Didn't Chazz Palminteri get sued by someone from Boston who claims he wrote the original screenplay? I'd have to guess a lot of Sonny's dialogue is inspired by some Patriarca skipper.
Who would argue with PizzaBoy regarding the Bronx in the '60s? I was going to guess that most of the Bronx in those days was either Genovese or Lucchese.
Bronx Tale is a great movie. The father/son story line with the mobster-as-mentor is timeless. And the music. My goodness.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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