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The Godfather | 1972 | Park Circus R2009 | UK Quad

1Feb2018

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The Godfather | 1972 | Park Circus R2009 | UK Quad

The Godfather is a 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It was produced by Albert S. Ruddy. The screenplay was written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola based on the 1969 crime novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. The Godfather stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo and John Cazale. The storyline follows an ageing head of a famous crime family, Don Vito Corleone, who decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favourable suc...

28Aug2017

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Heat | 1995 | UK Quad

Heat is a 1995 film directed by Michael Mann. He also co-produced the film with Art Linson as well as writing the screenplay. It stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight and Val Kilmer. The storyline follows Neil McCauley, a professional thief who has Lt. Vincent Hanna, an LAPD robbery-homicide detective trying to track him and his gang down following the robbery of an armoured car. The film is based on the true story of a real Neil McCauley, a calculating criminal and ex-Alcatraz inmate who was tracked down by Detective Chuck Adamson in 1964. On March 25, 1964, McCauley and members of his regular crew followed an armoured car that delivered money to a Chicago grocery store. Once the dr...

19Sep2016

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Donnie Brasco | 1997 | UK Quad

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 crime drama directed by Mike Newell and produced by Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Louis DiGiaimo, Gail Mutrux. The screenplay was written by Paul Attanasio and is based on the 1988 nonfiction book called Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone. It stars Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo and Anne Heche. The storyline is loosely based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone (played by Johnny Depp), an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, using the alias Donnie Brasco. Donnie maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging Mafia hitman, Lefty Ruggiero (played by Al Pacino), who vouches for him. As Donnie moves deeper into the Mafia criminal underwo...

19Sep2016

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Serpico | 1973 | UK Quad

Serpico is a 1973 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman. The screenplay was written by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler and is based on an adaption of Peter Maas's biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose the corruption within the police force. The film stars Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Tony Roberts, John Medici and Allan Rich. The storyline follows Frank Serpico, a young and inexperienced cop who starts out on patrol. Later, he starts to work as an undercover cop, busting all sorts of criminals, but mostly drug dealers and pushers. Since Serpico is a young man living in the 1960s and early 1970s, he lives as one. His image, based on how others look on him, s...