with a dog-walking business. They went to his house to collect the wages he was slow in paying. At first he did not listen to them, but then he gave them all the money he kept in the refrigerator, more than he owed them and told them to leave town. Shortly thereafter, Mike was murdered by a member of a Puerto Rican gang in retaliation for the murder of Reaper, after which Dito travelled alone to California. Present Day: Dito visits the adult Antonio in prison and sees him as a changed man of wisdom. The film concludes with the two of them sitting down in conversation. Cast Robert Downey Jr. as Dito Montiel Shia LaBeouf as young Dito Rosario Dawson as Laurie Melonie Diaz as young Laurie Eric Roberts as Antonio Channing Tatum as young Antonio Chazz Palminteri as Monty Montiel Dianne Wiest as Flori Montiel Scott Campbell as Nerf Peter Tambakis as young Nerf Federico Castelluccio as Antonio & Giuseppe's father Adam Scarimbolo as Giuseppe Martin Compston as Mike O'Shea Anthony DeSando as Frank the dog walker Eleonore Hendricks as Jenny Michael Rivera as Reaper Production This film was Montiel's directorial debut. Initially, Montiel refused to see LaBeouf for the part, having only seen him as the "Disney guy." Once he got to audition for the role, he "fucked his office up," putting a "hole through the wall" and went as "crazy" as he could in order to change the image Montiel had of him to land the part. Characters Montiel states that all the characters in the film are a combination of at least three people and sometimes six or seven, although some characters are given the names of people from real life. Listed below are some of the main differences between four characters and their real-life counterparts. Laurie Montiel said that he made the film because “I wanted to walk down those streets again and fall in love with Laurie again, it would have been nice to have had that moment at the end of the film where Dito met Laurie, reconnecting as adults." The real-life Laurie was white instead of Hispanic and died two years earlier from AIDS. Antonio Montiel states that Antonio is a composite of three people. The book mentions a kid named Antonio Ruggeria who was sent to prison for manslaughter, escaped, and was later sent to prison again for things "that