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3 minute read. (L to R) Actor Joe Pesci joins Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons onstage during the curtain call at the play opening night of...
- Did Some of The Four Seasons Members Really Have Prison Records?
- Was Tommy Devito Really An Uncleanly Roommate Who Peed in The sink?
- Did Frankie Valli's Daughter Really Die?
- Did Tommy Devito Really Run Up A Large Debt with The Mob?
- Does Director Clint Eastwood Have A Cameo in Jersey Boys?
Yes. Several of The Four Seasons members had been behind bars at one time or another, most notably Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. Tommy DeVito, portrayed by Vincent Piazza in the movie, was in and out of prison. "Yeah, I went to jail seven or eight times," says DeVito. "I'm not proud of it, but I'm not ashamed of it. My neighborhood was rough. If you...
No. "Some of it is bullsh*t -- where I pee in the sink, and the dirty underwear. I was probably the cleanest guy there," says the real Tommy DeVito. "I don't even know how they come up with this kinda stuff." -Las Vegas Review-Journal
Yes, like in the Jersey Boys movie, the true story confirms that Frankie Valli's daughter Francine died from a drug overdose in 1980, which the family believes was unintentional. What is not included in the movie is the fact that he lost two daughters that year. In addition to Francine, his stepdaughter Celia had died earlier that year. After disco...
Yes. In the movie, Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza) racks up a $150,000 debt with a loan shark named Norm Waxman (Donnie Kehr). In real life, Tommy DeVito did run up enormous gambling debts, in addition to a huge tax bill like in the movie. Bandmates Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio assumed the burden of DeVito's debts as the cost for buying him out of th...
Yes, well, sort of. Though he was urged to take part in a big end-credits production number, Eastwood opted for a more subtle way to insert himself into the movie. Following the suggestion of actor Erich Bergen, who portrays band member Bob Gaudio in the movie, during one scene Bergen's character can be seen watching Rawhide, Clint Eastwood's 1959-...
Pesci introduced Gaudio to DeVito and Valli in 1958, which led to the formation of the band The Four Seasons. Pesci and DeVito remained friends for the rest of DeVito's life; when DeVito fell on hard times in the 1970s following his resignation from the Four Seasons, Pesci placed DeVito on his personal payroll, and Pesci arranged for DeVito to ...
Music. Inside Joe Pesci’s Star-Studded—and Underrated—Music Career. From Jimmy Scott, to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Adam Levine, and even Hendrix—the movie star's musical...
Jun 20, 2014 · Both the musical and the film tell the story of The Four Seasons ’ rise to stardom in the 1960s with a string of No. 1 singles, including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Walk Like a Man.”...
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary -style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons .
Box office. $67.6 million [2] Jersey Boys is a 2014 American musical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, based on the 2004 Tony Award -winning jukebox musical of the same name. The film tells the story of the musical group The Four Seasons.
