# Concrete Angels

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Concrete Angels
| image          = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Carlo Liconti](/source/Carlo_Liconti)
| producer       = [Anthony Kramreither](/source/Anthony_Kramreither)<br>Carlo Liconti
| writer         = Jim Purdy
| story          = 
| starring       = Joseph Di Mambro<br>Omie Craden<br>Luke McKeehan<br>[Tony Nardi](/source/Tony_Nardi)
| music          = Robert Miller
| cinematography = [Karol Ike](/source/Karol_Ike)
| editing        = John Harding
| studio         = Brightstar Films
| distributor    = Cineplex Odeon
| released       = {{Film date|1987}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes
| country        = Canada
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Concrete Angels''''' is a Canadian musical drama film, directed by [Carlo Liconti](/source/Carlo_Liconti) and released in 1987.<ref name=beatodds>"Concrete Angels fail to beat odds in T.O.". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', December 4, 1987.</ref> Set in 1964, the film centres on a group of teenagers in a working class ethnic neighbourhood in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario). After a radio station announces a battle of the bands competition whose prize will be the opportunity to open for [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) at [Maple Leaf Gardens](/source/Maple_Leaf_Gardens), the boys form a band with the hopes of winning the competition.<ref name=beatodds/>

The film stars Joseph Di Mambro as Bello, the band's leader and singer; Omie Craden as Ira, the drummer; Luke McKeehan as Sean, the guitarist; and [Tony Nardi](/source/Tony_Nardi) as Sal, Bello's uncle who owns the neighbourhood pool hall.<ref>[Jay Scott](/source/Jay_Scott), "Teen film surprisinalv sensitive". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', December 10, 1987.</ref> This was the final film of actor [Gary Grimes](/source/Gary_Grimes), before retiring and going into a career of helping refugees who emigrated legally in America.

Nardi received a [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nomination for [Best Supporting Actor](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor) at the [9th Genie Awards](/source/9th_Genie_Awards).<ref>"Un zoo and Mermaids top Genie nominations". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', February 17, 1988.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0092775}}

Category:1987 films
Category:Canadian musical drama films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films set in Toronto
Category:Films shot in Toronto
Category:1980s musical drama films
Category:1987 drama films
Category:Canadian rock music films
Category:1987 English-language films
Category:1987 Canadian films
Category:English-language musical drama films
Category:1987 musical films

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