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“I was getting two
educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I'd be
twice as smart as everybody.”
"A Bronx Tale
is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by and
starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane
Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same
name. It tells the coming-of-age story of an Italian American boy,
Calogero, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between
the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest,
hardworking father, as well as racial tensions in his community. The
Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes, and
starred Palminteri and De Niro.
De Niro, who first
viewed the play in Los Angeles in 1990, acquired the rights from
Palminteri, intent on making the play his directorial debut. The duo
then worked heavily together on the screenplay, with Palminteri
aiming to retain many of the aspects of the original script, as it
was based largely on his own childhood. Production began in 1991 and was funded in collaboration with De Niro's TriBeCa Productions and
Savoy Pictures, as the first film released by each studio."—Wikipedia
A Bronx Tale premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
on September 14, 1993, and released in the United States on September
29, 1993. The film [was a hit] with critics, who praised the
performances of the leads, and launched Palminteri's acting &
writing career. Robert DeNiro created a classic in his direction of A Bronx Tale.
Join us for this special one night
only screening of A Bronx Tale, a Q&A with Chazz Palminteri,
presented by the NJ FMBA Foundation benefiting NJ fallen
firefighters.
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