A Bronx Tale DVD 1993 Bronxi mese / Directed by Robert De Niro / Starring: Lillo Brancato, Jr., Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Francis Capra

UPC 5999542151163

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: HUNGARIAN

Total Runtime: 121 minutes

English Summary:

A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American crime drama film, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name. It tells the coming of age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero Anello, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father. The Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes, and starred Palminteri and Robert De Niro.

De Niro, who first viewed the play in Los Angeles in 1990, acquired the rights from Palminteri, intent on making the play his directorial debut. The duo then worked heavily together on the screenplay, with Palminteri aiming to retain many of the aspects of the original script, as it was based largely on his own childhood. Production began in 1991, and was funded in collaboration with De Niro's TriBeCa Productions and Savoy Pictures, as the first film released by each studio.

Upon its release on September 29, A Bronx Tale achieved limited commercial success, grossing over $17 million domestically. However, it fared much better with critics, who praised the performances of the leads, and launched Palminteri's acting career, while also helping De Niro gain acceptance as a director.

Plot

In 1960, Lorenzo Anello (Robert De Niro) lives in Belmont, an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, with his wife Rosina and his 9-year-old son Calogero (Francis Capra), who is fascinated by the local mobsters led by Sonny LoSpecchio (Chazz Palminteri). One day, Calogero witnesses a murder committed by Sonny in defense of an assaulted friend in his neighborhood. 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 Lorenzo, preferring a law-abiding life as an MTA bus driver, politely declines. Sonny befriends Calogero and introduces him to his crew. Calogero earns tips amounting to $600 working in the Mafia bar and throwing dice, and is admonished harshly by Lorenzo when he discovers it. Lorenzo speaks severely to Sonny, returns the money, and angrily warns him to keep away from Calogero.

Hungarian Summary:

A kilencéves Calogero New York olaszok lakta negyedében, Bronxban él a szüleivel. Apja, a buszvezető Lorenzo vasszigorra neveli őt, de egyúttal igyekszik a legtöbbet nyújtani neki és megóvni az utca kegyetlenségétől. A fiú szemtanúja lesz egy gyilkosságnak, de a rendőrök erőteljes ráhatása ellenére sem hajlandó azonosítani az elkövetőt. A helyi keresztapa, Sonny felfigyel a srác bátor tettére, és védőszárnyai alá veszi a gyereket. Calogero hamarosan a maffia nagykutyái között találja magát és apjaként kezdi tisztelni a törvényen kívüli Sonnyt. Fia megóvása érdekében Lorenzo nem fél szembeszállni a város rettegett gengszterével, de ekkorra már kérdésessé válik, hogy melyikük képes nagyobb hatással lenni a könnyen befolyásolható Calogeróra.

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