: Reaper's Little Brother
Actor: Federico Castelluccio | Character: Antonio's Father
Actor: Anthony DeSando | Character: Frank the Dog Walker
Actor: Scott Michael Campbell | Character: Nerf
Actor: Rosario Dawson | Character: Laurie
Actor: Kyle Benitez | Character: Laurie's Son
Actor: Iraida Polanco | Character: Old Woman
Actor: Gilbert Cruz | Character: Queensbridge Bodega Man
Actor: Eric Roberts | Character: Antonio
Actor: Chance Kelly | Character: Prison Guard
Actor: Christopher Cussat | Character: Gameshow Host, Television Announcer
Actor: Angela Frye | Character: Woman in Subway Station
Actor: Yetta Gottesman | Character: Prison Visitor
Actor: Al Marz | Character: Street Corner Puerto Rican
Actor: Chris Nuñez | Character: Gang Member
Actor: Jeff Skowron | Character: Bookstore Clerk
Actor: Mike Struck | Character: Prison Gaurd
Actor: E. Austin Valentine | Character: Very young Dito

[Directors Group]
Name: Dito Montiel | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Dito Montiel | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Rene Bastian | Role: Producer
Name: Charlie Corwin | Role: Producer
Name: Robert Downey Jr. | Role: Producer
Name: Jonathan Elias | Role: Producer
Name: Alex Francis | Role: Producer
Name: Amanda Mackey | Role: Producer
Name: Clara Markowicz | Role: Producer
Name: Linda Moran | Role: Producer
Name: Bobby Sager | Role: Producer
Name: Peter Sahagen | Role: Producer
Name: Sting | Role: Producer
Name: Trudie Styler | Role: Producer
Name: Lucy Sumner | Role: Producer
Name: Travis Swords | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Jonathan Elias | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Eric Gautier | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Jake Pushinsky | Role: Editor
Name: Christopher Tellefsen | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Melissa Chusid | Role: Casting Director
Name: Cathy Sandrich Gelfond | Role: Casting Director
Name: Amanda Mackey | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Jody Asnes | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Cherish M. Hale | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Sandra Hernandez | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Mary Cooke | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Suzanne DeSimone | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Joseph Farulla | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Linda Grimes | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Michael Laudati | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Dionne Pitsikoulis | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Eileen Tersago | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Nicola Westermann | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Jason Graham | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Urs Hirschbiegel | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Anthony Ripoli | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Justin Ritson | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Nan Sandle | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Sarah Berney | Role: Art Department
Name: Benjamin K. Cox | Role: Art Department
Name: Benjamin Craig | Role: Art Department
Name: Colin Eletto | Role: Art Department
Name: Jessioca Gonzalez | Role: Art Department
Name: Nora Killoran | Role: Art Department
Name: Lianir Lopez | Role: Art Department
Name: Christina Madry | Role: Art Department
Name: David Moriarty | Role: Art Department
Name: Hannah Newman | Role: Art Department
Name: Andy Pan | Role: Art Department
Name: Mike Romano | Role: Art Department
Name: Jeremy Rosenstein | Role: Art Department
Name: Kyle Salvatore | Role: Art Department
Name: Nicole M. Solis | Role: Art Department
Name: Joshua Visser | Role: Art Department
Name: Marian Ziola-Stoeffelmeier | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Leslie Bloome | Role: Sound Department
Name: Pam DeMetruis-Thomas | Role: Sound Department
Name: Eugene Gearty | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Gutierrez | Role: Sound Department
Name: Paul Hsu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Charles Hunt | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jesse Malings | Role: Sound Department
Name: Branka Mrkic | Role: Sound Department
Name: Beauxregard Neylen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alex Raspa | Role: Sound Department
Name: Chris Rich | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lila Yomtoob | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Markus Janner | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Keith Yurevitz | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Roy Farfel | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Aida Artieda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hugo Bonilla | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ethan Borsuk | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Luis Colon | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Katie Dainson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Christopher DelSordo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Billy Dickson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Pedro Diez | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nicole Emmons | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jack Foster | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Avra Fox-Lerner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Frisbie | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andrew Greve | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Melissa Guimaraes | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nick Haines-Stiles | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Harges | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Steve Huber | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gregory Hurcomb | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daniel Kubick | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nina Kuhn | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marcus Lehmann | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Parris Mayhew | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Smokey Nelson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lisa Origlieri | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Joseph Paolini | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andrij Parekh | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris Reynolds | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Francis Spieldenner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jake Sumner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Walter Thomson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Fernando Vallejo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Lori Eastside | Role: Casting Department
Name: Avy Kaufman | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Ngina Bowen | Role: Costume Department
Name: Leslie Fry | Role: Costume Department
Name: Mariette Hendriks | Role: Costume Department
Name: Whitney Kyles | Role: Costume Department
Name: Christina Madry | Role: Costume Department
Name: Evelyn Mejia | Role: Costume Department
Name: Yvette Stapleton | Role: Costume Department
Name: David F. Zambrana | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Tritia Espinoza | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Adam Folk | Role: Editorial Department
Name: William Lehman | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Anthony Ripoli | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Larry Schmitt | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Jeff Caron | Role: Location Management
Name: Daniel Coss | Role: Location Management
Name: Payton Dunham | Role: Location Management
Name: Margaret Koschik | Role: Location Management
Name: Alexander Zweig | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Jim Black | Role: Music Department
Name: Jeff Bunnell | Role: Music Department
Name: Jimmy Haun | Role: Music Department
Name: Vincenzo LoRusso | Role: Music Department
Name: Nathaniel Morgan | Role: Music Department
Name: David Wittman | Role: Music Department
Name: Dan Dzula | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Matthew Amenta | Role: Production Department
Name: Luches Banks | Role: Production Department
Name: Amyjoy Clark | Role: Production Department
Name: Alison Davis | Role: Production Department
Name: Patricia de Paula | Role: Production Department
Name: Bailey Ertel | Role: Production Department
Name: Jason Fesel | Role: Production Department
Name: Cliff Fuller | Role: Production Department
Name: Ish Goldstein | Role: Production Department
Name: Wilson Green | Role: Production Department
Name: Wayne Han | Role: Production Department
Name: Theis Jessen | Role: Production Department
Name: Watari Nishida | Role: Production Department
Name: Nan Sandle | Role: Production Department
Name: Clarence Sharpe | Role: Production Department
Name: Jesse Spellman | Role: Production Department
Name: Greg Staley | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Rebecca Fulton | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: John McMorrow | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Timothy Paustian | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Victoria Asher | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nancy Banks | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eli Barach | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Anna Bosco | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Steve Boyle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alayne Brady | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Inna Braude | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emerson Bruns | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Linda Carbone | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kathy Castro | Role: Additional Crew
Name: María del Puy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John B. Finn | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shannon Finnerty | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jessica Flores | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stacy Frankel | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sebastian Iervolino | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sondra James | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marcin Janowski | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Vaughan Killin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Theresa Lowrey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Christine McAndrews | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shane O'Dell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ray Parada | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alyson Perlongo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Melissa Pfluger | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Christina Prudenti | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jimmy Rich | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Neil Ruddy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert Ian Simpson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joleen Small | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cordelia Stephens | Role: Additional Crew
Name: James P. Stephens | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Anita Sumner | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Olivia Vesey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: T.G. Wilkinson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bentley Wood | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Derek J.W. Wybourn | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Ed Harris | Role: Thanks
Name: Anne Hubbell | Role: Thanks
Name: Craig Kestel | Role: Thanks
Name: Kenneth Shiffrin | Role: Thanks

