Hollywood Godfather (eBook)

The most authentic mafia book you'll ever read

Gianni Russo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
320 Seiten
John Blake (Verlag)
978-1-78946-086-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Gianni Russo was a handsome twenty-five-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set up her brother Sonny, played by James Caan, for a hit. Russo didn't have to act - he knew the Mob inside and out, from his childhood in Little Italy, to Mafia legend Frank Costello who took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger to New Orleans Mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination, to having to go on the lam after shooting and killing a member of the Colombian drug cartel in his Vegas club (he was acquitted of murder when the court ruled this as justifiable homicide). Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli and scores of other celebrities. He went on to star in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films in which he also acted as producer. Hollywood Godfather is his no-holds-barred account of a life lived on the edge. It is a story filled with violence, glamour, sex - and fun.

Autor

Gianni Russo has appeared in forty-five movies, been involved in the production of nineteen more, and has been in numerous TV shows. His most well-known roles include parts in The Godfather: Parts I and II; Goodnight, My Love; Lepke; Laserblast; Chances Are; The Freshman; Seabiscuit; and Rush Hour 2. More recently, he has a part in Con Man, the Barry Minkow biopic released in March 2018, and he is also a singer with sold-out shows across the USA. Above all, however, his lifelong association with organised crime has seen him witness to Mob history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Schlagworte: Al Capone • Al Pacino • America • Carlos Marcello • Cosa Nostra • Crime • Dionne Warwick • Francis Ford Copolla • Francis Ford Coppola • Frank Costello • Frank Sinatra • godfather • Godfather Part I • Godfather Part II • godfather part iii • Golden Age • Gomorrah • goodfellas • Hollywood • i heard you paint houses • James Caan • john dickie • Kennedy Assassination • Liza Minelli • Mafia • mafia books • mafia movies • Marilyn Monroe • Mario Puzo • Marlon Brando • MOB • Mob Boss • Mobster • Narcos • organised crime • Pablo Escobar • Rat Pack • Robert de Niro • Sopranos • The Godfather • The Ice Man • the irishman • The Mafia • The Mob • True Crime
• ISBN-10: 1-78946-086-7 / 1789460867
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78946-086-5 / 9781789460865