Bronx

Titolo originale: A Bronx Tale
Regia: Robert De Niro |
Anno: 1993
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Crime
Tag: italian american | gambling | funeral | italian | parent child relationship | gangster | loyalty | molotow cocktail | gang leader | nostalgia | game of dice | bus driver | mafia | best friend | witness to murder | hoodlum | xenophobia | bronx, new york city | father figure | 1960s | confession booth |
Cast: Robert De Niro | Chazz Palminteri | Lillo Brancato | Francis Capra | Taral Hicks | Kathrine Narducci | Clem Caserta | Alfred Sauchelli, Jr. | Frank Pietrangolare | Joe Pesci | Robert D'Andrea | Eddie Montanaro | Fred Fischer | Dave Salerno | Joseph D'Onofrio | Luigi D'Angelo | Louis Vanaria | Dominick Rocchio | Patrick Borriello | Paul Perri | Mitch Kolpan | Phil Foglia | Max Genovino | Ralph Napolitano | Steve Kendall | A.J. Ekoku | Sobe Bailey | Domenick Lombardozzi | Gianna Ranaudo | Nicky Blair | Nina von Arx | Derrick Simmons | Richard DeDomenico | David Batiste | Positive K |

Bronx: Calogero, un giovane ragazzo di origini italiane figlio di un autista d'autobus, passa le giornate nel suo quartiere imitando il boss Sonny che gestisce le sue attività in un locale vicino.Un giorno assiste casualmente a un omicidio: per lui testimonierà il falso, come suggerito dal padre, che con questo non vuole avere rogne.Diventerà così il prediletto di Sonny, il quale lo introdurrà nel suo giro. Nonostante i divieti dei genitori, Calogero inizia a frequentare il ritrovo degli uomini di Sonny, consolidando l'amicizia con il criminale, che lo prende sotto la sua custodia come un figlio.Anni dopo, Calogero è ormai cresciuto, Sonny è ormai diventato per lui una sorta di secondo padre, molto influente in ogni aspetto della sua vita. Il boss lo vuole indirizzare anche sulle amicizie da seguire, in quanto il ragazzo frequenta giovani violenti e razzisti.

Approfondimenti

Sonny tells Calogero that his friends are either gonna wind up dead or in jail. Calogero gets a bott [...] D
There is a documentary called Wasted Talent (2018) that is about celebrities and their struggles on [...] D
Robert De Niro, usually a ruthless gangster in movies, this time portrays an everyday man trying to [...] D
The original 1988 Broadway production of "A Bronx Tale" by Chazz Palminteri re-opened at the Walter [...] D
The fictional motorcycle gang "Satan's Messengers" is based on the notorious and real Hell's Angels. [...] D
When Lorenzo and Calogero clean out the bus at City Island, a Wonderland advertisement can be seen o [...] D
Body count: six. D
Robert De Niro had to get a commercial driver's license, class "B" with a "passenger" endorsement to [...] D
Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri appeared in Analyze This (1999). D
At one point in the film, Sonny tells Calogero that he read "Niccolo Machiavelli" during his time in [...] D
When the Dublin criminal, Martin Cahill, portrayed by Brendan Gleeson in John Boorman's " The Genera [...] D
De Niro wanted Palminteri to be involved in every aspect of production. Palminteri was involved in c [...] D
Both Lillo Brancato, who plays Calogero, & Katherine Narducci, who played his mother, starred in The [...] D
Although it was "A Bronx Tale", virtually all of it was filmed in Astoria and Jackson Heights, Queen [...] D
During the scene with the line-up against the bar, there is a cop in the background who picks up a c [...] D
The horse designated in the stock footage as "Kryptonite" (in the Aqueduct scene) per the jockey's s [...] D
Some scenes were filmed at William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City. D
The story, written by Chazz Palminteri, is adapted from his autobiographical one-man play. His real [...] D
The street in front of the Chez Bippy bar is 30th Avenue in Astoria Queens, New York. It is now a re [...] D
Kathrine Narducci's debut. D
Film debut of Philip Garbarino. D
Robert De Niro's directorial debut. D
Sonny's car is a 1968 Cadillac DeVille Convertible [68367F]. D
The description of filming locations/setting is untrue. They could not use the area (Arther Ave), be [...] D
The actors who play the Italian-American Calogero are of Latin American descent. Francis Capra is of [...] D
Frank Vincent was to appear in a scene as the boss of the Mafia family, but the scene was not filmed [...] D
The alternative band The Ataris, use lines from this movie in the background of their song "Your Boy [...] D
Robert DeNiro and Chazz Palminteri called on their longtime friend and real life Hell's Angel Chuck [...] D
First film by Savoy Pictures. D
Lorenzo and Sonny only share two scenes, and one of those lasts about 30 seconds. D
There is a fan theory that the bomb planted in Sonny's car was retaliation from the bikers. He told [...] D
At one point, Lorenzo (Robert De Niro) tells C (Lillo Brancato) that he dissaproves of interracial r [...] D
Dedicated to Robert De Niro's father, Robert De Niro, Sr., who died in 1993. D
Robert De Niro, Kathrine Narducci and Joe Pesci all starred in The Irishman (2019) D
Casting scouts searched around New York City and Long Island for a teenager to play the role of Calo [...] D
The $150.00 per week Sonny offered Lorenzo to carry numbers in 1967 would be the equivalent to $1,35 [...] D
Calogero is conflicted about race. When riding in the car to firebomb the black neighborhood the mus [...] D
In the scene where Lorenzo confronts Sonny about Calogero's money, Clem Caserta is seen holding Lore [...] D
When Robert De Niro had trouble finding a suitable actor to portray Eddie Mush, he asked Chazz Palmi [...] D
Philip Garbarino, the actor who played Sonny's killer at the end of the movie, was one of the two fi [...] D
Kathrine Narducci brought her nine-year-old son to the open casting call to audition for the role of [...] D
When C's friends go to attack the black neighborhood, Jimi Hendrix, a black musician, is playing on [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci; and one Oscar nominee: Chazz [...] D
According to an interview with Lillo Brancato on 20/20 (1978), he began using drugs during the makin [...] D
In the biker bar fight scene, a curly haired character with a goatee is often mistaken for an early [...] D