Trailers

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Release Schedule

United States: January 20, 2006 (Sundance Film Festival)
Italy: September 3, 2006 (Venice Film Festival)
France: September 5, 2006 (Deauville Film Festival)
United States: September 29, 2006 (limited)
United States: October 2006 (Chicago International Film Festival)
United States: October 13, 2006
United States: October 21, 2006 (Austin Film Festival)
Australia: November 16, 2006 (limited)
Sweden: November 17, 2006 (Stockholm International Film Festival)
Spain: November 26, 2006 (Gijón International Film Festival)
Turkey: January 19, 2007
Greece: January 25, 2007 (limited)
United Kingdom: March 2, 2007
Ireland: March 2, 2007
Italy: March 9, 2007
Spain: March 20, 2007 (Las Palmas Film Festival)
Sweden: April 20, 2007
Belgium: May 30, 2007
Romania: June 3, 2007 (Transilvania International Film Festival)
Spain: June 8, 2007
Poland: June 15, 2007
New Zealand: July 13, 2007 (New Zealand International Film Festival)
Norway: July 27, 2007
Denmark: September 7, 2007
Netherlands: September 17, 2007 (Film by the Sea Film Festival)
Netherlands: October 25, 2007
Finland: November 7, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Indonesia: December 10, 2007 (Jakarta International Film Festival)
Brazil: December 14, 2007
Hungary: January 12, 2008 (TV premiere)
Russia: March 6, 2008 (DVD premiere)
Germany: March 13, 2008 (DVD premiere)
Mexico: May 23, 2008
Argentina: August 28, 2008
Uruguay: April 13, 2009
France: June 1, 2010 (DVD premiere)
Japan: January 7, 2012 (DVD premiere)

Awards

Box Office