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Scarface
So I just watched it (the one with Al Pacino, not the old black/white thingy.
I thought it rocked, even the snorting bit were he is all white from the cocaine. It reminded me of the stereotypical "highscool/college comedy" were some idiot is doing to much drugs.
So my question is, what "mafia" movies are there that are actually better than this one.
I want to see them all so please enlighten me.
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Re: Scarface
The Godfather
Goodfellas
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11 Mar 2005, 23:38
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Re: Scarface
The Godfather II
Donnie Brasco (Not better than Scarface, but it's pretty decent)
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Re: Scarface
Carlito's Way pretty much rocks !
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11 Mar 2005, 23:45
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Re: Scarface
Once Upon a Time in America
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11 Mar 2005, 23:48
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Re: Scarface
The Untouchables (SP>?)
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11 Mar 2005, 23:49
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Re: Scarface
I didn't like scarface, I thought it was quite boring.
Once upon a time in america is very good though, but rather long 
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11 Mar 2005, 23:49
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Re: Scarface
Ok so far:
I have seen:
The Godfather
Goodfellas
The Godfather II
Donnie Brasco
fairly recently.
I haven't seen:
Once Upon a Time in America
Carlito's Way
What are they about?
I think I have seen casino tough that is a LONG time ago. Is that the one were the italians decide to kill everyone involved in the organisation who isn't italian?
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Re: Scarface
The City of God is a kind of Brazillian Goodfellas if you havent seen that.
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Re: Scarface
OK so updated list:
Haven't seen:
The City of God (this is fairly new isn't it?)
Once Upon a Time in America
Carlito's Way
Have seen:
The Godfather
Goodfellas
The Godfather II
Donnie Brasco
The Untouchables
These were all enjoyable, tough after seeing The Godfather II I am not really eager to see the third one.
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12 Mar 2005, 00:35
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Re: Scarface
Once Upon a Time in America stars Robert de Niro, and is directed by Sergio Leone ( <3 ! )
It skips between three different generations, with Noodles (Robert de Niro) as a young boy, a big gangster figure, and an old man. It does go on a long time, and seems to finish quite abruptly at the end, but it's a good film.
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Re: Scarface
The French Connection
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12 Mar 2005, 01:13
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Re: Scarface
Once Upon a Time in America: That is enough to make ANYONE watch it. It is now on my todo list.
The French Connection: I have heard of this one, good bad? Didn't they do a remake?
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12 Mar 2005, 01:19
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Re: Scarface
Haven't seen it myself, actually. I just missed it a few weeks ago, although from what I've heard it's pretty good.
And I think it was The Italian Job that recently got remade, not The French Connection.
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12 Mar 2005, 01:24
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Re: Scarface
Ah it was, with that...guy. The one that played Dirk Diggler.
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I think I have seen casino tough that is a LONG time ago. Is that the one were the italians decide to kill everyone involved in the organisation who isn't italian?
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12 Mar 2005, 01:45
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Re: Scarface
Yeah i remember THAT scene, but that was because it was on Tv the other day, it was a program about censorship and that was the last time anything has been censored in Sweden.
It goes soemthing like
Poor guy: **** you
Pesci: **** me? I have your head in a ****ing vice and is is me that is ****ed, **** you!
or something
So yes I remember that, but I also have small fragments of memories about other stuff. Anyway.
i will see it.
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12 Mar 2005, 01:53
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Re: Scarface
once upon a time in america is A W E S O M E ! and so are every mafia movie mentioned on this thread -
-add this to your list uhm, arketrablablabla
Gotti (this is an HBO original movie, but i'm sure it's sold in europe, an awesome true story portrayal of John Gotti, how he made 'Boss' of the Gambino's, his beginnings, his rise and fall - if it's not available anywhere in your area, this movie is so good, i'm suggesting you buy it online)
Boondock Saints
Get Shorty (funny mafia movie)
Pulp Fiction
Bugsy
The Godfather 3 (i'm assuming you already saw this since you saw the first 2)
Casino die if you don't see this movie 
Heat also kill yourself if you don't see this movie
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It's the one where joe pesci sticks a guys head in a vice and squeezes it until his eyeball pops out, that should make it a bit easier to remember.
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this is a very similar scene with joe pesci in the 'casino' - maybe getting it mixed up?
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Re: Scarface
ah! didnt scroll up enough, thought you were talking about uhm - heh nevermind
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Re: Scarface
today my mates gave me the godfather trilogy on DVD for my birthday.
i also have Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Bella Mafia, Once Upon A Time In America and The Last Don on DVD.
good movies, all of them.
edit: i forgot i have 'Falcone' aswell.
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Re: Scarface
I have seen Pulp Fiction, Bondook Saints, Bugsy and Heat. I haven't seen GFIII tough. The reason is that I didn't apreciate the II, and so didn't want to further "taint" the memory of the first. I will give it a try tough.
Gotti seems interesting and might be worth a peek, tough I haven't heard of it.
Casino is planned 
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today my mates gave me the godfather trilogy on DVD for my birthday.
i also have Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Bella Mafia, Once Upon A Time In America and The Last Don on DVD.
good movies, all of them.
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Who made Bella Mafia and The last don? Anyone I know of?
