A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name. It tells the coming of age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father, as well as racial tensions in his community. The Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes, and starred Palminteri and De Niro.
Plot
In 1960, Lorenzo works as an MTA bus driver in Belmont, a working-class Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, with his wife Rosina and their nine-year-old son Calogero. Calogero becomes enamored with the criminal life and Mafia presence in his neighborhood, led by Sonny. One day, Calogero witnesses Sonny shooting and killing a man assaulting his friend. When Calogero chooses to keep quiet when questioned by NYPD detectives, Sonny takes a liking to him and gives him the nickname "C." Sonny's men offer Lorenzo a better paying job but, preferring a law-abiding life as a bus driver, he politely declines. Sonny befriends Calogero and introduces him to his crew. Calogero earns tips working in Sonny's bar and throwing dice, and is admonished by Lorenzo when he discovers the cash. Lorenzo returns the money to Sonny, and warns him to keep away from Calogero.
More details
author | Chazz Palminteri |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Robert De Niro |
editor | David Ray Robert Q. Lovett |
genre | crime drama romance |
keywords | assault beat black girl bronx bus driver claim crap criminal life dead bodies drive father and son italian-american mafia kill metropolitan transportation authority molotov cocktail mta nigger racial tension shoot their way throwing dice |
musicBy | Butch Barbella |
producer | Jane Rosenthal Jon Kilik Robert De Niro |
productionCompany | Price Entertainment TriBeCa Productions |
publisher | Savoy Pictures |
recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
theme | gangster mafia race and ethnicity |