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The film is based on the true story of Pistone (Depp), an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco, a jewel thief from Vero Beach, Florida. Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging Mafia hitman, Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino), who vouches for him. As ...
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Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939) is an American former FBI agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco between September 1976 and July 1981, as part of an infiltration primarily into the Bonanno crime family, and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New York City.
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- Maggie Pistone
Feb 28, 1997 · Donnie Brasco: Directed by Mike Newell. With Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby. An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Mike Newell
- 1997-02-28
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Legal Figures. Gangsters, Mobsters, and Mafia Members. Donnie Brasco was the alias of Joseph Pistone, an undercover FBI agent that infiltrated the Bonanno crime family. Updated: Nov 1,...
Joseph Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI agent who has infiltrated one of the major New York Mafia families and is living under the name Donnie Brasco. He develops a relationship with mob hit man...
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Feb 27, 1997 · Beneath everything else, "Donnie Brasco'' is the story of two men who grow to love each other, within the framework of a teacher-student relationship. It's not about sex. It's about need. The movie opens in a New York coffee shop that's a hangout for the mob.
Donnie Brasco. Jump to Edit. Summaries. An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one. This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the New York Mafia.