The real bosses - a diabolical empire
The true bosses - a devilish empire (alternative title: the true bosses , a devilish empire ; original title: Mobsters ) is an American drama from 1991 . The film was directed by Michael Karbelnikoff and the script was written by Michael Mahern and Nicholas Kazan .
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The film shows the early years of the gangsters Lucky Luciano , Meyer Lansky , Frank Costello and Bugsy Siegel , who rise in the hierarchy of organized crime. They grow up in the Lower East Side , a district dominated by Jewish and Italian influences, and witness how everyday life is shaped by violence and organized crime. The mafia bosses rule over the residents with uncontrolled terror and Lucky Luciano decides to rise. He and his friend Frank become friends with the Jewish street thugs Meyer Lansky and Benny Siegel. While Lucky and Meyer are responsible for strategy, the other two are responsible for violence. During Prohibition, they befriend Arnold Rothstein and make a fortune smuggling alcohol. They murder the mighty Don Giuseppe Masseria by faking an attack on him and rescuing him from it in appearance. Only then is Masseria killed by Luciano's gang. After this is done, Salvatore Maranzano tries to murder Luciano with the help of Vincent Mad Dog Coll. This escaped the attack by accident. Luciano and his friends murder Maranzano, who had humiliated Luciano's family many years ago. Together with the most powerful bosses, including Al Capone from Chicago, Luciano and his partners found the National Crime Syndicate . Nobody becomes boss of the bosses anymore , but a commission of the most powerful heads of families is responsible as the highest executive council for problem solving.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 26, 1991 that it was strange to see gangsters a little over 20 years old in a movie. The cast is good and the film is well made, but Ebert is not convinced ( "It is a good cast and they are in a well-made movie, but I was never really convinced" ). The complex and violent script is problematic; the film is the bloodiest gangster film the critic remembers.
Film-Dienst wrote that the “entertaining gangster film” relies “on the recognition effect of a series of genre components” . He represented "the gangsters not as real people, but mythically exaggerated" .
Cinema magazine wrote that the “star studded mafia drama” was “criminally weak” . It attracts "with numerous young stars and a brilliant outfit" , it still remains "thin" and takes itself "decidedly too seriously" .
Awards
Anthony Quinn and Christian Slater were nominated for the 1992 Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Los Angeles and Pasadena ( California turned). It grossed approximately $ 20.2 million in US cinemas . According to the book The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano (1974) by Martin A. Gosch and Richard Hammer, the events are essentially correct. Luciano's mistress Mara Motes is based on the real Gay Orlova. Two important events, however, are historically incorrect: Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll was murdered in 1932 by "Dutch" Schultz, and not by Luciano. Maranzano was murdered by gunshots and knife wounds and was not thrown out the window.
Web links
- The real bosses - A devilish empire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The real bosses - A devilish empire at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed April 30, 2008
- ↑ The Real Bosses - A Diabolical Empire in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 30, 2008
- ↑ Cinema, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for Mobsters, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ Box office / business for Mobsters, accessed April 30, 2008