In the violent secret world of the mafia, no Don ruled longer than Joe Bonanno of the powerful Castellamarese family. This is the true chilling saga, told in his own words- a compelling journey that leads a small boy from Sicily to become the pre-eminent leader of America's vast criminal empire. Featuring a remarkable all-star cast, including Academy-Awards winner Martin Landau, Robert Loggia, Costas Mandylor and Edward James Olmos, Bonanno: A Godfather's Story spans many decades and international locations. The young "Pepino" flees his fascist oppressors in Italy to make a new start in America. His deep family ties and fiery ambition soon take him to the innermost circles of New York organized crime, where he rises to become the youngest Mafia boss ever. From his showdown with the deadly Gambino gang, his clashes with Lucky Luciano, his meetings with President Roosevelt, his backroom deals with Joseph Kennedy to his final betrayal by his own family, this is Bonanno's own true, inside account based on the best-selling autobiography. For over 40 years, Don Joseph Bonanno ruled with both ruthlessness and honor- and survived as the last of the Godfathers. Only now can his full story be told.
M**P
Bonanno // Godfather's Story, the full 5 hours
I had been looking for Bonanno - Godfather's Story, which had the full 5 hours. I could find part One which was just under 3 hours. Great to now have the full story/show.
M**N
Mistake
I ordered the movie in DVD Format, but I received the VHS by mistake. So I returned it. Now I reordered the DVD. I've seen the movie before and I enjoyed it.
L**E
Dvd
Good movie
K**G
Four Stars
I enjoyed this movie very much
G**Y
Bonanno: Godfathers story
I watched this movie years ago and truly enjoyed it since it was a true story. I am very interested in Mafia stories and found this one to be so true to home. Thank you for the fast shipment. I haven't watched it yet, but am so looking forward to it. Thank you
A**R
Video is unbelievable interesting because the video shows Kennedy was ...
Video is unbelievable interesting because the video shows Kennedy was shot by the Mafia from the storm drain not the grassy noel.
L**S
I feel ripped off!
I saw the movie when it originally aired on showtime. I recorded the movie then and was excited when it was released for sale. When I watched the store released movie I noticed that the running minutes is two hours and twenty minutes. THATS WRONG! The originally aired "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story" was almost or exactly five hours long. They cut out two and a half hours of important moments of Joseph Bononno's life. I feel cheated and disappointed that someone allowed this to happen to someones biography. I like mafia movies and I thought this was a good one.
C**H
Service was good. I would use them again
A shorter version of the movie I wanted. Service was good. I would use them again.
A**R
One Star
Utter rubbish, I wanted the whole film not half of it. What happened to the whole film?????
M**E
Where's the rest?
Though I enjoyed this film, there was a massive chunk missing. It was confusing. People being mentioned who were never shown in the entire film.I bought this film for a building collection. Edward James Olmos. He is on the front cover. He's on the back. His character is mentioned in the summary on several online stores. But he isn't shown once in the film I received. I know this, because I've watched it eight times already, searching for EJO.On the cover there is, Robert Loggia who plays Don Ciccio. Edward James Olmos who plays Salvatore Maranzano. The other two actors are in the film, Martin Landau as Joseph Bonanno at age 94 and Bruce Ramsay as Joseph Bonanno at ages 17 to 27.Where are the other two? I would have loved to have seen Robert Loggia just as much at Edward James Olmos. I'm disappointed big time.I have been researching this film for the last few days and have discovered that when this was shown on TV, it was shown in something like four parts and was around five hours long.From what I can make out, they cut parts two and three from the DVD. I'm guessing for room or money, because I've seen TV films, in full, on one or two DVD's. Why not this one?To those of you who want to see EJO, don't buy this because he's not in it. I swear it's false advertisement to show such prestige’s actors on the front and back covers, menus included, and not have them in the film AT ALL.It is a great film with history and drama. The life of the characters were superbly played. I'd be scared to have actually lived in that time, but I'd watch this again, just to relearn the history of family ties, mob business and connections to all things.
S**A
Very happy
Good movie good quality
S**P
Five Stars
best mob movie ever cause that the only base on biogra of a real mob
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