Johnny Boy

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Johnny Boy is a reckless, self-destructive young hoodlum in Martin Scorsese’s film "Mean Streets," emblematic of the chaotic, doomed underworld life the movie portrays.

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Johnny Boy canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
male character
ageGroup young adult
appearsAlongsideActor Harvey Keitel
appearsIn Mean Streets
appearsInGenre crime film
drama film
associatedWith organized crime milieu
closeTo Charlie Cappa
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Martin Scorsese
diegeticEra early 1970s
filmDirectedBy Martin Scorsese
filmMusicBy various rock and pop artists
filmProductionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
firstAppearanceYear 1973
fullName John Civello
gender male
hairColor dark
languageOfWork English
medium feature film
narrativeRole antagonistic friend
symbol of doomed underworld life
nationalityInFiction Italian-American
notableFor iconic early Robert De Niro performance
notableImpact helped establish Scorsese–De Niro collaboration
notableScene confrontation in the bar with Michael
shooting up a mailbox
occupation hoodlum
owesMoneyTo Michael
personalityTrait impulsive
rebellious
reckless
self-destructive
unreliable
portrayedBy Robert De Niro
riskBehavior provokes dangerous creditors
refuses to pay gambling debts
screenTimeImportance major character
setting Little Italy
New York City
storyFunction catalyst for Charlie’s moral crisis
themeAssociation loyalty and betrayal
self-destruction
urban Catholic guilt

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Mean Streets mainCharacter Johnny Boy
Charlie in Mean Streets loyalTo Johnny Boy
subject surface form: Charlie (Mean Streets)