Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
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My name is Luigi 'Good Looking Lu' DiMatti. I was a made man in the Gambino Crime family. I took the oath in 1956. I was in the crew of Alfred Eppolito, until he got demoted and drunk himself to death, then I went briefly in to Paul Castellano's crew. Under Alfred I was dealing H, under Paul that was impossible so i eventually moved to Jimmy 'the Clam''s crew and when he got whacked to Aniello's crew in Queens. I got 50 years in 1980, got out 2015, which is why you may not recognise my name and why I don't have a Wikipedia page. I was more of a keep my head down kinda guy, kept in the shadows, narcotics, gambling, shylocking, gambling etc. I'm 80 now and long retired, living in Florida now.
Anyway the reason for my comment is, this is the first time I saw this movie! I was not in the Columbo family, but I knew Joe Gallo, Gennaro Ciprio, all those guys.. I wrote a comment because practically everything in this film happened in real life! I remember those days very well. The names are changed, but the guy 'Jelly' I think was a real guy called, Joey Gioeli. I realise most people know this is about Joey Gallo, but I was surprised how accurate it was!
As a film, it looks very low budget. Peter Boyle is kind of one dimensional, but Torn is good, it has a lively script and it is excitingly directed.
I'm just sharing my thoughts as this movie brought back some old memories. I was in my thirties back then, we controlled New York! A lot of good guys died during that war. More I believe died in the nineties one, but I was in jail then
Anyway the reason for my comment is, this is the first time I saw this movie! I was not in the Columbo family, but I knew Joe Gallo, Gennaro Ciprio, all those guys.. I wrote a comment because practically everything in this film happened in real life! I remember those days very well. The names are changed, but the guy 'Jelly' I think was a real guy called, Joey Gioeli. I realise most people know this is about Joey Gallo, but I was surprised how accurate it was!
As a film, it looks very low budget. Peter Boyle is kind of one dimensional, but Torn is good, it has a lively script and it is excitingly directed.
I'm just sharing my thoughts as this movie brought back some old memories. I was in my thirties back then, we controlled New York! A lot of good guys died during that war. More I believe died in the nineties one, but I was in jail then
Crazy Joe is a well made gangster picture starring Peter Boyle as the title character The names are all changed up but it's not hard to tell who's who. The cast is terrific Henry Winkler,Eli Wallach,Charles Cioffi all support a terrific cast of faces that any mob movie buff such as myself would recognize. There's only one problem this movie is very hard to find so catch it any way you can it's well worth it
The mob life of 'Crazy Joe' Gallo.
This is fairly good mobster movie with some reasonably gritty moments that have aged like the 70s fashions.
It mixes the simplistic gangster narrative that you would see in 30s and 40s movies, with a low budget vibe of 70s New York. There is plenty of tough-talking Mafia lingo and insight into the power structures of certain families. I like that it is loosely based on some real people.
Some of the themes relating to the stereotyping of Italian-Americans and Columbus Day rallies are similar to those used in some plot lines of The Sopranos (only much better on that show). One of the strongest bits of spectacle in the movie is a recreation of one such rally.
The cast is very interesting, led by the amusing Peter Boyle, supported nicely by Eli Wallach, and featuring many recognisable faces popping up in numerous scenes.
The production values are pretty low, with action sequences that are not very memorable and some quite rough editing. One scene you can see an obvious jump in a sequence when Peter Boyle speaks. That being said there are some great location shots. Plus the opening sequence with the opera music and establishing shots is excellent.
It is certainly no classic, but I think it is essential viewing if you are a fan of mob movies.
This is fairly good mobster movie with some reasonably gritty moments that have aged like the 70s fashions.
It mixes the simplistic gangster narrative that you would see in 30s and 40s movies, with a low budget vibe of 70s New York. There is plenty of tough-talking Mafia lingo and insight into the power structures of certain families. I like that it is loosely based on some real people.
Some of the themes relating to the stereotyping of Italian-Americans and Columbus Day rallies are similar to those used in some plot lines of The Sopranos (only much better on that show). One of the strongest bits of spectacle in the movie is a recreation of one such rally.
The cast is very interesting, led by the amusing Peter Boyle, supported nicely by Eli Wallach, and featuring many recognisable faces popping up in numerous scenes.
The production values are pretty low, with action sequences that are not very memorable and some quite rough editing. One scene you can see an obvious jump in a sequence when Peter Boyle speaks. That being said there are some great location shots. Plus the opening sequence with the opera music and establishing shots is excellent.
It is certainly no classic, but I think it is essential viewing if you are a fan of mob movies.
As far as being a true story goes, it is, but it is very sketchy, very broad strokes. If you know the history of the guy this is just a 1 minute flat quickie pencil sketch. I'm a fan of the director, but he usually puts more into the story and meaning than this. It's a very simple '70s mafia flick that satisfies that craving if you just want 100 minutes of the sights and genre and not much more. It is not an underrated classic. It's a solid, slightly above average example of the genre. It is not in the same league with the top 20 Italian crime flicks of the era (like the "Violenta" trilogy), but is as good as Hollywood's from this period. That's why I give it a six. I love Italian films from the '70s and '60s and consider them to be much better than Hollywood's output. To say one is on a par, is to say it's a bit of a disappointment that way, though I wasn't disappointed to have watched it. Once.
I'm a fanatic about pairing food and movies, and for this one I highly recommend Spaghettini and Red Clam Sauce.
I'm a fanatic about pairing food and movies, and for this one I highly recommend Spaghettini and Red Clam Sauce.
Very trendy c. '74 cast-Eli Wallach, Peter Boyle, Rip Torn, Paula Prentiss, etc. Even has the Fonz as a mob guy. An obvious takeoff of the Godfather, though nowheres near as good. The cast certainly brings this up a notch-Boyle and Wallach especially. I always enjoy seeing Fred 'Blaxploitation film' Williamson in a flick too.
Very dated-check out the boat cars, bellbottems, very '70s '50's fixation-tunes, etc-but worth yer while. Has an interesting run of things it touches on-Attica, Italian 'anti-defamation leagues', etc.
**1/2, see this with 'Donnie Brasco' or 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' to get a better idea of what's what.
Very dated-check out the boat cars, bellbottems, very '70s '50's fixation-tunes, etc-but worth yer while. Has an interesting run of things it touches on-Attica, Italian 'anti-defamation leagues', etc.
**1/2, see this with 'Donnie Brasco' or 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' to get a better idea of what's what.
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- WissenswertesFilm debut of Henry Winkler.
- PatzerA Honda dealership is seen when in it wasn't until 1969 that Honda Automobiles were sold in the United States.
- VerbindungenReferenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)
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