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Director:
John McNaughton
Writers (WGA):
Uri Dan (book) (in part) and
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Release Date:
27 February 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
Tagline:
The Mind That Organized Crime.
Plot:
This is the telling of the life of organized crime boss, Meyer Lansky, as remembered by him as a very... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
This is no "Once upon a Time in America" more (14 total)

Cast

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Richard Dreyfuss ... Meyer Lansky
Yossi Karmon ... Rabbi / Caretaker
Mosko Alkalai ... Jewelry Shopkeeper (as Moscu Alcalay)
Fima Noveck ... Hasid in Grodno
Joshua Praw ... Meyer Lansky Age 8

Bernie Hiller ... Max Lansky (as Bernard Hiller)

Jill Holden ... Yetta Lansky
Larry Moss ... Benjamin Lansky

Chris Marquette ... Jake Lansky Ages 9-11 (as Christopher Marquette)

Ryan Merriman ... Meyer Lansky Ages 12-14
Benjamin Kimball Smith ... Irish Gang Leader (as Benjamin K. Smith)
Brian Casey ... Irish Boy #1

Adam Hendershott ... Irish Boy #2
Daniel Sagal ... Irish Boy #3
Anthony Medwetz ... Benny Siegel Age 11
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and nudity.
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Runtime:
Germany:93 min | Spain:114 min | Argentina:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Frederick Zollo Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: At the end of the film it stated that Lansky was born in 1903. In fact, he was born on July 4th 1902. more
Soundtrack:
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User Comments

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
This is no "Once upon a Time in America", 3 March 2006
4/10
Author: janet-55 from United Kingdom

This film succeeds in portraying Meyer Lansky as a victim in the whole procedure. This has to be rubbish - wasn't he allegedly the brains behind most of the mobster operations and died with millions of dollars of his ill-gotten gains stashed away somewhere in Switzerland? The constant leaping backwards and forwards in time, while expertly handled in "Once Upon a Time in America" was clumsily handled in this film. Dreyfuss, though a good actor, was miscast and therefore seriously out of his depth here: this only served to increase my dissatisfaction with the film. And what did happen to Anna? Why was it assumed that everyone watching the film was as au fait with the story as David Mamet? The only times the film lit up was when either Eric Roberts or Anthony Lapaglia were on the screen. It's a pity it wasn't the story of "Lucky" Luciano. Lapaglia dwarfed Dreyfuss both physically and metaphorically every time they were on screen together. All in all if you like gangster movies fact or fiction, I'd advice you to miss this one.

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