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This article is about the film. For members of a criminal organization, see Gangster.
Mobsters 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Michael Karbelnikoff Produced by Jim Ballantine
Carolyn BatesStarring Christian Slater
Patrick Dempsey
Richard Grieco
Costas Mandylor
Michael Gambon
Anthony Quinn
F. Murray Abraham
Chris Penn
Lara Flynn BoyleMusic by Michael Small Cinematography Lajos Koltai Editing by Joe D'Augustine Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date(s) July 26, 1991 Running time 104 minutes Language English Budget $29 million Box office $20,246,790 (domestic)[1] Mobsters is a 1991 crime-drama film detailing the creation of the The Commission. Set in New York City, taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.
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Plot
This highly dramatized film, focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky. They start as young men victimized by the current mafia. They rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.[2]
Cast
- Christian Slater as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- Patrick Dempsey as Meyer Lansky
- Costas Mandylor as Frank Costello
- Richard Grieco as Bugsy Siegel
- Jeremy Schoenberg as Crapshooter
- Miles Perlich as Crapshooter
- Alan Charof as Rabbi
- Anto Nolan as Irish Cop
- Rodney Eastman as Joey
- Andy Romano as Antonio Luciano
- Bianca Rossini as Rosalie Luciano
- Stevie Restivo as Little Brother
- Caroline Gillette as Little Sister
- Robert Z'Dar as Rocco
- Michael Gambon as Salvatore Faranzano
- Anthony Quinn as Joe Masseria
- Christopher Penn as Gaetano "Tommy" Reina
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Mara Motes
- Titus Welliver as Al Capone
- Joe Viterelli as Joe Profaci
Reception
The film was panned by most critics earning a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety Magazine wrote that "'Mobsters' resembles a cart-before-the-horse case of putting marketing ahead of filmmaking, as the seemingly can't-miss premise of teen-heartthrob gangsters gets lost in self-important direction, a shoddy script and muddled storytelling".[3]}} According to Roger Ebert, the movie's violence and bloodshed are so far over the top that "they undermine the rest of the film, and approach parody". He gave the movie two and a half out of four stars. Both Anthony Quinn and Christian Slater were each nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst Supporting Actor for their performances in this film (neither won).
References
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mobsters.htm
- ^ http://www.allmovie.com/work/mobsters-32986
- ^ Variety Staff (Dec 31, 1990). "Mobsters". Mobsters. Variety Magazine. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793179?refcatid=31. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
External links
- Mobsters at the Internet Movie Database
- Mobsters at the TCM Movie Database
- Mobsters at AllRovi
- Mobsters at Box Office Mojo
Categories:- 1991 films
- 1990s crime films
- 1990s drama films
- American biographical films
- American crime drama films
- American independent films
- English-language films
- Fictional versions of real people
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films set in the Roaring Twenties
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in New York City
- Mafia films
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