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Dec 5, 2021 · Though the 2007 movie is supposedly “based on a true story” — starring Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas — many in Lucas’s orbit have said that the film is largely fabricated. But piecing together the truth of his life and his many misdeeds is a daunting task.
- Kellen Perry
Aug 8, 2024 · Mario Puzo, who wrote the original novel, adhered closely to true-life details about organized crime. That included key plot elements such as "The Five Families" who control organized crime in New York, as well as figures like Johnny Fontaine, who was loosely based on real-life singer Frank Sinatra.
- Robert Curran
Sep 25, 2021 · “The Sopranos” are back in the movie “The Many Saints of Newark" — but the actual mobsters Tony and Co. are based on were just as ruthless and crazy.
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Mar 17, 2024 · Denzel Washington's true crime drama American Gangster tells the story of real-life drug lord Frank Lucas and his reign over New York's heroin trade.
Jun 18, 2013 · In the movie American Gangster, Denzel Washington's Frank Lucas states that he had been Bumpy Johnson's driver for 15 years. In an interview, Bumpy's widow, Mayme Johnson, said, "Bumpy never had nobody drive him for 15 years."
Jul 22, 2020 · GoodFellas is told from the point of view of Hill, a local Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer who worked as an associate for the Lucchese crime family, one of Brooklyn’s most notorious mafioso ...
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Dec 15, 2020 · Moe Greene was inspired by Bugsy Siegel. "Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene!" exclaimed a defiant Moe Greene to Michael in The Godfather. Portrayed by Alex Rocco, Greene was a huge,...
