Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (TV 1999)

The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

Director:

Michel Poulette

Writers:

Bill Bonanno (book), Joseph Bonanno (book),

Stars:

Martin Landau, Guido Grasso Jr., Bruce Ramsay

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Landau	...	Joseph Bonanno, age 94
Guido Grasso Jr.	...	Peter Maggadino
Bruce Ramsay	...	Joseph Bonanno (Ages 17-27)
Tony Nardi	...	Joseph Bonanno (Ages 35-61)
Costas Mandylor	...	Salvatore Bonanno
Edward James Olmos	...	Salvatore Maranzano
Vito DeFilippo	...	Gaspar DiGregario (Young)
Domenico Fiore	...	Gaspar DiGregario (Older) (as Dom Fiore)
Zachary Bennett	...	Bill Bonanno
Aldo Tirelli	...	Bastiano Buster Domingo
Frank Pellegrino	...	John Tartamella
Jessica Welch	...	Fanny Labruzzo (Young)
Claudia Ferri	...	Fanny Labruzzo (Older)
Antonio Maltese	...	Italian Naval Cadet
Vito Rezza	...	Uncle Frank Labruzzo

Storyline

The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | crime boss | based on book | character name in title

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Taglines:

Inside the heart and mind of the Mafia.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

25 July 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Family: The Life and Times of Joseph Bonanno

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Armeda Ltd., Daniel L. Paulson Productions, Les Productions La Fête Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

170 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

September 10, 1931 caption of photo in NY Daily News has NY Mets Bobby Klaus sliding near catcher Vic Roznovsky of Cubs. Both players played in the 1960's.

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Quotes

Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano: You can't make money with a gun in your hand.

User Reviews

Who is interested in mafia should see this movie !

This movie have 4 parts and every is around 170 minutes long. Its based on true story of life of Joe Bonanno and it is telling all how he did see. So in some events we can notice that we heard different about it. Movie make you tied up for chair till the end, i think it is possible to watch all 4 in a row, and not notice i watched 2 in a row and 2 next day in a row. Acting in movie is OK in some scenes awesome but in general could be bather, but this movie is not about acting or special effects and glamor, this one show real thing and story is key to this movie. So the one who look for same spectacular Rambo/matrix/titanic movie you can skip this one. Good thing in movie is that follow the main story so you will not have long and boring love scenes or any different interrupt with something not important to crime business of Bonanno.