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Re: Scarface
This thread has just reminded me I leant my Godfather Special Edition box set to some bitch I used to work with and she never gave it back.
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Re: Scarface
The Last Don is written by Puzo, and is damn good. It was a made-for-tv thing, but it's a good film.
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Re: Scarface
The Last Don
Casino
Scarface
Goodfellas
The Untouchables (although not really that good actually)
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The City of God is a kind of Brazillian Goodfellas if you havent seen that.
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Re: Scarface
oh
Traffic!
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Re: Scarface
There is no such thing as a good mafia movie 
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There is no such thing as a good mafia movie |
away evil! 
Traffic is now added to my list (been wanting to see it for like a year now but never gotten the chance)
So my "to see list" now includes:
Traffic
The City of God
Once Upon a Time in America
Carlito's Way
The last Don (puzo wrote the script?, wow)
Casino
Bella Mafia
Gotti
(Perhaps) Get shorty
Oh dear, I do have quite a few nights ahead of me filled with blood, betrayal and gore.
Poor me
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He wrote the book it was based on at least, dunno about the screenplay :|
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the last don is by Mario Puzo i thought.
btw 'Falcone' is nice aswell.
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Re: Scarface
whats that one where someone (probably DeVito) stabs a fountain pen through somebodys hand at a bar? I seem to remember that being a really good film
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Re: Scarface
Is it set in Sicily or America?
Falcone? Never heard of it actually.
BTW: I read a book about the Maffia a couple of days ago, it seems Sicily is the safest place for the Dons. The author had studied the age of the dons in the three large maffia organisations (cosa nostra, 'ndrang (sp?) and the Camorra. The average sicilan don was in his fifities, the average camorra don was in his thirties and the average kalabrian (ndrang) one was in his twenties.
Quite the rotation in the leadership.
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'falcone' is about the sicilian judge that had to do the lawsuit against Gotti and his organisation. one of the biggest events in mafia-history the last century.
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Re: Scarface
The largest one to date is the Maximprocess right?
So if I see "Gotti" and "Falcone" I get a decent picture of the events .
Only more dramatic
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whats that one where someone (probably DeVito) stabs a fountain pen through somebodys hand at a bar? I seem to remember that being a really good film
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good fellas
why dont you take this pen, and shove it up your ****ing ass!!
go home and get your ****ing shinebox!!
when i was young, i always wanted to be a gangster
what am i? ****ing shmuck on wheels?
give me my ****ing money!! where's my ****ing money?!?
you touch her again, ill kill ya! ya hear?!? ill ****ing kill yah!!!
ima go get the papers, get the papers..
dude i can go on and on, good fellas is one of my favorite movies of all time
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Re: Scarface
you know, that really doesn't give you an air of sanity
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'falcone' is about the sicilian judge that had to do the lawsuit against Gotti and his organisation. one of the biggest events in mafia-history the last century.
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It is all set in America etc but the roots of Falcone are indeed Sicilian.
John Gotti was known as the Teflon don as nothing stuck to him to make charges against him.
Mario Puzo didn't write the script for 'The Last Don', he wrote the book. (Which is something totally different)
Other then that, you're 'to see list' seems to be full of fun and quality.
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Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
probably Layer Cake (although i haven't seen it yet)
Ronin (huge car chase)
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It is all set in America etc but the roots of Falcone are indeed Sicilian.
John Gotti was known as the Teflon don as nothing stuck to him to make charges against him.
Mario Puzo didn't write the script for 'The Last Don', he wrote the book. (Which is something totally different)
Other then that, you're 'to see list' seems to be full of fun and quality.
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no it isn't. it's set in Sicily. 100% certain.
you may be right about Puzo, but his name is on the cover, that's all i know.
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not necessarily mafia films, but worth seeing none the less
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
probably Layer Cake (although i haven't seen it yet)
Ronin (huge car chase)
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Lock stock and snatch are excellent, ronin aswell but I haven't seen Layer Cake. And it is yet another film I haven't heard of. Could you give me a brief summary of the plot?
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The story of a successful London-based cocaine dealer who plans early retirement from the business. He is, however, handed an assignment which involves 'layers' through which he has to go in order to escape the modern underworld in which he is trapped. His final job threatens to bring him back into the 'cake mix'.
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Very good film btw. Unexpected ending.
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I've not seen the film, but the book is excellent.
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no it isn't. it's set in Sicily. 100% certain.
you may be right about Puzo, but his name is on the cover, that's all i know.
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If it is set in Sicily then it is not about John Gotti, as John Gotti was an American-Italian.
Let's ask IMDB.
So you probably mean 'Excellent Cadavers' as 'Falcone' was a TV-series.
Excellent cadavers is indeed set in Sicily but John Gotti has **** all to do with it. This one is more about Toto Riina and the lot.
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If it is set in Sicily then it is not about John Gotti, as John Gotti was an American-Italian.
Let's ask http://www.imdb.com/find?q=falcone;t...=on;mx=20]IMDB.
So you probably mean 'Excellent Cadavers' as 'Falcone' was a TV-series.
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no it's a movie. i have it on DVD. and it's indeed about toto riina, now i think of it.
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