05-30-2019, 03:16 PM
Anything mob related here... Movies, stories, theories, etc.
I've always been fascinated with the mob even though they can be evil people. It's always been a part of American history. Post any thougtsyou have... I'll post a few topics that I have for starters.
The Sopranos was loosely based on the real live DeCalvacante family in NJ. Some similarities were the bosses both lived in mansions, and the NY 5 families didn't really consider them an actual equal.
From what I read in Goodfellas, Tommy Devito was based on Tommy Desimone, who in real life, was really a gun-slinging cowboy, and was killed on orders from John Gotti after finding out about Billy Bats and A guy named Foxy that he killed earlier. Billy didn't die from insulting Tommy, but Jimmy Burke (Conway in the movie) wanted to keep his racquets he acquired from him when he went away. BIg Paulie (Vario) OK'd it because in real life he was having an affair with Henry's wife Karen, and Tommy tried to rape her while Henry was in jail.
Mob Captain Roy Demeo was such a ruthless killer that other mobsters didn't want to go after him (including Gotti) when he got out of control causing heat for the family. It was his own crew that turned on him.
I've always been fascinated with the mob even though they can be evil people. It's always been a part of American history. Post any thougtsyou have... I'll post a few topics that I have for starters.
The Sopranos was loosely based on the real live DeCalvacante family in NJ. Some similarities were the bosses both lived in mansions, and the NY 5 families didn't really consider them an actual equal.
From what I read in Goodfellas, Tommy Devito was based on Tommy Desimone, who in real life, was really a gun-slinging cowboy, and was killed on orders from John Gotti after finding out about Billy Bats and A guy named Foxy that he killed earlier. Billy didn't die from insulting Tommy, but Jimmy Burke (Conway in the movie) wanted to keep his racquets he acquired from him when he went away. BIg Paulie (Vario) OK'd it because in real life he was having an affair with Henry's wife Karen, and Tommy tried to rape her while Henry was in jail.
Mob Captain Roy Demeo was such a ruthless killer that other mobsters didn't want to go after him (including Gotti) when he got out of control causing heat for the family. It was his own crew that turned on him.
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2019, 07:14 PM by LZA.)