Sinatra Club (2010)

It's 1972 and the Mafia crime families are at war, but that isn't enough to stop a young, unknown John Gotti, who has big ideas and even bigger ambitions. In order to put an end to a two ... See full summary »

Director:

James Quattrochi

Writer:

Salvatore Polisi (screenplay)

Stars:

Jason Gedrick, Danny Nucci, Mark Belasco

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Gedrick	...	Sal
Danny Nucci	...	Gotti
Mark Belasco	...	Foxy
Michael Nouri	...	Fatico
Ellen Hollman	...	Jane
Andy Davoli	...	Tommy
Joseph Lawrence	...	Louie 'Pipes' Pepitone (as Joey Lawrence)
Jeremy Luke	...	Rocky
Adam G.	...	Willie Boy
Brooke Lewis	...	Rosella
Kirstin Pierce	...	Goldie
Chris Coppola	...	Roundy
Leo Rossi	...	Castellano
Ken Garito	...	Manny the Moouch
Joe Pistone	...	Dino

Storyline

It's 1972 and the Mafia crime families are at war, but that isn't enough to stop a young, unknown John Gotti, who has big ideas and even bigger ambitions. In order to put an end to a two decades' conflict, Gotti pulls together an unlikely crew made up of one member from each crime family to pull off a silver bullion heist. If Gotti can keep these criminal misfits from killing each other and succeed with this problem-riddled heist he will secure himself a spot in mafia history. This gang of misfit gangsters, hijackers and wanna-bees, all in their late 20's, hang out playing cards at a gambling den known as the "Sinatra Club" owned by Crazy Salvatore Polisi, the narrator of our story. At the time, nobody is getting "made" because all the families are at war. What's worse, the bosses have no idea who John and his underlings are. Determined to make a name for himself, John masterminds a scheme that will either squash the beef among the five families or get him and his whole crew killed. ...

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | john gotti | gangster | mobster | mafia boss | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

At the Sinatra Club

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ubatz Productions, San Pietro Productions, United Pacific Studios

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Ubatz (2011)

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Soundtracks

"I've Got The World On A String"
Written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
Performed by Tony Babino (as Tony B)
Courtesy of Robert Rosenblatt Associates

User Reviews

Gotti - The Early Years

Some former kid actors get to star in some real adult gangster roles as the purported story of John Gotti in the years he was making his bones as a criminal in Sinatra Club. Some Sinatra is heard, but not nearly enough for my taste on the soundtrack.

Jason Gedrick narrates and plays Ubatz aka Sal Polisi, really aka Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano. Obviously Sammy the Bull who is still with us was not given any rights to use his name so it was changed to protect the very guilty, despite the disclaimer this film proudly sports.

The Sinatra Club is a kind of neutral turf where made members of the various crime families meet and socialize and talk shop. It's also where they can be reasonably assured that they won't start whacking each other on premise. Danny Nucci who plays the charismatic young Gotti sees to that.

Nucci as Gotti has the idea to get them all working on a really big heist involving a shipment of silver both in coin and bullion with all the various crews cooperating. The idea is getting a hearing from the bosses as Gotti sells the plan. Of course the inevitable happens as these guys are violent criminals and they've got a lot of their own issues, all played out in this film.

It's neither the best or far from the worst gangster film I've seen even if it was made without Sammy the Bull's consent.