Product Details

• Actors: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 117 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JQS9
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #724,887 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A very impressive treatment of the rise and fall of New York crime boss John Gotti, this made-for-TV movie succeeds in large measure because of the outstanding work of Armand Assante (I, The Jury, Mambo Kings) as Gotti. Assante creates a complex portrayal of a man loyal to the mob while struggling with personal demons and his own self-destructive ambitions. The film traces the dapper don's rise through the ranks of the Gambino crime family, first through the patronage of his mentor (Anthony Quinn) and then through a brazen assassination of the Gambino boss. Eventually Gotti's world crashes around him as his arrogance over beating the government at trial and his thirst for the limelight causes a rift with his right-hand man, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (William Forsythe). Gotti boasts terrific New York City locales and a truly impressive cast, including standout work by Forsythe and Quinn. But it's Assante's movie all the way, and he makes the most out of a larger than life character by making him seem no more, and no less, than human and flawed. --Robert Lane