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A Bronx Tale

  • 19931993
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  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
140K
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Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale (1993)
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.
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A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
140K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,018
38
  • Director
    • Robert De Niro
  • Writer
    • Chazz Palminteri(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Robert De Niro
    • Chazz Palminteri
    • Lillo Brancato
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert De Niro
  • Writer
    • Chazz Palminteri(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Robert De Niro
    • Chazz Palminteri
    • Lillo Brancato
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    • 250User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Lorenzoas Lorenzo
    Chazz Palminteri
    Chazz Palminteri
    • Sonnyas Sonny
    Lillo Brancato
    Lillo Brancato
    • Calogero (Age 17)as Calogero (Age 17)
    Francis Capra
    Francis Capra
    • Calogero (Age 9)as Calogero (Age 9)
    Taral Hicks
    Taral Hicks
    • Janeas Jane
    Kathrine Narducci
    Kathrine Narducci
    • Rosinaas Rosina
    Clem Caserta
    • Jimmy Whispersas Jimmy Whispers
    Alfred Sauchelli Jr.
    Alfred Sauchelli Jr.
    • Bobby Barsas Bobby Bars
    Frank Pietrangolare
    • Danny K.O.as Danny K.O.
    Joe Pesci
    Joe Pesci
    • Carmineas Carmine
    Robert D'Andrea
    • Tony Toupeeas Tony Toupee
    Eddie Montanaro
    • Eddie Mushas Eddie Mush
    Fred Fischer
    • JoJo the Whaleas JoJo the Whale
    Dave Salerno
    • Frankie Coffeecakeas Frankie Coffeecake
    Joseph D'Onofrio
    Joseph D'Onofrio
    • Slick (Age 17)as Slick (Age 17)
    Luigi D'Angelo
    • Aldo (Age 17)as Aldo (Age 17)
    Louis Vanaria
    Louis Vanaria
    • Crazy Mario (Age 17)as Crazy Mario (Age 17)
    Dominick Rocchio
    • Ralphie (Age 17)as Ralphie (Age 17)
    • Director
      • Robert De Niro
    • Writer
      • Chazz Palminteri(screenplay by) (based on his play)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The story, written by Chazz Palminteri, is adapted from his autobiographical one-man play. His real name is Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri. Several studios approached him to purchase the film rights, with at least one offering one million dollars, but Palminteri refused to sell to them unless he could write the screenplay, and play the role of Sonny. None of the studios agreed as they wanted to hire another actor. Then Robert De Niro offered to go into a 50/50 partnership, with all of Palminteri's conditions met, as long as De Niro could direct and play Lorenzo. Palminteri agreed, and their contract was sealed on a handshake.
    • Goofs
      When Calogero is a boy in the movie it is 1960. The lower baseball on his jacket says METS. The Mets where not a team until 1962. At the time there had been no announcement of the team name Mets.
    • Quotes

      Lorenzo: The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Good Son/The Program/A Bronx Tale/Bopha!/Dazed and Confused (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Streets of the Bronx
      Written by Butch Barbella

      Performed by Cool Change

      Published by Bella-Terri Music

    User reviews250

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Growing Up In The Bronx
    A Bronx Tale does take me back to New York City in the sixties. I grew up in Brooklyn then which certainly has always had its own identity. I'm glad that Chazz Palmentiri has given the Bronx an identity of its own. There are still parts of the Bronx which have the Italian neighborhood you see depicted here. But the Bronx is a Latino majority borough now, ironic when you consider part of the story of A Bronx Tale is the racial tension between the blacks and Italians.

    The movie divides in two parts, the first is around 1960 with the background of the 1960 World Series, one of the best ever played where the Yankees of Mickey Mantle lost to the Pirates in seven games. Robert DeNiro is your average Joe, a bus driver by profession trying with his wife, Katherine Narducci, to raise their son who is eight years old. Young Francis Capra who is fascinated by the gangsters hanging out at the bar down the street, witnesses the local boss commit a murder. True to the neighborhood code he doesn't snitch to the police and the local boss takes him under his wing.

    Chazz Palmentiri is the boss and he's an interesting character. A man who's risen to the top of his profession, he's got a sense of himself and what it took to get there. Life is about choices, he made his and he's going with the flow, but he knows it isn't for everyone. He advises young Capra to stay in school, but the more he advises the more fascinating Palmentiri becomes to DeNiro's dismay.

    The second half of the story is in 1968, the Bronx as part of America ravaged by racial tensions, assassinations and the war in Vietnam. The little boy is now teenager Lillo Brancato who gets interested in a black girl, a big no-no in the crowd he comes from, but Palmentiri is the one person who encourages the relationship. Let's just say that everything, every element of the story comes full circle on one night in the Bronx in 1968.

    The comparison to Goodfellas for me is obvious. The two kids who grow up to be Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta are taken under the wing of neighborhood boss Paul Sorvino who sees them as promising gangster material and they grow into the roles. Palmentiri keeps telling the young kid here do what I say not what I do, but in the end it takes some tragic events to set him on a right path.

    DeNiro who you would normally expect in the gangster role is just fine as the father, a good man, not a perfect one by any means, but just a guy trying to do right by his family. It's Palmentiri however who really steals the film as the local gangster boss who's as street smart as they come, but even with all that can't anticipate all contingencies.

    Lillo Brancato who went on to several other film roles and a long running one in The Sopranos certainly in real life didn't make the same choices as his character Calogero Anello did. Life really imitated art in his life story.

    Nice to see the Bronx get its due.
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    • Apr 15, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Ở Bronx
    • Filming locations
      • Gravesend Neck Road & East 15th Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Price Entertainment
      • Penta Entertainment
      • Tribeca Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,287,898
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,716,456
      • Oct 3, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,287,898
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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