Bibliograph

Hollywood godfather, my life in the movies and the mob, Gianni Russo with Patrick Picciarelli

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Hollywood godfather, my life in the movies and the mob, Gianni Russo with Patrick Picciarelli

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hollywood godfather

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Gianni Russo with Patrick Picciarelli

Sub title

my life in the movies and the mob

Summary

Russo was a 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 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. This is Russo's no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex-- and fun. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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