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Jul 28, 2024 · Portrayed in Goodfellas as Paulie Cicero, Lucchese crime family capo Paul Vario ruled his Brooklyn crew with an iron fist — until his empire came crashing down thanks to former associate Henry Hill in the 1980s.
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In director Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas, Paul Vario Sr. is depicted as the character Paul Cicero, portrayed by actor Paul Sorvino. In the 2001 Canada-American TV movie The Big Heist, Paul Vario is portrayed by actor Gino Marrocco.
Paul "Paulie" Cicero is a main character in Goodfellas. He is a capo in the Lucchese crime family and a hugely feared and respected mobster in East New York. He is portrayed by Paul Sorvino and based on Paul Vario.
Sep 19, 2019 · Paul and Phylis Vario had three sons, Peter, Paul Jr., and Leonard. Vario was “membership director” for mob boss Joe Colombo’s Italian-American Civil Rights League in the ’70s.
Paul Cicero in Goodfellas lacked the cruelty and violence of the real-life Paulie, which can be justified to an extent as the movie was all about Henry Hill, and thus all the attention had to be on his journey rather than those of his associates.
Plot. In 1955, Henry Hill becomes enamored of the criminal life and Mafia presence in his working class Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his associates Jimmy "the Gent" Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacker and gangster, and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent.
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Mar 17, 2024 · Goodfellas introduced America to a lot of complex characters, from Tommy DeSimone to Jimmy Burke, but perhaps the most mysterious was Paulie Cicero aka Paul Vario.
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