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List Price: $9.95Price: $1.99 You Save: $7.96 (80%)as of 09/10/2010 15:05 EDT
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800187873
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0800187873
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 03, 1998
Running Time: 127 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1997
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Amazon.com:
Based 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 and GoodFellas, 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 protégé 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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Al Pacino, Johnny Depp. They acted well and story is good. Classic and definitely worth to include this title in my collection.
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I found this movie to be quite entertaining because of the acting and interaction between the stars, Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, of whom I am a big fan and have collected all his films.
This movie has its twists and turns to keep you interested and therefore I recommend this movie to everyone.
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Other critics have said this is nothing compared to Goodfellas. This is the worst mafia movie from the modern era I've seen. Casting Al Pacino, who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather, in this film may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but he's so lame compared to Corleone! The Godfather is considered the best or one of the best movies of all time (according to online votes at imdb.com). It's the gold standard of mafia movies. Making Pacino the lead character for DB raises your expectations, ... Read More
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"Donnie Brasco" is a movie based on a real life autobiography describing an FBI agent's undercover life in the Mafia and a criminal partnership that also develops int a deep friendship. Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI mole who poses as a jewel broker named Donnie Brasco. He is granted entrance into the violent mob family of Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). Lefty becomes his mentor, showing deep trust in the man he knows as Donnie. When Joe's (known as Donnie Brasco) personal and professional lives ... Read More
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I am sure the movie description written for the product is better than anything I could ever write, so I will just leave it as this is a good movie that I got a great deal on the Blu-Ray.
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