A Bronx Tale Movie Review 1993

Vivid snapshot of a young Italian-American boy growing up in the '60s among neighborhood small-time wiseguys. As a nine-year-old Calogero witnesses mobster Sonny kill a man but doesn't rat to the police, so Sonny takes the kid under his wing. His upright bus-driving father Lorenzo doesn't approve but the kid is drawn to Sonny's apparent glamor and power. At 17, he's gotten both an education in school and on the streets but he needs to make a choice. Good period detail and excellent performances. Palminteri shows both Sonny's charisma and violence and De Niro handles the less-showy father role with finesse. Based on Palminteri's one-man play; De Niro's directorial debut.

Distribution

HBO, 1100 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)512-7400, Fax: (212)512-7498, URL: http://www.hbo.com, Remarks: Online sales through www.store.hbo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 122 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Coming of Age, Dads, Organized Crime, Period Piece: 1960s, Adapted from a Play, New York, New York, Screen Teams: De Niro & Pesci

Screenplay

Chazz Palminteri

Cast

Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Kathrine Narducci, Clem Caserta, Alfred Sauchelli, Frank Pietrangolare, Joseph (Joe) D'Onofrio

Cinematography

Reynaldo Villalobos

Director

Robert De Niro

Music

Butch Barbella

Other

Joe Pesci

Producer

Jane Rosenthal, Jon Kilik, Robert De Niro, Peter Gatien, Price Ent., Penta Entertainment, Tribeca Productions, Savoy Pictures