A Bronx Tale: Difference between revisions

Soon events are racing to a head. Jane's brother Willie is one of a group of black kids assaulted by C's friends just for riding through the Italian neighborhood on their bikes, and although C doesn't take any part in the beating, Willie identifies him from the scene. C's relationship with his father is unraveling fast, and strange little things are happening around Sonny, making him increasingly paranoid about attempts on his life, including finding something on the engine of his car after C borrowed it, which leaves him suspecting C is part of an assassination attempt. As all these threads come together and the film heads for a climax, Calogero must start making some tough choices about his life, and try to deal with events that will leave most of the characters changed, and more than a few dead...

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* [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]]: Many a New Yorker got a [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/24/nyregion/police-are-criticized-for-responding-more-slowly-to-911-calls.html?pagewanted=1 long], [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/08/03/2009-08-03_calling_these_precincts_is_a_waste_of_your_time_news_finds_long_waits_when_diali.html dark] laugh from the police banging on the Anello's door within seconds of the shooting. However, since waiting hours for them to show up doesn't make for riveting film...

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Chazz Palminteri, (who plays Sonny) originally wrote this as a one man play, and still performs it at times.