The film takes place from 1809 to 1812.
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Johnny Depp and James Russo also worked together in The Ninth Gate (1999), Public Enemies (2009) and Black Mass (2015).
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Joseph D. Pistone said of the film, "If I had one thing to say, there should have been more Anne Heche in the actual script."
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One of the reasons Johnny Depp was cast as Brasco was that he looked Italian. In reality, he says he's "One part Cherokee and the rest mutt."
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Mike Newell loved all the '70s music in the movie. He says "it's got a real swagger."
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Mike Newell was hired to direct because of his previous hit, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
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In Italy, "forget about it" was translated with "che te lo dico a fare" (useless to tell you). The Mafia mobsters, including Lefty, were dubbed with a Sicilian accent.
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Bruno Kirby portrays the character "Nicky", who is killed by Lefty after the three capos murder. In real life Nicholas Santora, the real-life counterpart of Nicky, was not killed and is thought to be the underboss of the Bonanno crime family.
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During the montage which accompanies the song "Happiness" there is a brief shot of a panel truck exiting a garage bay under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The bay is part of Chambers Paper Fibers Corp which was the real-life site of NYPD Detective Rick Cowan's sting operation, which took down the Mafia garbage cartels in New York City (Operation Wasteland.) These exploits are detailed in his book "Takedown." The use of the location had to be intentional, the trials of the heads of the garbage cartels occurred in the same year as the film's release, 1997.
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Joe Pesci was Mike Newell's first choice for Nicky.
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The triple murder for which Vito Rizzuto is extradited from Canada to the US in episode 1 of Bad Blood (2017) is one of the main story points of this movie.
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Ray Liotta and Gabriel Byrne were considered for the role of Sonny Black.
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One of Michael Madsen's favorite films of his own.
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In an interview, Joseph D. Pistone, said that he didn't see his family for at least two years while he was undercover.
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"Fuhgedaboudit" (or "forget about it") is used 28 times in the DVD version.
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In one of the final scenes, Lefty is seen taking off his jewellery after he has been sent for, knowing he would be killed. In real life, Sonny Black was sent for and killed after he took off his jewellery and gave it to his favorite bartender, knowing he would be killed.
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Al Pacino had quit smoking by the time filming began, so he smoked herbal cigarettes. Mike Newell said they smelled awful.
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According to Mike Newell, it was difficult to find "Old Florida," but they finally did in Ft. Lauderdale.
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Donnie Brasco - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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