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Donnie Brasco - College Paper

Donnie Brasco

When I was first assigned to see "" I instantly had an image
of another ruff and intense mobster movie. It has been a while since
Hollywood has attempted to do a mob related movie until now. ""
was released last Friday. This movie stars Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. The
movie is based on a true story about Joe Pistone and FBI agent who infiltrated
the New York mob ring. Johnny Depp takes the role of Pistone a.k.a. Donnie
Brasco. Donnie meets Lefty, played by Pacino. Lefty is a New York City mob
veteran, although he is very tired and wore out from the life he lives. He also
has a serious gambling problem, owes serious money to his bosses, has a son that
is a junkie and has been ...

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his way to the top.

As all of these Mafia ties are being made, Brasco is faced with the
troubling situation brewing with his family. He has to spend so much time with
the mob that his family is left behind. His wife Maggie, played by Anne Heche,
is struggling each day trying to take care of the house, bills and the three
daughters while her husband is gone. He only gets to visit once every three
months during the years he is involved with this sting. The frustrations of
this creates serious hostility between the two.

Brasco is soon faced with another situation when one of the ring
leader's named Sunny decides to let Donnie run his mob ring down in Florida.
Lefty is devastated as his protégé passes him up and goes to the top of the
ring. Donnie is faced with several different conflicts between his loyalty to
Lefty, the demise of his family and the fact that he is an FBI agent and must
bring down this ring that has molded him into a player.

I enjoyed this movie ...

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Added: 6/20/2005 09:45:44 AM
Category: Arts
Type: Free Paper
Words: 630
Pages: 3

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