Biography: "Go home and get your shine box....", so said ill fated Billy Batts in "The Goodfellas (1990)". However, Billy Batts is better known to a legion of crime film fans as the incredibly talented actor, musician, and comedian Frank Vincent. Multi-talented Vincent was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Frank studied music at St. Pauls ... show all "Go home and get your shine box....", so said ill fated Billy Batts in "The Goodfellas (1990)". However, Billy Batts is better known to a legion of crime film fans as the incredibly talented actor, musician, and comedian Frank Vincent. Multi-talented Vincent was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Frank studied music at St. Pauls Grammar School and became a keen drummer from a young age, whilst his father introduced him to the dramatic arts. Vincent went on to became quite an accomplished musician and played with some of the 1960s key recording artists including Trini López, Del Shannon and Paul Anka. In 1975 Vincent appeared before the camers for the first time in the low budget "Death Collector (1975)" where he was noticed by acclaimed director Martin Scorsese who has since cast Frank in three noted films.....the first saw Frank play the insolent Salvi in "Raging Bull (1980)", secondly as the aforementioned character of made man Billy Batts in "Goodfellas (1990)" being bumped off by Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro, and finally as Frank Marino in "Casino (1995)" where this time, Frank got the better of Joe Pesci, and bumps off Pesci's character in grisly fashion. To date, Frank Vincent has appeared in over fifty movies, and has set the pace as one of the cinema's most versatile and resourceful character actors. With the recognition of his talents, different offers of work followed and Frank Vincent has since lent his skills to contributing and appearing on video games, in television commercials and rock music clips with artists including DMX, T-Boz and Hype Williams. Most recently, Frank has been appearing in the role of Phil Leotardo in the hugely popular gangster TV series "Sopranos (1999)" Frank Vincent is also the proud recipient of the Italian American Entertainer of the Year Award, and has also been acknowledged with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Back East Picture Show. hide |
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| Policemen have always been the idols of Freddy Heflin. Due to being slightly deaf, Heflin could never pass the physical to become a police officer himself. However, because of his friendly, amiable nature, he's managed to get himself elected Sheriff of a small New Jersey county outside of New York City, and he lives in a town where many NYPD cops also live. Mo Tilden is an Internal Affairs investigator for the NYPD, and his investigation of some crooked cops leads him to this small town, and to Sheriff Freddy Heflin. Heflin begins to help Tilden, and discovers that some of his heroes may have feet of clay... Search keywords
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Categories: 1997, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. He is known as the Dapper Don for his expensive taste in suits, and the Teflon Don because none of the FBI charges against him will stick. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him. Search keywords
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Categories: 1996, Biography, Crime, Drama, USA
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| John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. He is known as the Dapper Don for his expensive taste in suits, and the Teflon Don because none of the FBI charges against him will stick. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him. Search keywords
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Categories: 1996, Biography, Crime, Drama, USA
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| When Jake LaMotta steps on the boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he is a prizefighter. But when he towards his family and friends in the same way, he is ticking time bomb, ready to go at any time. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to be among them. Maybe it is his violent bout of paranoia and jealousy. This type of venom has helped make him championship, but in real life, he winds up the ring alone.
Kad Jake LaMotta pasākumus, par boksa gredzenu un obliterates viņa pretinieks, viņš ir prizefighter. Bet, kad viņš pret viņa ģimeni un draugiem pašā veidā, viņš ir iezīmējot laika bumbu, kuri ir gatavi iet pie jebkurā brīdī. Lai gan LaMotta vēlas, viņa ģimenes mīlestību, kaut vienmēr šķiet, ir starp tiem. Varbūt tā ir viņa vardarbīgu bouts paranojas un centība. Šāda veida niknums palīdzēja veikt viņam čempionāts, bet reālajā dzīvē, viņš vējiem izveidots gredzena vien. Search keywords
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Categories: 1980, Biography, Drama, Sport, USA
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| Stephen Dorff tells this story of how his life degenerates as his character try to hit a balance between requests to run its first film and the pressures of its new novel with a model. U2' s Bono plays a role in this film both as himself and as the concience of the character of Dorff.
Stephen Dorff raconte cette histoire de comment sa vie dégénère comme son caractère essaie de frapper une balance entre les demandes de diriger son premier film et les pressions de son nouveau roman avec un modèle. U2's Bono joue un rôle dans ce film tant comme lui-même que comme le concience du caractère de Dorff. Search keywords
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Categories: 1999, Romance, USA
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| This film sees the lives of crowd of three essential faces in the course of 1960s and the seventies New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned the gangster in a neighbourhood full of the most harsh and the hardest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a gangster produces pure, who turns out to be the best friend of Henry. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts two group of them and runs some of the biggest misappropriations of plane and of the break-ins which the city has never seen. After an extended trouble of imprisonment, Henry must leave furtively around the back of the local boss of crowd, Paulie pica, played by Paul Sorvino, to lead the gracious living about which he always dreamt. At the end, the friends end up becoming in a Hell of a preserve and have to make anything that they can to escape and to survive.
Ce film voit les vies de foule de trois figures essentielles au cours des années 1960 et années 70 New York. Ray Liotta joue Henry Hill, un garçon local a tourné le gangster dans un voisinage plein du plus rugueux et le plus dur. Joe Pesci joue Tommy Devito, un gangster produit pur, qui se révèle être le meilleur ami d'Henry. Robert De Niro joue Jimmy Conway, l'homme qui met deux ensemble d'entre eux et dirige certains des plus grands détournements d'avion et des cambriolages que la ville voyait jamais. Après une peine d'emprisonnement prolongée, Henry doit partir furtivement autour du dos du patron de foule local, Paulie cicéro, joué par Paul Sorvino, pour mener la vie de luxe dont il rêvait toujours. À la fin, les amis finissent par devenir dans un enfer d'une confiture et doivent faire n'importe quoi qu'ils peuvent pour se sauver et rester en vie. Search keywords
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Categories: 1990, Biography, Crime, Drama, USA
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| This movie of Martin Scorsese represents the Janus-Similar quality of The Vegas— this has a sheen, charming face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Rothstein of Expert and Nicky Santoro, gángsters that move Las Vegas to do his sign, lives and I am employed at this paradoxical world. Seen by his eyes, each one as a foil, the details of the participation of crowd in the casinos of the year 1970 and 'the 80s are revealed to other. The expert is the soft operator of the casino of Tangier, while Nicky is his friend of child and resistant strong man, stealing and registering the neighbors. Nevertheless, each of them has flaw&mdash tragic actor; the marvelous falls in love with a swindler, Ginger, and Nicky fall down in a spiral that becomes deeper one day of medicines and violence.
Esta película de Martin Scorsese representa la calidad Janus-parecida de Las Vegas— esto tiene un brillo, cara encantadora, así como un brutal, cruel. Rothstein de As y Nicky Santoro, gángsters que se mueven a Las Vegas para hacer su señal, viva y trabajo en este mundo paradójico. Visto por sus ojos, cada uno como una hoja de metal al otro, los detalles de la participación de muchedumbre en los casinos de los años 1970 y 'los años 80 son revelados. El as es el operador suave del casino de Tánger, mientras Nicky es su amigo de niño y hombre fuerte resistente, robando y registrando a los vecinos. Sin embargo, cada uno de ellos tiene flaw&mdash trágico; las caídas estupendas enamoradas de un estafador, Ginger, y Nicky se caen en una espiral que se hace más profundo alguna vez de medicinas y violencia. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Crime, Drama, France, USA
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