He followed that one with the lesser-known mob masterpiece Prizzi’s Honor (1985), made by the iconic director John Huston. Robert Loggia is cinematic gangster royalty, and it goes way beyond telling Al Pacino not to get high on his own supply in Brian DePalma’s Scarface. He was so much of a legend he had to be played by a legend. It was run by one of the most respected standup guys in the Tri-State area, and parts of Sicily: Freech LaManna. There is honor among thieves, at least when gambling, and the first thing the young punk Tony did which got him noticed was rob a room of criminals. There is no mention of the character Feech La Manna in the Many Saints of Newark IMDb page, but there are enough wise guys listed as characters to fill in the blanks. That being said, it doesn’t mean Tony didn’t have to pop someone as a tax on past misdeeds. We know young Tony (Michael Gandolfini) made his bones on the murder of Willy Overall on Labor Day of 1982, from the episode “Remember When,” but it’s doubtful the film will go that far in the timeline. But we will get to see the first steps the future boss of the DiMeo family takes towards crime. #Furio stupid game movieDavid Chase hates it when sloppy pop journalists tag The Many Saints of Newark as a “Tony Soprano ( James Gandolfini) origin story.” This is a gangster movie about Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), the father of Christopher (Michael Imperioli) on The Sopranos.
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