An undercover FBI agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.

DONNIE BRASCO

1997

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 crime drama directed by Mike Newell, and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.

The film is based on the 1988 nonfiction book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley. It is the true story of how an FBI undercover agent infiltrated the Bonanno crime family during the 1970s under the alias Donnie Brasco, who cons his way into the good graces of a Mafia hitman.

The film was released on February 28, 1997 by TriStar Pictures, and was considered a critical and box office success, earning $124.9 million, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

TRISTAR PICTURES・1997・DRAMA・FILM・CRIME・MAFIA

  • Mike Newell

  • Joseph D. Pistone — Book: ‘Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia’

    Richard Woodley — Book: ‘Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia’

    Paul Attanasio — Screenplay

  • Louis DiGiaimo — Producer

    Alan Greenspan — Executive Producer

    Mark Johnson — Producer

    Barry Levinson — Producer

    Patrick McCormick — Executive Producer

    Gail Mutrux — Producer

  • Lefty: Al Pacino

    Donnie: Johnny Depp

    Sonny: Michael Madsen

    Nicky: Bruno Kirby

    Paulie: James Russo

    Maggie: Anne Heche

    Tim Curley: Zeljko Ivanek

  • Patrick Doyle

  • Peter Sova

  • Jon Gregory

  • Louis DiGiaimo

    Brett Goldstein

  • Donald Graham Burt

  • Jefferson Sage

  • Leslie Pope

  • Aude Bronson-Howard

    David C. Robinson

  • Mandalay Entertainment

    Baltimore Pictures

    Mark Johnson Productions

  • TriStar Pictures

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