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Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186131 01/26/04 03:04 PM 01/26/04 03:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 89 New York Stylistic OP Button
Stylistic OP Button Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 89 New York	Al Lettieri as "Virgil Sollozzo"... Its as if Mario Puzo had him in mind when he wrote the book... His menacing Italian appearance and gruff voice... combined with his incredible acting skills and his fluency in Sicilian...He is the epitomy of a Sicilian gangster...hard to imagine him actually not being one in real life...He played that role superbly and every line he had in that movie was acted with smooth mannerisms and bold delivery...The combination of his manner, appearance, voice and exceptional acting made that role so enjoyable to watch him play... After him, i go for Pesci in Goodfellas...don't think that needs any explanation... "...and then Johnny Fontane comes along with his olive oil voice, and guinea charm..."

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186132 01/26/04 04:14 PM 01/26/04 04:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,316 east coast Anthony Lombardi
Anthony Lombardi Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,316 east coast	Tommy DeVito in GoodFellas. Indescribably believable in his role; vigorous and a knock-out, mind blowing delivery. the power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. george bernard shaw

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186133 01/26/04 04:53 PM 01/26/04 04:53 PM
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Stylistic OP Button Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 89 New York	Agreed, I had him second on my list...no question "...and then Johnny Fontane comes along with his olive oil voice, and guinea charm..."

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186134 01/26/04 06:30 PM 01/26/04 06:30 PM
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angiez23 Underboss Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,629 chile	i m agreed with u anthony joe pesci was awesome in goodfellas like tommy devito " What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?" " Take me out tonight Because I want to see people and I Want to see life"- there is a light that never goes out by The smiths.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186135 01/28/04 06:10 AM 01/28/04 06:10 AM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 343 Bristol Don Luciano Capo
Don Luciano Capo Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 343 Bristol	Actually i think i'd have to go with Al Lettieri too. SHADOW LAW MAFIA

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186136 01/29/04 10:53 PM 01/29/04 10:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,517 Cincinnati DannyMontana Underboss
DannyMontana Underboss Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,517 Cincinnati	Well this may not be considered a Mafia movie but Robert De Niro as Al Capone in The Untouchables George Washington was in a cult, and the cult was into aliens, man. -Slater "Dazed and Confused"

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186137 01/29/04 11:13 PM 01/29/04 11:13 PM
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Irishman12 UNDERBOSS Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 67,611 The Villa Quatro	I'd go with DannyMontana with Robert De Niro as Al Capone in The Untouchables because I don't really consider Joe Pesci's character in Goodfellas to be a villain persay. I see him not as a good guy, but not as the villain either. Make any sense? Like villian to me either Capone or The Turk in Godfather, Sosa in Scarface, etc.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186138 02/05/04 08:40 AM 02/05/04 08:40 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 106 London boneear Made Member
boneear Made Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 106 London	The Turk: "Let me worry about Luca" "And a little bit o' wine. An' a little bit o' sugar, and that's my trick."

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186139 02/06/04 01:28 PM 02/06/04 01:28 PM
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Stylistic OP Button Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 89 New York	boneear made a good point... Even simple lines like "let me worry about Luca", were so well acted and memorable...it was something about The Turk's mannerisms and voice... When he is in the car with Michael on the way to Louie's and Michael asks if they are going to Jersey and he says, "Maybe...." If it is possible to get a best actor award for ONE WORD, Lettieri would have won it! "...and then Johnny Fontane comes along with his olive oil voice, and guinea charm..."

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186140 02/14/04 06:29 PM 02/14/04 06:29 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,190 Brazil Tony Mosrite Underboss
Tony Mosrite Underboss Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,190 Brazil	in my opinion the best acted villain is Lil'Ze by Leandro Firmino da Rosa in City of God. I don't know if this is actually a mob movie but the acting is so amazing that I voted for it. maybe is not even the acting, but the actor is so perfect for the role that it turned out to be the best acted villain in my opinion obviously, honorable mention for Joe Pesci and Al Lettieri too. I also like Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth. is a different kind of villain, and is also perfect played "I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big ass dick" The Bunk

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186141 02/14/04 07:24 PM 02/14/04 07:24 PM
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Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,518 AZ	All the above were good. My all-time favorite is Rod Steiger as Al Capone in the movie of the same name. The greatest performance by a great actor. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186142 02/18/04 01:27 PM 02/18/04 01:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,762 Anytown, USA goombah
goombah Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,762 Anytown, USA	My vote is for Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth. The guy was an acting coach in real life & was perfect for the part. One of the best scenes is when he scolds Michael when asked who gave the order to kill Pentangelli.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186143 03/18/04 04:35 PM 03/18/04 04:35 PM
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dapperdon Button Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 62 uk	i think christopher walkern in true romance played a good villain, but obviously not in the class of solozzo!!! 'You gotta think like a Sicilian'

