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{{quote|''The saddest thing in the world is wasted talent.''|Lorenzo Anello}} |
{{quote|''The saddest thing in the world is wasted talent.''|'''Lorenzo Anello'''}} |
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{{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}} |
{{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}} |
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A touching, heartbreaking coming of age story... with gangsters |
A touching, heartbreaking coming of age story... with gangsters. |
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The story begins in the Bronx, (a borough of [[New York City]]) in 1960. The main character is Calogero Anello, the nine year old son of Lorenzo Anello, (played by [[Robert De Niro]]) a poor Italian immigrant who drives a bus in New York's mass transit system for a living. This lets the Anello family scratch out a living, but although Calogero loves his father and is treated to sermons from his father about both how to live an honest life and how "the saddest thing in life is wasted talent," the man Calogero really admires is Sonny LoSpecchio, the tough and intelligent mobster who runs the neighborhood and is rapidly shooting up the ranks of [[The Mafia]]. |
The story begins in the Bronx, (a borough of [[New York City]]) in 1960. The main character is Calogero Anello, the nine year old son of Lorenzo Anello, (played by [[Robert De Niro]]) a poor Italian immigrant who drives a bus in New York's mass transit system for a living. This lets the Anello family scratch out a living, but although Calogero loves his father and is treated to sermons from his father about both how to live an honest life and how "the saddest thing in life is wasted talent," the man Calogero really admires is Sonny LoSpecchio, the tough and intelligent mobster who runs the neighborhood and is rapidly shooting up the ranks of [[The Mafia]]. |
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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... |
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... |
* [[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... |
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