Crazy Joe

Crazy Joe (1974)

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

Data lansării
1974-02-08
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (9)
Durată
1 h 42 min
Genuri
Crimă, Dramă
Regizor
Carlo Lizzani

Distribuție

Curiozități

  • Filmat în: New York City

Crazy Joe is a 1974 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. The Italian-American co-production is a fictionalized account of the murder of Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo, a mobster who was gunned down on April 7, 1972, at a restaurant in Little Italy. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino is based on a series of articles by journalist Nicholas Gage. The film stars Peter Boyle in the title role, with Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Rip Torn, Charles Cioffi, Luther Adler, Henry Winkler and Eli Wallach.

Production

According to Variety, the screenplay for Crazy Joe was based on a series of articles on mafia wars by The New York Times reporter Nicholas Gage. Director Carlo Lizzani stated that the reason he made the film was because he felt that Gallo's story was a mirror image of a character who was "typical of the '68 movements.

Martin Scorsese was initially going to be Lizzani's assistant on the film, while Lizzani's original choice for the role of Gallo was going to be Robert De Niro, after seeing him in Bloody Mama. Filming began on 25 June 1973, and took place entirely on location in New York City.

The style of Crazy Joe is Poliziotteschi, a subgenre of films that was popular in Italy in the 1960s & 1970s.

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