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Donnie Brasco

  • 1997
  • T
  • 2h 7min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,7/10
347.036
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Johnny Depp and Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco (1997)
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Un agente dell'FBI sotto copertura si infiltra nella mafia e scopre di identificarsi molto di più con la malavita, a scapito della sua vita di tutti i giorni.Un agente dell'FBI sotto copertura si infiltra nella mafia e scopre di identificarsi molto di più con la malavita, a scapito della sua vita di tutti i giorni.Un agente dell'FBI sotto copertura si infiltra nella mafia e scopre di identificarsi molto di più con la malavita, a scapito della sua vita di tutti i giorni.

  • Regia
    • Mike Newell
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Joseph D. Pistone
    • Richard Woodley
    • Paul Attanasio
  • Star
    • Al Pacino
    • Johnny Depp
    • Michael Madsen
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,7/10
    347.036
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    POPOLARITÀ
    1347
    339
    • Regia
      • Mike Newell
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Joseph D. Pistone
      • Richard Woodley
      • Paul Attanasio
    • Star
      • Al Pacino
      • Johnny Depp
      • Michael Madsen
    • 390Recensioni degli utenti
    • 121Recensioni della critica
    • 77Metascore
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    • Candidato a 1 Oscar
      • 2 vittorie e 16 candidature totali

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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Lefty
    Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp
    • Donnie
    Michael Madsen
    Michael Madsen
    • Sonny
    Bruno Kirby
    Bruno Kirby
    • Nicky
    James Russo
    James Russo
    • Paulie
    Anne Heche
    Anne Heche
    • Maggie
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Tim Curley
    • (as Željko Ivanek)
    Gerry Becker
    Gerry Becker
    • Dean Blandford FBI
    Robert Miano
    Robert Miano
    • Sonny Red
    Brian Tarantina
    Brian Tarantina
    • Bruno
    Rocco Sisto
    Rocco Sisto
    • Richie Gazzo
    Zach Grenier
    Zach Grenier
    • Dr. Berger
    Walt MacPherson
    • Sheriff
    Ronnie Farer
    • Annette
    Terry Serpico
    Terry Serpico
    • Strip Club Owner
    Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    • Sonny's Girlfriend
    Tony Lip
    • Philly Lucky
    George Angelica
    • Big Trin
    • Regia
      • Mike Newell
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Joseph D. Pistone
      • Richard Woodley
      • Paul Attanasio
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    bob the moo

    A good gangster film with strong emotional under currents

    In the late 1970's, FBI agent Joe Pistone poses as jewel expert Donnie Brasco to win the trust of ageing mob middleman Lefty Ruggiero. As time passes Donnie gets tighter and tighter into the mob, rising up when boss Sonny Black gets bumped up. While Donnie puts his life at risk, his real life crumbles as he never sees his wife or children. As he moves upwards, his friend Lefty is bypassed time and time again. As Donnie gets deeper, the FBI start to worry and want to extract him - something that cannot be done without exposing himself and condemning Lefty to death.

    Now that Pirates of the Caribean has made him a bankable star as well as a good actor I decided to dig out some of my old Depp videos and watch them. I have been a Depp fan since the mid-90's when I saw Arizona Dream, Ed Wood and Don Juan all in a period of 6 months -I realised then that this was not only a very talented guy but also one who seemed happy to do whatever interested him rather than whatever was going to make money. This film is in a well known and fairly reliable genre - the Italian American gangster movie but has the strength that it is an engaging true story. The plot follows Joe as he gets in deeper, is suspected, gets involved in battles between bosses and eventually starts to lose himself and forget what side he is actually on. Even though this is a true story, it still basically goes where we expect mob films to go, but it manages to rise above the clichés by having some very good characters and emotional themes.

