Was Al pacino a real mob boss?
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No he just plays one reaaallllly GOOD!
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Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in NYC while Al Pacino was born on April 25, 1940 also in NYC.\n\nThus Al is older.
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Barone Sanitation is as I see it.... The Carting (trash) business has always been said to be run by the Mob.  They don't really tell how Barone came to be Tony's. Tony has always "worked" there. That was the source of several legit incomes for several different made guys.  In the earlier episodes, they talk about selling coke on the Barone routes.
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I'm looking for confirmation, but the answer is probably J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover's (and therefore the FBI's) position had always been that there was no such thing as the mob - especially in the U.S. - and the 2-volume 1958 monograph provided solid evidence of the Mafia's operations.\n\nMark Felt, the agent recently identified as "Deep Throat", headed many of the agency's early investigations into organized crime in the U.S.
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The mob is not nearly as efficient as Holllywood makes them out to be. With each successive generation the quality of gangsterism has declined considerably - to the point where they're now mostly ignorant thugs. It's also expensive to go after people. The fact is the mob gets very few informers these days. Gravano, Hill, etc., they're hiding in plain sight.
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Al Pacino man, hands down.
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Al Capone could have done no worse.
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What was the name of the priest? And was there a movie made on him? I believe Henry Fonda played an underground priest in the Cristero War (in movie) and was shot and killed later on by a firing squad. \n\nAlso, why not give it to the Vatican or museum where it can be appreciated by all?
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OK...\n\nI knew I had seen something about this before.  I found a transcript from a CNN story telling about a story that would appear that evening on the show Newsnight (Aired December 3, 2002 - 22:00 ET).  I can't find a transcript online. \n\nApparently Whitey and William Bolger were doing very different things at the same time.  Whitey, it appears, was a gangster, head of "the Irish Mob," while William was "a power broker" and president of The University of Massachusetts in Boston.  \n\nI found this story about the Bolger Brothers online:\nhttp://www.goldtalk.com/discuspro/messages/100/13094.html?1060202038\n\n\nYou might be interested in these books:\nStreet Soldier: My Life as an Enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Irish Mob \nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586420631/ref=pd_sl_ov_alx-jeb-8o-1_book_3312977_1/103-8380677-2077424?n=283155\n\nand\n\nPaddy Whacked : The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster \nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060590033/102-2800740-3915300?v=glance&n=283155\n\n\nYou may also want to check this broadcast on March 17th:\nhttp://wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5221&Itemid=42
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check out DAVID HOROWITZ book, the title escapes me at the moment.\nMr. Horowitz was a big leafiest in the late 60's and has keen and personal insights into this group of thugs.  they are responsible for murders that have still not been punished because they are a 'civil rights organization'.  In your hat! Like I am a astronaut who will be singing opera at Carnegie hall tonight standing on one hand.
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They're both legendary, although neither have been in anything decent as of late.  \n\nOverall, I'd choose DeNiro easily.  More memorable roles, in my mind, and a more versatile actor than Pacino in my opinion.
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I watched "Dog Day Afternoon" several years ago, and although it isn't my favorite movie, I think it stands out amongst other movies made in the 70's. It was different, chaotic, and I didn't find myself waiting for it to be over. The story line was engaging because event after event creates the need to know how the movie is going to end. Plus, Al Pacino is brilliantly troubled. He has perfected playing bad guys who you almost hope will succeed. Even though in the case of this movie he was trying to get money so that his boyfriend could have a sex change...\n\nI found this review of the movie at Amazon.com \n\n"A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's "Godfather" brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen.  An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict and Running on Empty)."
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robert dinero/al pacino
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Richard Bright got hit by a bus. He was in all 3 Godfather movies and also on The Sopranos. \n\nBright played mob enforcer Al Neri in the Godfather movies, a bodyguard to the Corleone family patriarchs played by Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.\n\nYou can see pics of him on imdb.com
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Yes, no doubt about it! The "America - a new world Power" mob, oil, and also his showing 'daddy' that he could get Sadam were likely the real reasons.
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The 'mob' is generally used in relation to the Mafia, however it could be more accurately called 'organized crime.'  Hoffa had used the influence of organizaed crime during his tenure as the union president, and was threatening to run for the union presidency again. Organized crime had already taken control of the new union leader, and didn't need Hoffa anymore.
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my vote is: Al Pacino as Tony Montana (SCARFACE)!\nwhy? he's the best all around bad guy! he came from nothing and made it to the top... of course, he's a homicidal, drug lord but, we all have our flaws! am i right?!