Donnie Brasco

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Donnie Brasco

film by Newell [1997]

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Bonanno crime family
Portrayal in popular culture
…films The Godfather (1972) and Donnie Brasco (1997). Joseph Bonanno’s autobiography, A Man of Honor, was released in 1983, making him the first boss to break the Mafia’s code of silence and write about his dealings. Other notable books include Honor Thy Father (1971), a nonfiction work by Gay Talese…
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…films The Godfather (1972) and Donnie Brasco (1997). Joseph Bonanno’s autobiography, A Man of Honor, was released in 1983, making him the first boss to break the Mafia’s code of silence and write about his dealings. Other notable books include Honor Thy Father (1971), a nonfiction work by Gay Talese…
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Al Pacino
Academy Award and later films
…a thief (Robert De Niro); Donnie Brasco (1997), in which he starred as a low-level mobster who unknowingly befriends an FBI agent (Johnny Depp); and Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday (1999). Also in 1999 Pacino appeared opposite Russell Crowe in The Insider; based on real-life events, it examines tobacco companies…
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…a thief (Robert De Niro); Donnie Brasco (1997), in which he starred as a low-level mobster who unknowingly befriends an FBI agent (Johnny Depp); and Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday (1999). Also in 1999 Pacino appeared opposite Russell Crowe in The Insider; based on real-life events, it examines tobacco companies…
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