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Russo, Gianni, 1943-
Godfather (Motion picture)
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Mafia -- United States -- Biography.
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Russo, Gianni, 1943-
Russo, Gianni, 1943-
Godfather (Motion picture)
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Mafia -- United States -- Biography.
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Hollywood godfather : my life in the movies and the mob /
Gianni
Russo
with Patrick Picciarelli.
by
Russo
,
Gianni
,
1943-
St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Call #:
791.43028 R969h
Subjects
Russo
,
Gianni
,
1943-
Godfather (Motion picture)
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Mafia -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250181398 (hc.)
Alternate title:
My life in the movies and the mob
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
294 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Prologue -- A death in Sin City -- A childhood lost -- The Ambassador, Marilyn Monroe, and my Mafia education begins -- My involvement in the crime of the century -- The Godfather -- On the set of The Godfather: always looking to make a score -- Filming The Godfather -- Markers -- International moneyman -- Pablo Escobar channels Michael Corleone -- Sunday sauce was never like this -- A door closes while another one opens and Brando lives a nightmare.
Summary:
"
Gianni
Russo
was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny--played by James Caan--up for a hit.
Russo
didn't have to act--he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger for New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination, to having to go on the lam after shooting and killing a member of the Colombian drug cartel in his Vegas club. Along the way,
Russo
befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather.
Russo
had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films. Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex--and fun."--From publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Picciarelli, Patrick.
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