Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 09/19/2000
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/1/2
Run Time: 117 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video
Gotti is the semi-biographical tale of
John Gotti, the infamous crime boss of the Gambino mob family. This drama chronicles not only the bloody rise of
Gotti, also known as the "Dapper Don", but the FBI's struggle to bring him to justice. His refusal to play by the normal "rules" of the mafia ultimately became the mobster's achilles heel; the FBI eventually persuaded assassin Sammy "The Bull" Gravano to testify against his ungrateful, paranoid boss, who was finally imprisoned in 1982.
Gotti is based in part on a book written by
Jerry Capeci and
Gene Mustain titled
Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti.
Gotti, directed by
Robert Harmon stars
Armand Assante as the complicated mafia lord, and also features actors
Anthony Quinn and
William Forsythe. The drama aired on HBO in 1996, unwittingly serving as a precurser to what would later become the wildly popular mob drama
The Sopranos.
~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
;)