    The whole gangster thing works and is gripping, but it is the relationship dynamics between Joe and Lefty that made it more interesting. The element of going `native' when undercover has been done plenty of times, but it is the combination of this being fact and Depp's great performance that makes it work well here; we feel for Joe a great deal. On the flipside the film also allows us to feel for the mob, or at least one of them. The majority of the mobsters are the usual stereotypes but Lefty is written with a great deal of sympathy - he is a middleman, taking the risks, doing the dirt but always passed over and having to beg money to keep his bosses happy. These are tragic characters and the film is not the slightly glamorous gangster lifestyle that Pacino has experienced in his Godfather roles. These two characters are well written and it is their subplots that makes the film better than the central plot (which itself is also very good).

    Depp is good and his performance is solid even if it doesn't really rank up their with his best - he lacks his usual flair but he gives the material it's dues. Pacino is of course, wonderful. His character is a far cry from his Godfather work and he manages to bring such pathos to Lefty that it is impossible not to feel for him. The support cast may not have as much in the way of character but they all do well in their roles. Madsen, Kirby, Ivanek, Heche, Miano and others all give good support, but it is Pacino and Depp's film - which is a good thing.

    Overall, the fact that this is a true story makes it more interesting but, while I was watching it I wasn't really thinking about it and was just enjoying the gangster film itself. The basic story is a well worn one but is still delivery well by Newell (who was a very unusual choice for director), but it is the emotion threads involving Joe and Lefty that make the film much more than just another gangster film.
    barnabyrudge

    An absorbing, well made gangster movie.

    Mike Newell is the weirdest choice for director of a Mafia drama, but he actually makes a terrific fist of it, delivering one of the very best gangster movies ever made. Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Anne Heche and Michael Madsen are all in top form in front of the camera, too.

    Depp plays undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone in this intriguing true story. Pistone is trying to infiltrate his way into a mob family in order to gather evidence against them. He assumes the identity of "Donnie Brasco" and slowly but surely earns the love and trust of an old-pro hit-man named Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino). As the months go by, Pistone's marriage begins to fall apart as he is away from his wife (Heche) pretty much all the time. The line between his real life and his undercover life blurs together and he finds himself dangerously close to being seduced by the violent Mob lifestyle.

    Donnie Brasco is an extraordinary film in many ways. As already mentioned, the performances are note-perfect. But there's so much more to it than that. The late 70s period details are impeccably captured; the dialogue is extraordinarily raw and realistic; the moral dilemma facing Depp is achingly, agonisingly conveyed. It's such a powerful picture, completely involving, that by the end you find yourself wrapped up in Pistone's predicament, asking yourself what decisions you would make in the same circumstances. Very few movies genuinely inspire you to debate the whats, whys and wherefores of the main character and his actions... but with Donnie Brasco, that's just what you'll find yourself doing.
    8lee_eisenberg

    one scene really gives us a leg up on everything

    On one level, "Donnie Brasco" might just look like another mafia movie. But it's not. It tells the story of FBI agent Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp), who in the late 1970s was hired to infiltrate the mafia. So, he got acquainted with hit-man Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero (Al Pacino). But lo and behold, Joe got too much into the mafia lifestyle, to the point where it dominated his life and kept him from his family. And no one ended up with a very good reward at the end.

    Both Depp and Pacino are about as intense as we expect them to be, with good support from Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche and Zeljko Ivanek. With his hair all greased back, Depp looks like the ultimate mafioso. I should identify that there are two scenes that will probably make your skin crawl: the leg scene, and what they do to the Japanese waiter.

    But don't get me wrong. This is a really good movie. It's certainly a less glamorized view of mafia life than most of Al Pacino's movies, and Johnny Depp was certainly showing the same flair for acting that he has brought to the screen for the past 16 years. Very well done.
    8The_Movie_Cat

    "Fergeddaboudid!"

    For a movie that's only three years old Donnie Brasco isn't something people talk about all that much. Not exactly setting the box office alight, it's further proof that great pictures don't always translate into great financial concerns.

    Maybe it's the nondescript title - "Donnie Brasco" is hardly awe-inspiring and gives little indication of what the film is about. It turns out Donnie is the undercover name for Joe Pistone (Depp), a FBI agent investigating the Mafia. He makes a connection with "Lefty" (Pacino), which, while his initial integration into the group seems to lack conviction, soon builds up a watchable father-son relationship. Criticisms of the film - such as the forced nature of Pistone's behaviour becoming absorbed into the Mafia mindset - are largely irrelevant as this is a "based on a true story" outing.

