Frank Vincent
Also Known As: Фрэнк Винсент, فرانک وینسنت
Biography: Frank Vincent (August 4, 1939 - September 13, 2017) was an American actor, musician, author and entrepreneur. He was a favorite performer of director Martin Scorsese, having played important roles in three of Scorsese's most acclaimed films: Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995). He often played a gangster and worked both in features and television. He also lent his voice talents to video games. He played the New York Boss Phil Leotardo in the HBO series The Sopranos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Vincent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: August 04, 1939
Deathday: September 13, 2017
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Gender: Male
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Casino
Overview: In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-22
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Raging Bull
Overview: The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-14
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Cop Land
Overview: Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-15
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GoodFellas
Overview: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Jungle Fever
Overview: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-07
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Mortal Thoughts
Overview: A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-19
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Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Overview: The third part about the production of "Raging Bull."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-08
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Wise Guys
Overview: Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-17
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Snipes
Overview: Erik is a hip-hop-lovin' teen living in Philadelphia who'd rather spend time listening to his idol, the rapper Prolifik. One day, Erik finds himself more entangled in Prolifik's life than he ever imagined possible: Prolifik's been kidnapped, his master tapes are gone, and, through a series of twisted events, the same people who are after the musician go after Erik, too.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-13
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The Last Request
Overview: Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and odd ball characters.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-16
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Chicago Overcoat
Overview: The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Family Enforcer
Overview: A kid from the neighborhood goes to work for the Mafia as a collector.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
Overview: Hype's acclaim for skillfully imaginative visually intoxicating music videos, The Videos Vol. 1, features 10 videos depicting his creative approach and artistry unmatched while becoming celebrated by music aficionados and film enthusiasts.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Overview: The first part of a four-part documentary about the production of "Raging Bull."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-08
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Overview: A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-26
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Undercurrent
Overview: A nightclub manager with financial problems accepts an offer to seduce another man's wife for money, and soon finds himself entwined in a web of double-crossing con artists.
Genres: Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
Overview: Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-22
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Street Hunter
Overview: Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless Colonel Walsh.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Shark Tale
Overview: Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Animation Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-20
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The North End
Overview: A young filmmaker living in Boston's Italian district, the North End, wants to make a film about the neighborhood. He needs the blessing of a local celebrity, famous for playing gangsters in movies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-05
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The Tested
Overview: A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Grind
Overview: When a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his brother in hopes of that ever-elusive fresh start in life, he's sure to be warm for the form of his brother's bored young wife. Things only get worse when he tries to turn a quick buck in a one-time insurance fraud operation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Belly
Overview: Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-04
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Remedy
Overview: A NYC artist is witness to his best friend's murder - or was he? Due to a drug problem, he can't recall what happened. Now he is the prime suspect and desperately tries to remember before it's too late.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-29
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Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Overview: Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-24
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Under Hellgate Bridge
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Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-25
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Dear Mr. Wonderful
Overview: Ruby Dennis is an middle-aged man with an unfulfilled ambition as a singer. As he begins to pursue that ambition, his family falls apart.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-24
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A Tale of Two Pizzas
Overview: An age old feud between rival New York pizza-makers Frank Bianco and Vito Rossi re-ignites when young Angela Rossi decides to help her father put the Biancos out of business once and for all. But when young Tony Bianco agrees to help his father steal the secret to the Rossi's sauce, things really heat up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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Smokin' Stogies
Overview: When ruthless NY Mob boss Tony Batts sends his trusted Capo Vinnie Marscone to Miami to trace $1 million in smuggled, but now missing, Cuban Cohiba cigars, things start to heat up. The Mob in Miami are also trying to help Vinnie find the missing Havana's ...but are they? Marscone is led on wild goose chases, kidnapped and held at gunpoint. With a fast boat, a beautiful blonde and a narcotics sniffing ex-U.S. Customs dog named "Bruno" Vinney tries to save the cigars and his life.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-26
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Coalition
Overview: A realistic depiction of how New York's lucrative construction business is systematically shaken down by minority non-union labor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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Entropy
Overview: Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-27
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Mulberry St.
