Gotti

Gotti

There's a reason why Cindy Crawford was dubbed "Baby Gia" when she first hit the modeling scene. Indeed, Crawford, now the world's best-known supermodel, greatly resembled model Gia Carangi, who went from high school to the cover of British Vogue in less than two years. Carangi appeared on many more covers of Vogue (French, British, Italian, and American) and Cosmopolitan before dying of complications from AIDs (she was an IV heroin user) in 1986. Now most people recognize Carangi's name from this powerful HBO film that stars Golden Globe-winner Angelina Jolie, who comes by her talent honestly. Jolie is the daughter of veteran actor Jon Voight, and her own training as a model serves her well--she has the moves. Throughout, she's heartbreaking--as no doubt the real Carangi was--effective, and stunning. With good source material (Stephen Fried's A Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia), Jolie's stunning performance, and strong directing by Michael Cristofer, the movie goes beyond the merely sensational. The script was cowritten by Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney, whose Bright Lights, Big City covers similar territory. As a cautionary tale, Gia works. But to watch Jolie in her character's tragic self-destruction is utterly compelling. --N.F. Mendoza

Production: HBO Video
  Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1996
116
5,218 Views

John Gotti:
Makes you think. Makes you think about the people in your life. And when I think, I think of Neil. If he were here now what would he say? He would say "John what's it about? What's life about... if you dont go through it as a man's man?". He'd say "Suck it up, take the fall do the time. That made you what you are. That makes you what you are. Are long have we been around this thing of ours? This Cosa Nostro? 120 years. Whats it about? Its about the rules, perimeters. You take the beating for a friend, you don't run, you don't lay down , you don't betray who you are. What you are.

Frank DiCicco:
Self Esteem...

John Gotti:
Slef Esteem is basic. You learn that on the street. You gotta remember Angie. I loved this guy, I loved him but he was stupid. He never rolled, ya know that? HE NEVER ROLLED! My brother Gene, Joey the rat, they're doing a thousand years now. Why? Thats the rule. You don't break, you dont rat. Gives you a bit of power huh? Not the kind of power these FEDs have. God forbid, we pull their chain in public. F***in dress better than them they take it personal likes its a f***in vendetta. There supposed to act better than the rest of us. They just wanted me to be something I wasn't even born to be.

Frank DiCicco:
Humble, they wanted you to be humble.

John Gotti:
Yeah so you humble me. So what you got? You got a war. You got a global war. You got your Chinks, Dominicans, Asians, Russians, Columbians, Jamaicans. What they doin? They desecrate the nation. You got your variable f***in' snowstorms of cocaine, smack or whatever they shove in their veins. There's no rules. There's no perimeters. There's no feelings. There's no feelings for this country.

Frank DiCicco:
Anarchy.

John Gotti:
You got anarchy. So... 5-10 years from now, they're gonna wish there was an American Cosa Nostra. 5-10 years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.

Aniello Dellacroce:
I've been negotiating all night.

John Gotti:
[to Ruggiero] Just take a walk. [back to Dellacroce] Negotiating what?

Aniello Dellacroce:
Your f***ing life!

John Gotti:
For taking out a f***in' cokehead?

Aniello Dellacroce:
BE QUIET! Sit down. I said, sit down.

[Gotti takes a seat]

Aniello Dellacroce:
You know, I've clipped a lot of guys in my life. Close friends. Guys I didn't know. I didn't always agree that the guy should be clipped. But I never questioned the orders. And I never went off half-cocked, and clipped somebody I wasn't supposed to!

John Gotti:
Neil-

Aniello Dellacroce:
Now, you shut up! You just listen. Big Paul went down to Don Carlo for permission to have you whacked! It came this close. [gestures with forefinger & thumb] I told Don Carlo you were like a son to me. That touched the old man; he told Paul to give you a pass. But if Don Carlo had said you gotta go, I would've come here today with these two zips, and you would go. John, you cannot whack a made man on somebody else's crew! There are rules! You break the rules, and this whole goddamn thing of ours cracks and crumbles! You never break the rules. Capisce?

John Gotti:
Capisce.

Aniello Dellacroce:
Let's drink to that.

[Dellacroce pours liquor into two glasses]

Aniello Dellacroce:
Wipe your face, John. You're sweating up a hundred-dollar shirt. Don Carlo says you'll do some time, but he's gonna take care of your family. Here. La familia, and the rules that hold us together.

John Gotti:
La familia...and the rules that hold us together.


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