Donnie Brasco
- Release Date
- February 27, 1997
- Director
- Mike Newell
- Cast
- Al Pacino , Johnny Depp , Michael Madsen , Bruno Kirby , James Russo , Anne Heche
- Runtime
- 127
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Writers
- Joseph D. Pistone , Richard Woodley , Paul Attanasio
- Tagline
- In 1978, the U.S. government waged a war against organized crime. One man was left behind the lines.
Summary
FBI agent, gangster, husband, father -- how many identities can one man assume, how many families can one man be tied to, before they split him completely apart? This moral dilemma drives the true story of FBI undercover agent Joe Pistone, AKA Donnie Brasco, who in the 1970's infiltrated the mob in what was to become one of the most successful mole operations ever. But it was a mission that exacted a devastating personal price on the man. Pulled into an unexpected and revealing friendship with the criminal he was supposed to be destroying, Donnie Brasco almost destroyed himself.
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