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Case Review: Chazz Palminteri On What Mafia Films Get Wrong

Case Review: Chazz Palminteri On What Mafia Films Get Wrong

Update: 2025-05-27
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Emily revisits her conversation with famed actor and writer Chazz Palminteri as they discuss how his real-life encounters with the mafia led him to become an actor.


 


Chazz describes his childhood amidst neighborhood mob violence and how it inspired him to create the film, A Bronx Tale. Later, he looks back at how the mob is portrayed in movies, and discusses what Hollywood gets right and wrong about how it portrays the mafia.




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Case Review: Chazz Palminteri On What Mafia Films Get Wrong

Case Review: Chazz Palminteri On What Mafia Films Get Wrong

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