Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
by Mike Newell
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Actor: Al Pacino, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Johnny Depp, Michael MadsenDirector: Mike Newell
Brand: Sony
Producer: Alan Greenspan
Producer: Barry Levinson
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Producer: Gary Khammer
Writer: Joseph D. Pistone
Writer: Paul Attanasio
Writer: Richard Woodley
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Lefty And "Don The Jeweler"
Summary: 5 Stars
As real as it gets and the ultimate mafia film based on the real life story of undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone. Two of Hollywood's great character actors go at it head to head in a life of syndicate crime in the big city, - Al Pacino and Johnny Depp give outstanding gangster performances as Lefty Ruggiero(Pacino) and Joe Pistone, alias - Don the jeweler(Depp),and Pistone's wife is played out brilliantly by Anne Heche, and a fine surrounding supporting cast gives us a realistic idea what it takes to survive in the mob and as a law enforcer playing on the inside of their deadly game. The real Joe Pistone was so caught up and involved with the mafia, Pistone was hesitant to leave ,of course now there's a big price on his head,a must see and own film,this special edition of DONNIE BRASCO is loaded with extras and an interview with Joe Pistone,1997,16x9 widescreen.
Summary of Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
Posing as jewel broker Donnie Brasco FBI agent Joe Pistone is granted entrance into the violent mob family of aging hitman Lefty Ruggiero. When his personal and professional life collide Pistone jeopardizes his marriage his job his life and ultimately the gangster mentor he has come to respect and admire. Based on a true story.System Requirements:Starring: Al Pacino James Russo Bruno Kirby Johnny Depp Michael Madsen and Anne Heche. Directed By: Mike Newell. Running Time: 127 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?R UPC:?043396052727Based on a memoir by former undercover cop Joe Pistone (whose daring and unprecedented infiltration of the New York Mob scene earned him a place in the federal witness protection program), Donnie Brasco is like a de- romanticized, de-mythologized version of The Godfather. It offers an uncommonly detailed, privileged glimpse inside the world of organized crime from the perspective of the little guys at the bottom of Mafia hierarchy rather than from the kingpins at the top. Donnie Brasco is not only one of the great modern-day gangster movies to put in the company of The Godfather films andGoodFellas, but it is also one of the great undercover police movies--arguably surpassing Serpico and Prince of the City in richness of character, detail, and moral complexity. Donnie (Johnny Depp, a splendid actor) is practically adopted by Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), a gregarious, low-level "made" man who grows to love his young prot?g? like a son. (Pacino really sinks into this guy's skin and polyester slacks, and creates his freshest, most fully realized character since his 1970s heyday.) As Donnie acclimates himself to Lefty's world, he distances himself from his wife (a terrific Anne Heche) and family for their own protection. Almost imperceptibly his sense of identity slips away from him. Questioning his own confused loyalties, unable to trust anybody else because he himself is an imposter, Donnie loses his way in a murky and treacherous no-man's land. The film is directed by Mike Newell, who also headed up Four Weddings and a Funeral and the gritty, true crime melodrama Dance with a Stranger. --Jim Emerson
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