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{{quote|''The saddest thing in the world is wasted talent.''|'''Lorenzo Anello'''}}
{{quote|''What a time it was. The Yankees were playing the Pirates in the World Series... and Mickey Mantle was like a god to me. My dad and I would go to Yankee Stadium and see the Yankees win.''|'''Calogero''', speaking part of the opening narration}}
A touching, heartbreaking coming of age story... with gangsters
Naturally, both of Calogero's parents disapprove of this, (especially his painfully honest, straight living father) but nothing they do can stop Calogero's fascination with Sonny, the other neighborhood mobsters, or their hangout bar, which is just a couple of places down the street from his own house. Still, Sonny never notices Calogero or the other neighborhood boys that imitate the gangster... until the day when two men pulling into a parking space at the same time get into a fight, one of them [[Batter Up|pulls out a bat and attacks the other with it]], and Sonny shoots the bat wielding assailant... right in front of young Calogero.
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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], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090907133747/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.
* [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]]: Justified in this case, as that's what the motorcycle toughs actually are.
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'''Young Calogero:''' You mean Mom wont let you go either?
'''Lorenzo:''' What am I gonna do with this kid? }}
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Calogero gets the nickname "C" from Sonny and ends up being called that by everyone, except his father, who will not do it.
** And Jane, who likes "Calogero" better.
* [[The Dragon]]: Jimmy Whispers to Sonny.
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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