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Jun 25, 2021 · With Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, John Magaro, Minka Kelly. When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster reveals the untold truth about his life as the boss of the National Crime Syndicate.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Eytan Rockaway
- 2021-06-25
- ‘Thin Gray Line’
- Siegel’s Death
- Popularity of Mob Movies
When Rockaway was young, his father, the historian Robert Rockaway, told him about “the adventurous and dangerous lives of gangsters,” the director said in an email. Robert Rockaway conducted a rare interview with Lansky in writing the book But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Eytan Rockaway said he was fascinate...
Meyer Lansky’s daughter, Sandi, said she knew her father and his associates as honorable men. Now 83 years old and living in Tampa, Florida, Sandi Lansky during her younger years hung out at the Copacabana nightclub in New York. She referred to men like club owner Costello as “uncles.” “They were good people,” she said in a telephone interview. The...
Rockaway’s movie is the latest in a long line of Mob films that continue to generate interest. Another is The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to the television series The Sopranos.The move is set to be released September 24 in theaters and on HBO Max. Another upcoming Mob movie, The Legitimate Wiseguy, looks at Tony “The Ant” Spilotro’s role in he...
Jun 24, 2021 · Lansky (Harvey Keitel), who has a terminal illness, reaches out to David Stone (Sam Worthington) to write his biography, the “true story,” as Lansky puts it.
Jul 2, 2021 · By Zak Wojnar. Published Jul 2, 2021. Eytan Rockaway talks about his new movie, Lansky, starring Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington, the gangster biopic about the infamous criminal. Harvey Keitel stars in Lansky, based on the life and times of Meyer Lansky.
- Zak Wojnar
Jun 26, 2019 · In 1981 Florida, ex-journalist David (Worthington) has one last card to play: write the true story of Meyer Lansky (Keitel). The two of them meet in a diner and things start strongly for David, he gets the beginning of Lansky’s life, from a brief time in Russia to his early (Magaro plays the younger Lansky) association with Ben Siegel (Cade ...
- Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, John Magaro
- Eytan Rockaway
Jul 2, 2021 · The film operates on two timelines, with an older Lansky, near the end of his life, explaining his story to an author, played by Sam Worthington, with a significant portion of the film dedicated to flashbacks starring John Magaro as Meyer Lansky. For the 1980s segments, Lansky is played by Harvey Keitel, who imbues the character with wisdom ...
Oct 11, 2021 · It’s a BOATS ( Based On A True Story) movie in which Harvey Keitel plays Meyer Lansky, a real-life mobster who helped form the notorious National Crime Syndicate and established hugely...
