A Bronx Tale details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Katherine Narducci, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato Jr., Robert De Niro |
| Director: | Robert De Niro |
| Genre: | Drama - General, Historical |
| Studio: | ELEVATION SALES |
| Name | Discs | |
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A Bronx Tale |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 56 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 30 Apr 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
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You can't really ...
By Andy#19 from LONDON , 20 Jan 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
You can't really go wrong with de Nero who is always watchable. For once a gangster film without the continuous all action mayhem that we seem to have to suffer these days. Instead it is nicely paced, with the violence mainly implied.
The story is straightforward, a local gangster befriends a young boy and we see him growing up wide eyed and gradually no longer innocent. Meanwhile his upright father goes on driving his local bus and trying to stop his son having an unsuitable friendship. In the end thought we realise the gangster has in his own way protected the boy and even educated in the ways of the world.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(56)Better than Goodfellas!
By a customer , 25 Oct 2012Just when I thought Goodfellas was my all time favourite movie, BAM...A Bronx Tale came along! Like critics said, it's like Goodfellas with heart. Seriously, one of the best films I have ever seen. Definitely a must watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Old stuff with a twinkle in its eye
By phatband (22 reviews) from putney , 28 Jul 2012Yeah, but a bit moralistic and religious. An old movie that just about creeps into the 21st century with entertainment value in tact. Good for a rainy Tuesday matinee when you know you should be doing something more productive- Was this review helpful to you?
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Bronx Bore or Bronx Beauty??
By vicboy (47 reviews) , 24 Dec 2011I first saw this film about ten years ago on TV. To my knowledge has only been on once since, so rented it because had found it enoyable.
It didn't disappoint, although not quite as gripping as I remembred.
De Niro is great, as normal, and the film carries an underlying message about loyalty and standing for what you believe in (De Niro's character). Violent in places but still a good watch depicting a time when people were not quite so bland. Great soundtrack as well.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A Bronx tale
By Diogenes (19 reviews) from Sussex , 24 Jul 2011This is the story of a struggle for a child's allegiance between his father and a local Mafia boss who was saved by the boy's unwillingness to implicate him in a murder and who becomes a powerful mentor and role model for him. The boy, with the unlikely name Calogero, is renamed as C by his Mafia friend and is portrayed brilliantly as a 9 year old by Francis Capra and as a teenager by Lillo Brancato. Robert de Nero, who also directed, is the bus driver father, Lorenzo Anello and Chaz Palminteri who wrote the screen play is Sonny Lospecchio the mafioso. Anello represents respect for a decent society and the kind of toughness which enables him to resist all the potentials for criminal behaviour which the environment offers. C is torn between his love for his father and the excitement of the sort of world inhabited by Sonny who, as the film proceeds, we see developing his own kind of love for the boy.
The film is set in a tough American neighbourhood and an atmosphere of suppressed violence is always present. An graphic example of its release is seen when Sonny's heavies demolish a group of Hell's Angels who have descended on a neighbouring bar in a brilliantly staged fight scene. The climax of the film revolves around a clash between Black and Italian youths which has been triggered by a love affair between C and Jane, a Black girl played by Taral Hicks, which brings the film to a literally explosive end in which Sonny saves C from a terrible death. To say more would introduce spoilers. This film deals with deep emotional factors in the father-son relationship and is brilliantly acted by all principals of course but also by the supporting cast. I have no hesitation in awarding 5 Stars- Was this review helpful to you?
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An Honest Tale
By Tasha333 (7 reviews) , 29 Jun 2011I've always wanted to watch this and I found it quite sorry. Maybe it's because I just love Italian men :P
Very nice film but this isn't really a gangster movie - I thought it'd be more gangster but it's more lovely than gritty.- Was this review helpful to you?
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