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Donnie Brasco, 1997

Starring: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp

Directed by: Mike Newell

Written by: Paul Attanasio

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 127 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.8

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Donnie Brasco can be described as emotional, gloomy, and rough. The plot revolves around a moral dilemma, teaching the ways of the world, and special agents. The main genres are crime, drama, and period. In approach, Donnie Brasco is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. It is located in New York. Donnie Brasco takes place in the 20th century. It is originally a true story. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Donnie Brasco is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves brief nudity, profanity, and violent content.

Summary of Donnie Brasco

Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI mole who integrates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protégé and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a criminal partnership--that jeopardizes Brasco's mission and obscures the boundaries between the law and the underworld. The film is based on the autobiography DONNIE BRASCO, MY UNDERCOVER LIFE IN THE MAFIA by former undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone. Directed by Mike Newell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) and also starring Bruno Kirby (THE FRESHMAN, THIS IS SPINAL TAP), Michael Madsen (RESERVOIR DOGS) and Anne Heche (WAG THE DOG).

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	28 February 1997
Runtime:	127 min

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Al Pacino

as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero

Johnny Depp

as Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone

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San Francisco Chronicle

The true soul of the New York mob is portrayed in Donnie Brasco, a first-class Mafia thriller that is also in its way a love story -- perhaps director Mike Newell's best. Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

Entertainment Weekly

It's the electric interplay between Pacino and Depp that will make it a Mob movie classic. Full Review

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by: Michael Sauter

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