Gotti

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Gotti was a movie made for TV by HBO in 1996 starring Armand Assante (as the famous Mafia Boss John Gotti) as well as many of the actors who would later play mob men on The Sopranos. The film was the highest rated original telefilm in HBO history at that time. (cited from IMDB.com) Armand Assante won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special, for his performance. (Assante also received a Golden Globe nomination the same year).

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The movie begins in the 1970s, and ends in the year 1992 with Gotti's imprisonment. Gotti's association with three mobsters is also highlighted in the film: a father-son like relationship with family Underboss Aniello Dellacroce, his deep but rocky friendship with Gotti crew member and longtime friend Angelo Ruggiero, and the respect and ultimate frustration that he felt for the man who became his underboss, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. Within the context of Gotti's own career, the film details Gotti's rise within the Gambino crime family's ranks from soldier, then captain ( or capo), and finally, boss. This latter title was achieved through the dramatic hit (murder) of Gambino family boss Paul Castellano in 1985, which is captured on screen as the climax of the movie. Following the murder of Castellano, the movie concentrates on the legal trials of John Gotti; one for assault, two for Racketeering under the Rico statutes. The movie ends with Gotti's conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment at Marion Federal Penetentiary in the state of Illinois.

This film starts with John Gotti and Frank Locascio in jail discussing the drug trade, other criminal organization's are ruining the planet. Then as the credits go by there is the Gambino crime family tree where you see Carlo Gambino and all of the main players in the film. The film shows John Gotti's love for his son Frank Gotti after his brutal accident, but what it does not show is an accurate account of John Favara's death, making it seem as if Salvatore Gravano murdered Favara as a favor to Gotti.

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• Gotti at the Internet Movie Database