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| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Written by | Edmonde Charles-Roux (novel) Francesco Rosi Gore Vidal Tonino Guerra |
| Starring | James Belushi Mimi Rogers Joss Ackland |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Editing by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Dimenticare Palermo (To Forget Palermo) is a 1989 Italian political thriller starring James Belushi, Mimi Rogers and Joss Ackland and directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal.[1] The film was released under the title The Palermo Connection in North America. The script is based on the Prix Goncourt winning novel Oublier Palerme (1966) by French author Edmonde Charles-Roux.
The actual rating is unknown; while the IMDb lists it as R, at least one home video release gives it as PG-13.
Carrmine Bonavia is elected mayor of New York City on the issue of drug legalization. After the election, he marries and travels to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon where he encounters men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
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