The Chicago Syndicate: Movies
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Saturday, July 21, 2012

Gangster Squad

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Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from t...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition DVD Combo

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Own Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition DVD Combo only at ShopPBS.org! (Exp. 1/31/12)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Mafia Movies to be Featured at National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

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A mob museum slated to open soon in Las Vegas will trace Hollywood's portrayal of mobsters from the birth of the silver screen in a viol...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

CHICAGO OVERCOAT CINEMATOGRAPHER KEVIN MOSS NOMINATED FOR ASC AWARD

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The American Society of Cinematographers announced the nominees for this year’s ASC Awards, and cinematographer Kevin Moss has been ch...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

If You Like The Sopranos: Here Are Over 150 Movies, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love by Leonard Pierce

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Of all the classic takes on the Mob, be them in the movies or on television - The Sopranos holds a special place. The show revolutionized bo...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

"Mafia: The Glamour of Crime" by Fien Mynendonckx

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“As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.“–Ra...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

John Gotti Movie Starring John Travolta is Placed on Hold

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John Travolta’s upcoming movie about the notorious Gotti family has been put on hold due to financial issues, according to a report. The H...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Ken Burns: Prohbition

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Ken Burns: Prohibition is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the st...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mob Outfit Film "Predators Game" to Start Filming in Chicago Soon

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Predators Game is a feature-length crime thriller set (and filmed) in Chicago. The lives of a Chicago outfit Hitman and a serial killer wit...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

"CHICAGO OVERCOAT'' HOME VIDEO RELEASE

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Following its December 2010 Showtime television premiere, Beverly Ridge Pictures’ feature length gangster film Chicago Overcoat had its mu...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Top 10 Best Irish Mob Movies

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You like your criminals bleeding green, pissing Guinness and eating a steady diet of catholic guilt, so you turn to the 10 best Irish mafia ...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Playboy Show to Have Ties to Mob

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Actor Jeff Hephner just got his big break, landing the lead role in NBC's drama pilot Playboy. The project, from 20th TV, Imagine TV and...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Another Soprano's Actor Sent to Prison on Mob Related Charges

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The actor who played mafia capo “Larry Boy Barese” on the HBO mob drama “The Sopranos” turns out to be gangster in real life. Anthony Borg...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Once Upon a Time in America on Blu-Ray

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Drama about the rise and fall of Jewish-American gangsters in New York at the beginning of the century through the 1960s.
Friday, January 07, 2011

Book Claims That Lucky Luciano, the Inspiration for The Godfather's Don Corleone, Was a Fake Gangster

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The gangster who inspired 1970s blockbuster The Godfather was a "fake", a historian has claimed. Experts believed Charles "...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese Team Up on New Mob Movie "The Irishman"

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Fresh from his box office disappointment with "Little Fockers,” Robert De Niro will team up with Martin Scorsese in yet another Irish-t...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Michael Mann to Direct Tony Accardo Movie "Big Tuna"

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Sheldon Turner will write Big Tuna for Michael Mann to direct, reports Variety. The project is a biopic of Chicago mob boss Tony Accardo an...
Monday, October 11, 2010

"To Kill the Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia" Motivation for 2 Movies on Irish Gangster Danny Greene

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Embezzlement, racketeering, mob enforcer, suspected killer … it’s no wonder Irish-American mobster Danny Greene was blown to bits by a car ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Las Vegas Mobster Presentation at the Far West Popular Culture and American Culture Association Annual Conference

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Organized crime and Las Vegas have a long, complex history that is well-known. But the extent of the mob’s actual involvement in the concept...
Saturday, March 06, 2010

24 Season Premiere on iTunes

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