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A Bronx Tale
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1993 film directed by Robert De Niro
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A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American drama, crime, and gangster film directed by Robert De Niro. The screenplay was written by Chazz Palminteri, who also starred in the cast alongside Lillo Brancato and Taral Hicks. De Niro served as both director and producer for the production, which was produced by TriBeCa Productions. The narrative is set in New York City, with filming taking place in New York City and New Jersey. Reynaldo Villalobos was the director of photography.
The film has a runtime of 120 or 121 minutes and was distributed by Savoy Pictures and Netflix. It was released in 1993, with specific dates recorded as September 14, September 29, and October 1. The movie has received various review scores, including 7.4/10, 97%, and 80/100. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.8 based on 186,201 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.879 from 2,854 votes. The film’s budget was $22,000,000, and it generated $17,287,898 in revenue.
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7.9Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Lorenzo Anello
- Chazz Palminteri as Sonny LoSpecchio
- Lillo Brancato as Calogero 'C' Anello (Age 17)
- Francis Capra as Calogero 'C' Anello (Age 9)
- Taral Hicks as Jane Williams
- Kathrine Narducci as Rosina Anello
Themes
- italian american
- gambling
- funeral
- italian
- parent child relationship
- gangster
- loyalty
- molotow cocktail
- gang leader
- nostalgia
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert De Niro
- Screenplay by
- Chazz Palminteri
- Based on
- A Bronx Tale , by Chazz Palminteri
- Produced by
- Jane Rosenthal Jon Kilik Robert De Niro
- Starring
- Robert De Niro Chazz Palminteri Lillo Brancato Taral Hicks Kathrine Narducci
- Cinematography
- Reynaldo Villalobos
- Edited by
- David Ray Robert Q. Lovett
- Music by
- Butch Barbella
- Production companies
- Price Entertainment Tribeca Productions
- Distributed by
- Savoy Pictures
- Release dates
- September 14, 1993 ( 1993-09-14 ) ( TIFF ) September 29, 1993 ( 1993-09-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $17.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 one-man play. It tells the coming-of-age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father, as well as racial tensions in his community. The Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes.
De Niro, who first viewed the play in Los Angeles in 1990, acquired the rights from Palminteri, with the intent of making the play his directorial debut. The duo 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.
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