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186144 03/21/04 08:02 PM 03/21/04 08:02 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,543 Gateshead, UK Capo de La Cosa Nostra
Capo de La Cosa Nostra Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,543 Gateshead, UK	He ain't really as bad a bad guy as Sollozzo, but the acting is better: Richard Romanus as Michael in Mean Streets. Mick ...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186145 04/13/04 06:13 PM 04/13/04 06:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 320 Santino Corleone Capo
Santino Corleone Capo Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 320	I really liked Robert Miano, as Sonny Red in Donnie Brasco. "Neri, take a train to Rome and light a candle for the Archbishop."-Vincent Corleone

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186146 04/13/04 10:59 PM 04/13/04 10:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,323 Happy Valley Freddie C. Underboss
Freddie C. Underboss Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,323 Happy Valley	I like the guy who played Fanucci. He should've been nominated for an Oscar. "The Dewey Decimal System... What a scam that was!"

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186147 04/26/04 07:00 PM 04/26/04 07:00 PM
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Scarface Zombie Button Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 58 New Berlin, WI	Not really a mobster but still a gangster. I'd have to say Alex from A ClockWork Orange. Ho Ho Ho if it isn't fat stinking Billy Goat Billy Boy in poison. How are thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip-oil. Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles you eunich jelly thou. There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in a Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186148 04/26/04 07:00 PM 04/26/04 07:00 PM
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raggingbull2003 Underboss Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,774 New York	Quote: Originally posted by DannyMontana: Well this may not be considered a Mafia movie but Robert De Niro as Al Capone in The Untouchables yup "You can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin him only once." -Amarillo Slim

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186149 04/29/04 03:12 PM 04/29/04 03:12 PM
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Jonny Tightlips Associate Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	Frank Nitti in The Untouchables. Fuggettaboutit

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186150 04/29/04 05:37 PM 04/29/04 05:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,774 New York raggingbull2003 Underboss
raggingbull2003 Underboss Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,774 New York	That wasnt Frank Nitty in the Untouchables I dont think. The fact that his name was Nitty, is I think, a coincidence. But correct me if Im wrong people, cause I pondered this question myself a few times. "You can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin him only once." -Amarillo Slim

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186151 05/09/04 04:43 PM 05/09/04 04:43 PM
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Santino Corleone Capo Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 320	It is Frank Nitti. At the end, his weapons permit says "Mr. Frank Nitti". "Neri, take a train to Rome and light a candle for the Archbishop."-Vincent Corleone

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186152 05/15/04 06:13 PM 05/15/04 06:13 PM
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The Puppet Mistress Made Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 103 England	Al Lettieri is excellent in Godfather. I don't know his name - but the actor who plays Sonny in Bronx Tale is very good. Al Pacino in Carlito's Way and Scarface (though I suppose he isn't really a villain in Carlito's Way). Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction Gary Oldman - True Romance "My wife was weeping before she fell asleep, outside my window I saw my Caporegimes coming to the house and it is midnight. So, Consigliori of mine, I think you should tell your Don what everyone knows."

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186153 05/27/04 12:38 PM 05/27/04 12:38 PM
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Don Zaluchi Made Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 153 New York City	pacino in scarface w/o a doubt

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186154 05/27/04 12:44 PM 05/27/04 12:44 PM
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Intenzo Capo Joined: May 2004 Posts: 354 miami	Al Pacino in Scareface all the way. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186155 06/02/04 02:27 AM 06/02/04 02:27 AM
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Silvio S Made Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 166	I thought Sean Penns character (I consider him a bad guy, or at least an antagonist) in Carlitos Way was excellent

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186156 06/02/04 06:40 AM 06/02/04 06:40 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence RIP StatMan
plawrence RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Quote: Originally posted by The Puppet Mistress: I don't know his name - but the actor who plays Sonny in Bronx Tale is very good. Chazz Palminteri, who also wrote the screenplay BTW. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: Who is the best acted mob movie villain? #186157 06/25/04 04:16 PM 06/25/04 04:16 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 752 New Jersey don vencent Underboss
don vencent Underboss Joined: May 2004 Posts: 752 New Jersey	I do not no his real name but sosa from scarface was a real villain he did do noting but his boys got the job done also he did of aids in real life so R.I.P. and wesiy snip as nino brown in new jack city

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