Reality vs. Fiction Part 1, Behind the Scenes of Donnie Brasco

Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco

Jam Street Media

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, True Crime

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Joe Pistone and Leo Rossi review and discuss the most popular clips from the motion picture, “Donnie Brasco” based on Joe’s book about his time spent undercover in the mob.Joe clarifies a few of the most important contrasts between real life and dramatization and offers some new revelations about the infamous 1981 killing of 3 capos and a boss from the Bonanno Crime Family.We learn how Johnny Depp and others, mostly unknown actors at the time, got the role of a lifetime– including a childhood friend. And he answers a question from the Motion Lounge! Tune in. JOIN THE MOTION LOUNGE ! For the first time, we are offering a subscription plan. For just $5.99 a month you will join the Motion Lounge and get: Season Exclusives, such as the complete collection of tapes Joseph D. Pistone recorded while in deep cover with New York's most notorious crime families. AD Free Podcast Episodes (Two Days Early) Unedited Video Episodes & Behind the Scenes Content Member-only Bonus Episodes Member-only AMA's Family-first access and discounts to live events. Join now by clicking THIS LINK! Have a question about this episode, a tape, or a past episode? Ask it here. Not ready to join the mob? Connect with us on social using the links below: Connect with us on social using the links below: Instagram: @deepcoverpod Facebook: @deepcoverpodcast Twitter: @deepcoverpodcastEpisode Notes:[00:00:00] Intro with Joe Pistone and Leo Rossi [00:01:07] Behind the scenes: “Donnie Brasco” the movie [00:02:40] Fuhgeddaboudit aka “Forget about it!” [00:07:30] The killing of the 3 Capos in the Bonanno Crime Family ("Phil Lucky," "Sonny Red" and “Big Trin”), starting with the boss, Carmine Gallente [00:10:17] Dramatic license: Joe clarifies that he was not physically present during the whackings. [00:11:31] The truth about Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, the actor George Angelica [00:15:15] Sonny Red, Big Trin, and Phil Lucky discuss “Where is Bruno?” [00:17:45] The infamous murder scene in “Donnie Brasco” [00:20:06] On Jimmy Russo and Johnny Depp’s tense dialogue in the car [00:23:09] “The meek wanna inherit the Earth…” Joe and Leo discuss the scriptwriter, Paul Attanasio. [00:25:02] Unfortunately, it was just “family business.” Joe shares how the mob could effectively compartmentalize after a killing. [00:28:35] Next time: More movie clips, Joe and Lefty Ruggerio. [00:29:13] A question from The Motion Lounge [00:30:32] Why did the mob whack so many people in restaurants? [00:32:20] Join the Motion Lounge! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We all love mob movies, Scarface, The Godfather.
0:10.9	The list goes on and on.
0:12.4	But there's one movie that speaks to me more than all the others, Donnie Brasco.
0:17.6	It's actually based on a true story, and you know what they say.
0:20.6	Truth is stranger than fiction.
0:22.4	I'm Leo Rossi.
0:23.5	I've spent my life behind and in front of the camera creating stories about the mob.
0:28.8	We're going to go off the page and talk to the real life, Donnie Brasco.
0:37.0	This is Deep Cover, The Real Donnie Brasco, with Joe Stone and Leo Rossi.
0:47.8	Hello, our loyal listeners. This is Leo Rossi.
0:52.4	Hey, deep cover, the real Donnie Brasco, with none other than Joe Pistone, the most highly decorated
1:01.1	undercover FBI agent in history.
1:03.9	Joe, how you doing?
1:06.0	Leo.
1:06.4	We are doing something now that we have been looking forward to.
1:12.4	The movie, Donnie Brasco, clips, as long as they're not past a certain amount of seconds,
1:20.2	but we will go in and out.
1:23.1	And Joe, who was on the set and watching this movie happen about his life, watching it
1:31.6	unfurl, he can tell us exactly what went down behind the scenes.
1:38.5	You'll hear what the scene is, and then Joe will take off. And I got a lot of questions and you know we'll we'll touch all
1:49.6	the bases like we normally do now I do want to say that Donnie Brasco the movie is streaming
1:57.7	on Netflix go and watch it even if you saw before. And you can even watch it on page channels. Oh, you can watch it on page channels. What do you get, commission? You get it's commission, I'll bet you. All right. No commission, but, you know, the actors have to get their royalties and, you know. The residuals. Residuals. You know, I'm still getting big residuals on Halloween, too.
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