Bronx Tale, A (1993)    Running time: 2:02    MPAA rating: R (Edit)
Robert De Niro Collection		All Movie Guide
Date DVD Released	05/26/1998	Internet Movie Database
Genre(s)	Crime, Drama
Studio	Savoy Pictures
Director	Robert De Niro
Cast	Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Joe Pesci
Synopsis
Robert De Niro made his directorial debut with this expanded adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's one-character play. DeNiro's role of Lorenzo Anello, an Italian-America bus driver, is secondary to the part of his son Calogero, played by young Francis Capra. The top dog in Calogero's Bronx neighborhood is flashy "wiseguy" Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). When the boy witnesses Sonny commit a murder, he honors the code of the streets and refuses to tell the cops. Sonny befriends him and introduces the impressionable youngster to the creature comforts that mob connections can bring. But though he idolizes Sonny, the boy loves and respects his decent, honest father. It takes a major tragedy for the 17-year-old boy (now played by Lillo Brancato) to decide his true course in life. Though titled A Bronx Tale and set in the Bronx of the 1960s, the film was actually shot in the somewhat safer environs of Brooklyn and Queens. — Hal Erickson
Notes/Features
Widescreen English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Surround Spanish Mono Cast Bios Scene Selections Original Theatrical Trailer
Date Acquired	04/26/2001
Place Purchased	Fry's Electronics
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