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Actors: Mike Newell, Paul Attanasio, Johnny Depp, Louis DiGiaimo, Joseph D. Pistone Director: Mike Newell Rating: Features: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 127 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Release Date: November 7, 2000 Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1997 Studio: Sony Pictures
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Posing as jewel broker Donnie Brasco FBI agent Joe Pistone is granted entrance into the violent mob family of aging hitman Lefty Ruggiero. When his personal and professional life collide Pistone jeopardizes his marriage his job his life and ultimately the gangster mentor he has come to respect and admire. Based on a true story.System Requirements:Starring: Al Pacino James Russo Bruno Kirby Johnny Depp Michael Madsen and Anne Heche. Directed By: Mike Newell. Running Time: 127 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396052727
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 andGoodFellas, 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
