LANSKY

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Crime, Documentary, Drama
• Plot: LANSKY tells the true story of a young immigrant's ascent from poverty to almost unimaginable riches through ... Full Descriptionhard-edged business sense and a ruthless ability to murder anyone who ever got in his way. Richard Dreyfuss stars as Meyer Lansky, a genius white-collar criminal on the run from the FBI. As he hops from country to country in search of asylum, he recounts his years as a dirt-poor youth in New York City's Lower East Side (a vibrant and dangerous multiracial ghetto in the early 1900s); as a rising gang member with such fearsome allies as Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel; and as a wizard of crooked accounting who became one of the most influential figures in the history of American organized crime. Backed by a strong supporting cast (most notably Beverly D'Angelo and Eric Roberts) and sparked by a dynamite David Mamet script, Dreyfuss delivers a powerful and deeply moving performance as the aged mafioso. Produced for HBO, LANSKY did not receive the widespread acclaim it deserved. With LANSKY, director John McNaughton (HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, WILD THINGS) delivers another of his penetrating cinematic investigations of the teeming shadow world undergirding late-20th-century American life.; ; Studio Warner Home Video ; Orig Year 1999 ; DVD Encoding Region 1 ; Discs 1 ; Release Date Jul 27, 1999 ; Rating R (MPAA) ; Running Time 116 Minutes ; Movie Details Color; Dolby Surround Sound ; ; Category Dramas, Television/TV Series, Action/Adventure, Crime ; Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Roberts, Illeana Douglas, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Merriman ; Director John McNaughton ; Composer George S. Clinton ; Director of Photography John A. Alonzo ; Editor Elena Maganini ; Producer Fred Caruso ; Production Designer Edward McAvoy ; Screenwriter David Mamet ; ;
• Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Anthony LaPaglia, Max Perlich, Beverly D'Angelo, Matthew Settle, Illeana Douglas, Francis Guinan, Stanley DeSantis, Jeff Perry, Ron Perkins, Maury Ginsberg, Bill Capizzi, Ron Gilbert, Sal Landi, Ryan Merriman, Nick Corello, Joshua Praw, Anthony Medwetz, Paul Sincoff, Peggy Jo Jacobs, Peter Siragusa, Dean Norris, Devon Michael, Ron Pacheco, Chris Marquette, Michael Townsend Wright, Jeffrey Sharmat, Mitchell Roche, Jill Holden, Bernie Hiller, Mosko Alkalai, Bert Remsen, Larry Moss, Robert Miano, Amit Alon, Arnie Alpert, Lawrence Arancio, Bix Barnaba, Claudine Barros, Michelle Bonilla, Matthew Butcher, Larkin Campbell, Maria Carmen, Michael Barrett Caron, Victor Casals, Brian Casey, Joseph Dee, Manuel De Jesus, Peter Dobson, Tom Dreesen, Eddie Driscoll, Brian Frank, P.C. Frieberg, Raul Guterres, Diva Haase, James Harper, Scott Haven, Adam Hendershott, Michael Steve Jones, Yossi Karmon, Robert Kennedy, Mickey Knox, Michael Krawic, Tom La Grua, Mario Lara, Kathe E. Mazur, Casey McFadden, Kenneth Meseroll, James Noah, Fima Noveck, Angelo Pagan, Randy Polk, Scott Rabinowitz, Phil Reeves, Daniel Sagal, Eric Saiet, David Selburg, Marcello Sousa, Susie Spear, Lynne Marie Stewart, A.J. Tannen, Peter Tomaszewicz, Tom Towles, Dan Underwood, Maura Vincent, John McNaughton, David Mamot
• Director: John McNaughton
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: HBO Films, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie