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101) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
102) You kill me
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Frank Falenczyk loves his job. He is a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank has a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not the touchy-feely kind of guy, but he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously...
103) For The Emperor
Author
Language
Korean
Description
A disgraced pro baseball player goes to work for a mob-connected loan shark, rising through the ranks of money and power. But when his love interest disappears, he finds himself in a deadly battle of wits against his bloodthirsty mentor.
104) The Key Man
Author
Language
English
Description
In a desperate attempt to support his family, Bobby Scheinman strikes a deal with two gangsters and quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous con.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Contains the first twelve episodes of the sixth season of the television program "The Sopranos" in which Tony Soprano, the head of a mob family, seeks the advice of a psychiatrist to help make sense of the problems he has with his wife, children, and crime organization.
106) Road Wars
Author
Language
English
Description
After the earth's water supply is depleted, survivors form armed road gangs to find and protect water supplies. But when a new breed of blood-drinking humans emerges, the survivors must contend with a whole new threat to their existence.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Contains the last nine episodes of the sixth season of the television program "The Sopranos" in which Tony Soprano, the head of a mob family, seeks the advice of a psychiatrist to help make sense of the problems he has with his wife, children, and crime organization.
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad , and Game of Thrones . As TV critics for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, New Jersey's The Star-Ledger , Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among...
109) American gangster
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia, and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his...
110) Johnny Dangerously
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Satire of thirties gangster films about a son who turns to a life of crime to pay for his mother's life-saving operation.
111) The bad kid
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, eleven-year-old Claudeline Feng LeBernardin hopes to take over the "family business" previously run by her mobster grandfather, but first she must try to uncover a local scam artist and salvage her friendship with her best friend and partner in crime, Fingerless Brett.
Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
New York's Lower East Side is the birthplace of everything from organized crime to anarchist movements. In the nineteenth century, an influx of struggling immigrants seeking opportunity met the harsh realities of industrialization. Poverty and squalor fueled a vicious battle for power and political clout. Local historian Eric Ferrara reveals the wicked history of America's most infamous neighborhood, where the abounding graffiti is a testament to...
113) The Godfather
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Presents the beginning of the three-film saga of the Corleone crime family, portraying patriarch Vito's immigration to America and rise to power, and balancing the story between the Corleones' family life and the crime business in which they are engaged.
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