Donnie Brasco Page #4

Synopsis: This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction led by Sonny Black. Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'the bosses'. Eventually, the group become big-time when Black himself becomes a boss; all the while, Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of the undercover work become more than Pistone can bear. His marriage falls apart, and to top it off, the mafia suspect a mole in the organization. The real dilemma is afforded to Pistone, who knows if he walks away from the mafia, Ruggiero will be the one punished.
Director(s): Mike Newell
Production: TriStar
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1997
127 min
3,811 Views


-Spritzer, Left?

-Later, maybe.

Look at this hand. This ain't a hand.

This is a f***ing deformed Creature

from the Black Lagoon's claw I got here.

Hey, Left.

-You throwing that down?

-I don't know.

Gin.

Love on the rocks ain't no surprise

-Paulie, that ain't gin.

-Ain't no f***ing surprise, neither.

It's gin.

What are you talking? You got two sevens.

I had three sevens.

-Paulie.

-Nicky, I had three sevens.

I know I had three sevens.

Don't start this sh*t now.

You know you had three sevens?

You don't have three sevens.

I had three sevens.

From now on, I'll deal out the cards,

you say "gin" whenever you feel like it.

F***ing booths. $200 in action

and what we have we got, five?

We're taking a beating again

this week, Sonny.

Let's go for a ride. I got a new car.

Can you believe the ride on this car?

I can't understand how they lost a war,

them Germans.

-I got a date out in Jersey tonight.

-Which broad is this?

The one from the calendar.

Miss Pennzoil Air Filter of 1978.

-What's he doing looking in the mirror?

-What're you doing over there, Left?

What's it look like I'm doing?

I'm checking my lipstick.

What would I do without you, Left?

What would I do?

What about you, Donnie?

What would you do?

Have to find yourself a new goombah,

wouldn't you?

That was something about the boss, huh?

We all gotta go sometime.

What are we doing here, Sonny?

We glomming something, or what?

-No.

-You, wait in the car.

-What?

-Watch the car.

Oh, f***!

Sh*t!

Christ, I think I sh*t my pants. What is this?

He's supposed to go

to an animal trainer somewhere.

-F*** him.

-Left, I think he likes you.

-Either that or he's just hungry.

-What's he got to do with me?

-Sonny, what is this?

-It's for you.

For me?

I know how you feel about animals.

It's a gift from me.

-It's for me?

-Yeah.

I got the power. Now you're under me.

-What do you mean, you got the power?

-Sonny got upped.

What, you got upped?

Rusty's gonna run the whole thing

from the can.

Sonny Red's got Little ltaly. I got Brooklyn.

That's why you sent for me?

Yeah, why? What did you think,

you was gonna get whacked?

Lefty thought he was gonna get whacked.

Congratulations. Come here.

Good stuff.

Grab the p*ssy. Let's go.

What am I gonna do with this?

He thinks they smell fear.

I'm sick of this.

You and Sonny Black are friends.

I got told to shut my mouth

about Sonny Black.

How many times I stood up

to the boss himself, that cocksucker.

May he rest in peace.

You're gonna have to...

You're gonna have to...

I got...

I'm gonna need 40 of those burgers.

Hold the onions.

Sonny Black, they make skipper.

I ain't a mutt.

Thirty years busting my hump. For what?

A lion.

Five hours ago, you thought

you was gonna get whacked.

-Donnie, did I say I was gonna get whacked?

-Not in so many words.

I don't understand you.

How many words does it take?

You're right. I misunderstood.

Thirty years I'm earning.

Any work to be done, call Lefty.

I never complained.

Twenty-six guys I clipped.

Do I get upped? No, they pass me by.

Sonny Black gets upped.

I don't get f***ing upped.

Sonny was probably in

on whacking the boss.

Of course he was in on whacking the boss.

Whacking the boss.

Another thing I get left out of.

It's like one of those, whatchamacallit,

you know, bureaucracy.

What bureaucracy? Ain't no bureaucracy.

What you talking about, bureaucracy?

Where the f*** do you get your ideas?

Bureaucracy.

All I'm saying, I'm saying they

don't appreciate you, is what I'm saying.

Appreciate? They appreciate you?

-Come on, Left, I'm on your side.

-You're on my side?

You're on my side

because I say you're on my side.

Hey, look. Donnie!

Don't get

on your f***ing high horse, Donnie.

I don't like that.

But tell you what.

Look at that.

I wish I had that boat again, that Bertram.

I wish I had that boat.

I'd get in my car with Annette,

I'd drive down to the pier

I'd get on that boat and I'd go.

I'd go.

East, west, north, south,

nobody'd ever find me.

Look at this thing. It's a f***ing insult.

Let's go! Come on.

I gave it to him!

-Come on, Sonny!

-Jesus!

-No, Sonny! Please.

-He's got the money.

-He was a friend of mine.

-Broad daylight. I can't believe it.

What kind of people are gonna take

another man's property right off the street?

Forget about it.

The whole society's going down the tubes.

We never had this kind of a problem

when Nixon was around.

Nixon? Nixon? Forget about Nixon. Nixon.

We had respect all over the world.

We stood for something.

We had law and order in the street.

We had a little different story.

Too bad he wasn't Sicilian.

He was Sicilian.

You know, last night

I'm watching Roger Grimsby on the news

and those Ayatollah cockamamie people

are marching through the streets,

and they're whipping each other on the back

with whips.

Get out of here. I never heard of that.

-Donnie, am I right?

-What?

F***ing fanatics over there.

What're you asking him for?

What're you asking him for?

What was it, a ventriloquist act?

I asked him a question...

But you're talking to me. You're asking him.

He reads... What do you mean,

why am I asking him?

F*** if he reads. You ask me.

What're you asking him?

-Did you see it?

-I'm here. You're talking to me.

You're talking to me.

What are you talking to him for?

I talk to you, then I talk to him.

I talk to everybody.

All right, all right, all right.

Sonny, come here. Bobby.

Good seeing you.

Bobby, give Sonny a good table

and a bottle of your best, on me.

Why don't you get him a tailor

while you're at it?

-What do you say, Curley?

-How's it going?

This is Dean Blanford,

he's from Washington.

-Joe.

-Donnie.

Call me Donnie.

I don't want to get confused.

I know what you mean, pal.

Sometimes you get so busy,

-even I forget my own name.

-Yeah, is that right?

Is it hard to cash checks?

Dean's up from Washington.

Yeah, you said that part already.

What's next?

Now that the operation

is beginning to bear fruit

headquarters decided to transfer me

up to Sin City here.

-What for? You want to keep an eye on me?

-No.

To make sure you receive

the proper support.

-The proper support.

-And to make sure, in all the hubbub,

-there are no missed opportunities.

-Missed opportunities? Like what?

We have an agent in Miami,

goes by the name of Richie Gazzo.

-Miami?

-His operation is potentially very sweet.

Problem is, it's starting to languish

right now and needs jump-starting.

The Bureau would like you

to go down there

and see if you could interest

some of your mob friends.

-lf you vouch for Richie Gazzo...

-I ain't vouching for nobody I don't know.

I was hoping

we'd get off on the right foot here.

What's the big deal?

You just go down and vouch for the guy.

Sit in the sun for a week.

-lf I vouch for the guy, I could wind up dead.

-So could he.

You're not the only one out there

risking your life, bud.

I'll let you know.

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