I've heard numerous interviews with Chazz Palminteri over the years where he states the movie A Bronx Tale is not only based on his childhood, but that he was actually friends with a mobster from his neighborhood. This relationship is portrayed in the movie with Sonny and Calogero, but in real life it was an unknown wise guy and Chazz. But who was the wise guy?
My best friend Walter grew up in the Belmont section in the '50s and '60s. He's big into local theater and he met Palminteri a few times. I gotta ask him if Chazz ever mentioned who the neighborhood boss was then.