    Engrossing and eminently watchable, with first-rate lead performances and able back-up from Michael Madsen, this is an overlooked and extremely worthwhile film. The only complaint? Depp's first scenes, wearing the most fake-looking moustache in the history of the movies. But it detracts little from what is a highly skilled picture. So Fergeddaboudid!
    8bkoganbing

    The Biggest Mutt In The History Of The Mafia

    With only one real scene of violence and mayhem in the film, Donnie Brasco relies far more on character development in a story of two men and the planned betrayal of one by another in the line of duty.

    Johnny Depp plays real life FBI undercover agent Joe Pistone who infiltrates the Bonano crime family through the good offices of Lefty Ruggiero, a small time Mafia button man played by Al Pacino. During the five years undercover, Pistone who used the alias of Donnie Brasco was responsible for about 200 federal indictments because of the work he did. It took a terrible strain on him and his family as the film so aptly demonstrates.

    It must have been like old home week for Johnny Depp who made his acting bones playing a youthful undercover cop in the television series 21 Jump Street. But the difference between Officer Tom Hanson going undercover for a couple of weeks at some high school and agent Pistone living and working with the wise guys for five years afraid of being found out is the difference between Donald Duck and Donald Trump.

    Depp's performance as Pistone/Brasco is conveyed as much by body language and closeups as with dialog. He'd like very much to return to his wife and three daughters and live a normal life, but the demands of the job make it impossible. According to Wikipedia's article on Pistone he was uniquely qualified for his undercover assignment having lived and grown up among wise guys in New Jersey. He was familiar with all the Mafia culture and could blend in easily. The strain shows on him in his scenes with wife Anne Heche, only someone with a real gift for acting could make those scenes so real.

    Depp is matched by Al Pacino as the luckless Lefty Ruggiero. In the Mafia code he vouches for Depp and if Depp betrays trust in any way, Pacino's marked for death.

    Lefty Ruggiero is a hired killer with as he boasts 27 contract kills to his credit. Yet he's also a family man with a lot of problems as is Depp. Even though the man is in fact evil, Pacino does make him a likable sort. It's why Depp is dreading the day he's out from undercover because it means certain death for a man who's grown to be his friend.

    Except when the crew that Depp and Pacino are part of do ambush a rival group before in fact they do it to them, Donnie Brasco is a fairly non violent film for a gangster story. Donnie Brasco emphasizes character development and a good script as opposed to bloody mayhem.

    I think you'll like the story about a man who turned a friend into the biggest mutt in the history of the Mafia.

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      Al Pacino loved being able to use all of the rich Mafia slang throughout the film. Writer Paul Attanasio captured mob dialect so accurately because he had Joseph D. Pistone's wiretaps.
    • Blooper
      Sonny Black introduces Donnie to Santo Trafficante as "a friend of ours", it should be "a friend of mine", because Donnie wasn't a made man, only a connected guy as Lefty states earlier in the film. However, in the source material, Joe Pistone noted that Sonny Black did eventually start introducing him, as Donnie Brasco, as "a friend of ours" even though he was not a made man.
    • Citazioni

      Lefty: [standing next to Donnie's car at night] There's the boss. And, under him, there's the skipper. You know how this works?

      Donnie Brasco: Yeah, it's like in the army.

      Lefty: Bullshit. The army is some guy you don't know telling you to go whack some other guy you don't know.

    • Versioni alternative
      In 2007, Sony released an DVD "Extended Cut" featuring an extra 20 minutes footage (taking the running time up to 147 minutes).
    • Connessioni
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition/When We Were Kings/Blood & Wine/Lost Highway/Margaret's Museum (1997)
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      A Stranger on Earth
      Written by Sid Feller and Rick Ward

      Performed by Dinah Washington

      Courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.

      Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

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    • Data di uscita
      • 7 novembre 1997 (Italia)
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      • 35.000.000 USD (previsto)
    • Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 41.909.762 USD
    • Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 11.660.216 USD
      • 2 mar 1997
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