My grandparents moved to Ozone Park
Queens in the 1980s and John Gotti was always a presence. He lived
nearby in Howard Beach, and he had ‘interests’ in Ozone Park. Every year
he threw a 4th of July fireworks party that was technically illegal,
and was always a very good time. And at the party there would be the
whispered stories, especially about the guy who had run over Gotti’s 12
year old son back in 1980 and who was never seen again.
Gotti
was the Teflon Don for years, unable to be nailed down to any crime,
but his luck ran out and he ended up in a SuperMax facility, where he
died. In his time Gotti had an incredible run, and the biggest surprise
is that his family got a reality show before he got a movie.
Now
that movie could be coming, with Sylvester Stallone playing Gotti.
That’s according to TMZ, who says that Sly has been having talks with
John Gotti Jr; the site says that the film the two would make would
focus on the man’s rocky relationship with his dad. With the movie
having the Gotti family blessing you have to wonder how… truthful
it’ll be, especially in regards to the many murders that never got
pinned on anybody.
According
to TMZ the talks are so advanced that
Sly is looking for writers. It’s possible that this Gotti movie could
be the thing Stallone does after he gets out of his 80s nostalgia phase.
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So does this mean a COP LAND-level weight gain is in store?
I went to quite a few of those 4th of July parties myself as a kid, and i still have the "Free John" hats to prove it!
After GOODFELLAS and AMERICAN GANSTER this semms kind of…well, pointless.
Man I hope this turns out true, I've always wanted to see Sly play a real mafioso, I can't count Oscar. And bring on the weight gain and the academy award!
Oh I hope Milo Ventimiglia plays his son!
And judging by that picture I'd have Liotta be Gotti.
didn't Armand Assante play him in the movie called, um, Gotti?
The one thing that interests me is the casting and portrayal of Sammy Gravano.
I'm thinking.. Monty Burns telling how Bart Simpson was chasing him
Re: Shehzaad.
Yeah, my first thought. One of those dtv movies on the bottom shelf of the store, but quite enjoyable.
The Gotti movie was for HBO and probably helped get The Sopranos made when it was a huge hit. It had pretty much the entire supporting cast in it. Assante was awesome and the incomparible William Forsythe was Sammy the Bull…you aren't gong to imporve that casting.
Wow. A 'Rocky' relationship with his father. Did you have to work really hard to squeeze that in there?
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