Movies you want to see - True story, book you read, etc.

[GonzoStyle]

* The Rise and Fall of Al Capone- it's an interesting story that has never been done justice in a cinematic sense. Untouchables, Scarface(s), St. Valentine's Day Massacre- none of these have been close at all of depicting the baron of Chicago.

I agree Ikea, Did you read 'Al capone: The Man & The Times' By Lawrence Bergmann, in my opinion the definitive bio on Capone, bar none.

I do have to say the closest any movie has come to being pretty factual is "Al Capone", it's not the best film but Rod Steiger is Al capone in that film.

Scarface was loosely based on capone but it was never intended to be a bio. (The 1932 version not the 1983 version)

I spent years reading mob bio's. If You really want a good character to study definetly go with Meyer Lansky for the brains there's a great bio on Lanksky called "Little Man"

Definetly the man who created the mob as we know it today Charles 'Lucky' Luciano and Louis Lepke Buchalter who was head of 'Murder Inc.'



Edited By GonzoStyle on Feb. 26 2002 at 12:53