Concrete Angels

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| director = Carlo Liconti

| producer = Anthony Kramreither
Carlo Liconti

| writer = Jim Purdy

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| starring = Joseph Di Mambro
Omie Craden
Luke McKeehan
Tony Nardi

| music = Robert Miller

| cinematography = Karol Ike

| editing = John Harding

| studio = Brightstar Films

| distributor = Cineplex Odeon

| released = {{Film date|1987}}

| runtime = 97 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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Concrete Angels is a Canadian musical drama film, directed by Carlo Liconti and released in 1987."Concrete Angels fail to beat odds in T.O.". Toronto Star, December 4, 1987. Set in 1964, the film centres on a group of teenagers in a working class ethnic neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario. After a radio station announces a battle of the bands competition whose prize will be the opportunity to open for The Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens, the boys form a band with the hopes of winning the competition.

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 as Sal, Bello's uncle who owns the neighbourhood pool hall.Jay Scott, "Teen film surprisinalv sensitive". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 1987. This was the final film of actor Gary Grimes, before retiring and going into a career of helping refugees who emigrated legally in America.

Nardi received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Genie Awards."Un zoo and Mermaids top Genie nominations". Toronto Star, February 17, 1988.

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