Find Me Guilty (2006)

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Sidney Lumet, T.J. Mancini,

Stars:

Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Peter Dinklage

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vin Diesel	...	Jackie DiNorscio
Alex Rocco	...	Nick Calabrese
Frank Pietrangolare	...	Carlo Mascarpone
Richard DeDomenico	...	Tom Napoli
Jerry Grayson	...	Jimmy Katz
Tony Ray Rossi	...	Joe Bellini
Vinny Vella	...	Graziedei
Paul Borghese	...	Gino Mascarpone
Frank Adonis	...	Phil Radda
Nicholas A. Puccio	...	Alessandro Tedeschi (as Nick Puccio)
Frankie Perrone	...	Henry Fiuli
Salvatore Paul Piro	...	Mike Belaggio
Peter Dinklage	...	Ben Klandis
Richard Portnow	...	Max Novardis
James Biberi	...	Frank Brentano

Storyline

The mobster Jackie DiNorscio is shot by his own cousin at home while in probation but survives. Later he is arrested dealing drugs and sentenced to thirty years in prison. The prosecutor Sean Kierney proposes a deal to Jackie, immediately releasing him if he testifies against the Lucchese family and other mafia families but Jackie does not accept to rat his friends that he loves. When the trial begins, he asks the judge Finestein to defend himself without the assistance of a lawyer.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | mobster | court | judge | lawyer | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes the best defense. . . is a wiseguy.

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Films [fr] Official site

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 2006 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Find Me Guilty: The Jackie Dee Story

Filming Locations:

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$608,804 (USA) (17 March 2006)

Gross:

$1,172,769 (USA) (21 April 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yari Film Group Releasing, BDE Entertainment, Bob Yari Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During production, one of the working titles of the film was "Jackie Dee".

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Goofs

In the end titles "DiNorscio" is misspelled as "DiNorcio".

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Quotes

FBI Agent: If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, then chances are it *is* a duck.
Giacomo 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio: If it talks like an asshole, and looks like an asshole, then chances are it *is* an asshole.

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Connections

Features Gopher Broke (2004)

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Soundtracks

"When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)"
Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay
Used by permission of EMI Mills Music, Inc.
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under License from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

Vin's best

I just saw this last night in Seattle. What drew me in was Sidney Lumet and when it started saying that all courtroom dialog was direct from transcripts of this trial, I sat forward.

This turns out to be a classic New York Lumet film with all the trimmings. Vin does some of his best work to date (and I actually like some of his other films. This is not the all in the head of the writer trick - the transcript is the real heart of the film and so the key is truly bring to life the real words. That's not a simple thing. Lumet has the right balance to make it all work.

For those that would ignore or wait for the DVD, take a chance and see with an audience. You do not get this kind of film from a great director of Lumet's caliber every day.