A Bronx Tale (1993)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Robert De Niro

Writers (WGA):

Chazz Palminteri (play)
Chazz Palminteri (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

One man lives in the neighborhood, another man owns it. A devoted father battles the local crime boss for the life of his son.

Plot:

A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Child | Father | Racist | Bus

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Robert De Niro	...	Lorenzo Anello
Chazz Palminteri	...	Sonny LoSpecchio
Lillo Brancato	...	Calogero 'C' Anello (age 17)
Francis Capra	...	Calogero 'C' Anello (age 9)
Taral Hicks	...	Jane Williams
Kathrine Narducci	...	Rosina Anello
Clem Caserta	...	Jimmy Whispers
Alfred Sauchelli Jr.	...	Bobby Bars
Frank Pietrangolare	...	Danny K.O
Joe Pesci	...	Carmine
Robert D'Andrea	...	Tony Toupee
Eddie Montanaro	...	Eddie Mush
Fred Fischer	...	JoJo the Whale
Dave Salerno	...	Frankie Coffeecake
Joe D'Onofrio	...	Slick (Age 17)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and several scenes of violence.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Brazil:12 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:18 (original rating) (1993-2006) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Price Entertainment

Trivia:

The Street in front of the Chez Bippy bar is 30th Avenue in Astoria Queens, New York.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Sonny walks C down the street and explains that he rid himself of someone for a small price, you see a one-way sign with a triangle edge. These are only used in California.

Quotes:

[Anello family eats steak once a week]
Calogero 'C' Anello: I'm not in the mood for steak.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Jimmy Whispers Returns to Mulberry Street (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

You Really Got Me

One of the best gangster films. Honestly.

The fact that someone is a terrific, legendary and highly talented and celebrated actor doesn't automatically make him a good director. That goes without saying. Robert De Niro is - as we all naturally know - among the best of the best when it comes to acting. I mean he is a pure genius.

He chose to make his directorial debut (as well as the only motion picture he has directed so far) out of the fine genre he was so familiar with (after playing Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather: Part II", David Aaronson in Sergio Leone's "Once upon a time in America", Al Capone in Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables", Jimmy Conway in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and so on...) that is, a gangster movie.

Surprisingly he ended up directing a masterpiece, at least I think so. Interesting thing is "A Bronx tale" is not exclusively for adult viewers. It's a gangster movie all right so it's definitely violent from time to time but intentionally not far as violent as the films of this type normally tend to be.

This is a moving, attractive and gripping story about a young boy who has to live between the shadow of two powerful men, his own father (De Niro) and local gangster Sonny (Palminteri in his very greatest role). I just watched "A Bronx tale" couple of days ago. I was quite hungry by the time I started to watch it and practically starving by the time of the end credits but there simply wasn't a single scene in this film for me to visit the fridge.

I just didn't want to miss one moment - not even one second of sensational "A Bronx tale". And people, I've seen this film before. Chazz Palminteri's screenplay was excellent and the story was so utterly enchanting and fascinating there's not enough words to describe it. If this turns out to be the only movie De Niro directs he will certainly be remembered as a great director. "A Bronx tale" is one of the best gangster films ever. 10/10.