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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303029023 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303029027 Label: Savoy Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Savoy Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Savoy Pictures Release Date: February 14, 1995 Running Time: 122 minutes Studio: Savoy Pictures Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1993 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Chazz Palminteri wrote the script for this excellent story of an Italian American boy (Lillo Brancato) who grows up in the 1960s caught between the strong influences of his blue-collar, straight- arrow father (Robert De Niro) and a Mafia chieftain (Palminteri) who is his all-purpose mentor. De Niro makes his directorial debut with this production and, except for a little stiffness, does very well by the characters and their world. The story does not go precisely where one might expect it to go: Palminteri knows better than to force the central figure to choose between the two most important men in his life, and he doesn't fill time with stock drama about crime or family conflict. Joe Pesci makes an extremely effective and uncredited appearance at the end as a man who doesn't have to do more than speak softly to communicate how dangerous he is. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Used DVDI bought this DVD used on Saterday & recieved it on Thursday. At first I didn't know what to expect because I had never bought a used DVD before. But to my surprise it was in good working order when I watched it. I feel more confident now about buying a used DVD. Rating:  - Mickey Mantle don't care about you, so why should you care about him?But you should care about this classic. This movie passes all the tests. Except the Mario test. Rating: - Simply Put, One Great MovieBased on Chazz Paliminteri's autobiographical one-man play, "A Bronx Tale" is an impressive coming-of-age story about a young man, Calogero, or "C," as he is called, growing up in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx during the racially turbulent Sixties who is torn between the ethical standards set by his scrupulously honest bus driver father, Lorenzo, and the flashy appeal of "Sonny," the charismatic local crime boss. When Calogero, as a mere child, witnesses Sonny shoot and kill a man in a street ... Read More Rating: - IF A MAFIA FLICK CAN BE HEARTWARMING, THIS IS IT!This is a film that I can watch a kazillion times and still not get enough. Chazz Palminteri is one of the scariest actors in gangster history. However, his insight into the world that he was born in was touching. Robert De Niro shines as a frustrated father trying to save his son from the streets. Rating: - a fun movieWell acted, great local scenes of The Bronx, plausible. Good story. De Niro is fantastic in a different sort of role as a hard working, earnest, honest bus driver just trying to show his son a decent way to live. Parmentieri is fantastic as the local crime boss-very believable. Deals with good/bad themes, easy money vs.integrity & hard work, racism & racial clashes in the paradigm of The Bronx. Great musical score. |
