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It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the first film to transplant Macbeth to the American mob culture; this was done in the 1955 film Joe MacBeth.
Joseph Frank Pesci (/ ˈ p ɛ ʃ i / PESH-ee, Italian:; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, and musician.He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019).
Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980. Scorsese initially titled the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; he and Pileggi later changed the title to Goodfellas .
John Wick is an American neo-noir crime action film series and media franchise created by Derek Kolstad.It centers on the titular character portrayed by actor Keanu Reeves.Wick is a legendary hitman who is reluctantly drawn back into the criminal underworld after retiring.
John Wick was premiered at Regal Union Square Theater in New York City on October 13, 2014; Reeves was accompanied by Andy, the puppy that portrays John's dog. [98] [169] The event was hosted in partnership with watch company Carl F. Bucherer. [170] John Wick was released in the United States and Canada on October 24. [171]
In a nursing home, elderly Irish-American World War II veteran Frank Sheeran recounts his time as a hitman for the Italian-American Mafia.. In 1950s Philadelphia, Sheeran works as a union delivery truck driver, where he starts selling some of the meat shipments to a local Philadelphia Italian-American gangster known as "Skinny Razor", a member of the Philadelphia crime family headed by Angelo ...
The film is a sequel to John Wick (2014) and the second installment in the John Wick franchise. The film stars Keanu Reeves as the title character , with a supporting cast of Common , Laurence Fishburne , Riccardo Scamarcio , Ruby Rose , Lance Reddick , Peter Stormare , Bridget Moynahan , Franco Nero , John Leguizamo , and Ian McShane .
Little Caesar (1931). The years 1931 and 1932 saw the genre produce three enduring classics: Warner Bros.' Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, which made screen icons out of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, respectively, and Howard Hawks' Scarface starring Paul Muni, which offered a dark psychological analysis of a fictionalized Al Capone [4] and launched the film career of George Raft.