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A Bronx Tale

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A Bronx Tale
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R,2hrs 2min
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January 1, 1993
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HBO Home Video
Synopsis: Robert De Niro made his directorial debut with this expanded adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's one-character play. DeNiro's role of Lorenzo Anello, an Italian-America bus driver, is secondary to the part of his son Calogero, played by young Francis Capra. The top dog in Calogero's Bronx neighborhood is flashy "wiseguy" Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). When the boy witnesses Sonny commit a murder, he honors the code of the streets and refuses to tell the cops. Sonny befriends him and introduces the impressionable ... Full Synopsis
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A Bronx Tale is a joy, a film that comes unerringly from someone's heart and experience, and not from a power lunch of agents with clients to be packaged. [1 Oct 1993, p. 49] Full Review
Metascore
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80
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Lorenzo Anello
Calogero Anello (Age 17)
Calogero Anello (Age 9)
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