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Stanley Weiser (written by)
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10 May 1998 (USA)
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Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends...
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The best Gotti portrayal yet
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicholas Turturro | ... | Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano |
 | Tom Sizemore | ... | John Gotti |
 | Debi Mazar | ... | Deborah Gravano |
| Abe Vigoda | ... | Paul Castellano |
 | Philip Baker Hall | ... | Toddo Aurello |
| Adam J. Roth | ... | The sign painter |
| Frank Vincent | ... | Frankie DeCicco |
| Lenny Venito | ... | Sal DiMaggio |
 | Johnny Williams | ... | Angelo Ruggiero |
| Frankie Valli | ... | Frank LoCascio |
 | Michael Imperioli | ... | Louie Milito |
 | Vincent Pastore | ... | Mikey De Batt |
| Michael Ryan Segal | ... | Nicky Cowboy |
 | Richard Bright | ... | Joe (Old Man) Paruta |
| Chris Cenatiempo | ... | Jimmy Falcona |
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The Mob (USA) (working title)
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Brazil:124 min | USA:240 min (with commercials)
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All in all Witness to the Mob is superior to the HBO fairy tale called Gotti - but the former fails at what the latter did right: the portrayal of Sammy Gravano. Strangely, it seems that most filmmakers think they need a hero or at least a resemblance thereof. In HBO's Gotti it was Gotti, a charismatic, smart leader with comprehensible morals, whose downfall was the egoism of his underlings. In WttM, Sammy the Bull is portrayed as a misunderstood, dutiful voice of reason and overall goody two-shoes. Both portrayals are as far from the truth as it gets.
WttM shows Gotti the way he was: an egomaniacal braggart with delusions of grandeur. (I am at a loss as to how some folks can criticize Sizemore's take on Gotti which unlike Assante's is very close to the original.) A blend of these two movies would yield *the* authoritative adaptation of the subject. In direct comparison, though, WttM takes less liberties with the story, which is why I vastly prefer it over HBO's version.
On its own WttM is a very enjoyable LCN movie - even more so for those who are interested in the subject, provided they can generously overlook the factual inaccuracies.