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Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia leaders who grew to power in tandem ...
Robert De Niro plays the crime lords Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in this film about midcentury Mafia moves. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...
De Niro seems to be having fun playing both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, but the movie around his double performance is a chore to watch. From the moment it starts, Levinson’s first ...
The Oscar-winning actor plays gangsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in a real-life crime film written by Nicholas Pileggi and co-starring Debra Messing. By Frank Scheck There are some good ...
LOS ANGELES, March 20 (UPI) --Debra Messing says her character in the historical drama The Alto Knights, in theaters Friday, was instrumental in keeping her husband, Frank Costello (Robert De Niro ...
De Niro plays Luciano crime family boss Frank Costello as a pragmatic businessman who by the 1950s was a well-known figure in New York society, hosting high-profile charitable endeavors ...
The film opens in 1957 New York with crime boss Frank Costello (De Niro) surviving an assassination attempt. He reflects on his lifelong friendship with fellow mobster Vito Genovese (De Niro ...
When two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro agreed to play Frank Costello, the diplomatic mob boss at the center of the new film "The Alto Knights," there was another crucial question left to answer ...
“The Alto Knights,” Barry Levinson’s new film, is an interesting but somewhat flat depiction of the intertwined lives of real-life New York gangsters Vito Genovese and Frank Costell ...
That's what we've got in "The Alto Knights" (in theaters Friday), the true story of friends-turned-enemies Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. De Niro was initially cast to play Costello ...