Overview: Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975. For the past year he's been living on the block, and the feast of San Gennaro is the subject of his new film. While he has used this location for a few of his features, this time it's the star of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-17
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Gotti
Overview: John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-17
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Money Kings
Overview: Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a local mobster. Vinnie's told to school the lad, use him for collections, and teach him some sense. What Vinnie doesn't know is that once Tony learns the ropes, Vinnie will be out. Tensions mount when Tony goes around Vinnie's paternalistic ways, takes a bet from an unemployed alcoholic, and demands that the loser's wife pay the vig in trade. Is there any way out for Vinnie - with or without his good name?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-04
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Witness to the Mob
Overview: Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino crime family. However, betrayals within the family saw him break the code of silence and became the highest ranking member of the mob to turn into a rat - 'a rat in a suit,- assisting the government to finally put away the Teflon Don, John Gotti.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
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Baby It's You
Overview: In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-04
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NetForce
Overview: Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. Net-Force, headed by Kristofferson and Bakula's characters set out to stop him.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-01
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On Seventh Avenue
Overview: A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-10
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Do the Right Thing
Overview: Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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Men Lie
Overview: Swearing fidelity to his fiancée, two-faced Scott attempts to bed every woman who crosses his path.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-13
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The Deli
Overview: An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Hand Gun
Overview: Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1994-10-01
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If You Only Knew
Overview: A romantic comedy about a young man who fakes homosexuality to draw the interest of a woman. Instead she tries to help him find a date.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-05
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Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Overview: A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined the mafia on the big screen. Featuring interviews with cast and crew and clips from the movie, this retrospective documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes experiences of what would turn out to be one of the greatest films ever made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-17
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City Teacher
Overview: A Jewish parole officer, Jeff Solomon White, struggles in his new role as a reading teacher for illiterate teens at a New York high school. Hard Lesson film Raised by African American parents, White sees the situation differently and is motivated to fight for his students, who face an almost certain life of crime and prison
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-16
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This Thing of Ours
Overview: Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Overview: Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet, who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-26
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Isn't She Great
Overview: An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley of the Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-1960s, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind-the-scenes story of Susann's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer which she hid up until her death.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-28
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Gun Shy
Overview: Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds himself relying on the support of an unstable therapy group and nurse Judy just to get through his work.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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Stiffs
Overview: Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have concocted for a series of unfortunate "accidents" designed to clean up the neighborhood and fill their funeral parlor with much needed customers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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She's the One
Overview: Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father's influence. Though they disagree about everything, they have one thing in common: Mickey's ex-fiance Heather is Francis's secret love. Though both brothers have beautiful wives, Heather triggers their longtime sibling rivalry
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-26
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The Workaday Gangster
Overview: A short Goodfellas documentary featuring interviews with the actors, Martin Scorsese, and Henry Hill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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Night Falls on Manhattan
Overview: A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-21
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Easy Money
Overview: To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-19
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Made in Argentina
Overview: Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including Mabel's brother and his wife. Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York in order to improve their economic situation, but his wife is opposed to that idea.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-08-12
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The Crew
Overview: Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-21
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Spy
Overview: SPYING TURNS TO SECURITY DETAIL AS A YOUNG COUPLE AVOIDS MURDER, THE MOB, AND THE PAST. Human cloning, surveillance, and a life threatening relationship take center stage in this romantic thriller. Re-Released in the fall of 2012, SPY tells the story of Dante LeClair (Vincent Pastore) who was forced by mob boss (Frank Vincent) to fund illegal and unethical medical experiments after his daughter Susan (Lora Kojovic) was injured.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-09
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Animal Room
Overview: Cynical and intelligent Arnold Mosk, a known drug user, is put into a disciplinary program at his high school meant for the seriously disturbed where he becomes the main target of the psychopathic Doug Van Housen and his gang.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Federal Hill
Overview: In Providence's Italian neighborhood, Federal Hill, five young are immersed in drugs, crime and violence. Everything changes when one of the guys in the band know love.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-24
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West New York
Overview: An ex-cop finds himself on the outs with both sides of the law in this drama.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Ten Benny
Overview: The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts, pissed-off loan sharks, and overall misery.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-09
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The Real Sopranos
Overview: This movie shows the connections between the TV series 'The Sopranos' and a real-life New Jersey Mob. The story of the rise and fall of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-26
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Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
Overview: This show is not produced or released by HBO & includes rare never seen footage! See Bloopers, Retakes, & Candid Videos! Visit Filming Locations & watch Flights, Crashes & Whackings! 15 Cast Commentaries illustrate 6 Seasons!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-15
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The Sopranos: Behind-The-Scenes
Overview: A continuation of Volume 1 featuring more Unique Footage, Cast Interviews, Bloopers, Candid Videos, Action Scenes & Whackings! Highlights from 6 Seasons are illustrated! This show is not released by HBO and contains never seen material!
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-15
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