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Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco

Never Cross a Mob Boss

Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco

Jam Street Media

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, True Crime

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

If there’s one thing you never want to do it’s cross a mob boss. Joe talks to us about what happened to the acting boss of the Bonanno Crime Family, Carmine Galante, when he decided to defy The Commission. Leo learns a lesson of his own when Joe let’s him in on what makes a good deep cover agent, and why he probably wouldn't make the cut. What happens when two FBI agents walk into a Russian dacha? The answer might surprise you. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:07 - Deep Cover Debrief 00:06:38 - Art of Deep Cover 00:07:51 - The Russian Dacha 00:17:02 - Don’t Cross a Boss Follow us on social media: Deep Cover (@twitter) (@instagram) (@facebook) Jam Street Media (@twitter) (@instagram) (@facebook)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

We all love mob movies.

0:09.7

Scarface, The Godfather, the list goes on and on.

0:13.1

But there's one movie that speaks to me above all of us.

0:16.6

Donnie Brascoe starred Johnny Depp.

0:18.6

In season one of Deep Cover, we discovered the real story behind Donnie's time undercover with

0:24.4

the New York Mafia and what it was like spending six years with some of the wildest

0:29.4

wise guys you'll ever come across.

0:31.3

I'm your host, Leo Rossi, and I've spent my life behind and in front of the cameras

0:36.0

creating stories about the mom. This season,

0:39.0

we're going even deeper into the Donnie Brascoe story. We'll learn more about the man behind the

0:44.6

persona, Joe Pistone, and his time is the most decorated undercover agent in FBI history.

0:51.6

Welcome back to Deep Cover, the real Donnie Brasco. This week, we learn about the art

0:58.6

of going deep cover and what it really took for Joe to bring down the mob. Joe's undercover work

1:05.9

has taken him all over the world, and today we learn about the time he spent in Adacha with some Russians.

1:14.1

Have you ever wondered what happens when one mob boss crosses another? Well, the story Leo and

1:20.9

Joe tell about Carmine Galante is sure to give you a good idea.

1:29.8

Well, we're back.

1:33.5

Yes, deep cover, the real Donny Brasco.

1:34.7

I'm Leo Rossi.

1:38.6

And we are going to continue where we left off.

1:42.2

Oh, oh, I better introduce Joe Pistone,

1:46.0

the real Donnie Brasco. Yeah, I almost forgot.

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