In the end, they hope to have as much success as Mr.
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Hoffman, and a suspense thriller, Full Proof, which they are producing along with Phillip Noyce at Warner Independent Pictures. And they’ve also got Berkeley Connection, a drama starring Robert Duvall, Jennifer Connelly and Mr. Corrente is slated to direct two of the horror flicks, and says that other well-known directors have expressed interest, including James Toback and Ed Burns. Also in the works is a rather ambitious project: The producing partners hope to shoot 10 horror films in an abandoned armory in Rhode Island-all for the bargain-basement price of around $8 million. and Jerry Ferrara (Entourage) as three Catholic friends dealing with temptation. The film, which takes place in mid-80’s Brooklyn, will be distributed by Lions Gate and stars Alec Baldwin as a mobster and Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jr. Corrente will wrap post-production on Brooklyn Rules-formerly known as Nailed Right In-in the next couple of weeks. The film fits snugly into the nascent production company’s slate of projects. What made him great, really, was his downfall.” I guarantee you if you had read the screenplay to Raging Bull in 1979, ’78, you would have said, ‘You’re kidding me? Who the fuck wants to hear about this mean, nasty, abusive boxer who was nothing but a bully?’ Buddy Cianci is far more fascinating than that character, but I think that the characters in the stories are similar in that it is Raging Bull set against the backdrop of politics, where a guy couldn’t control his spleen. “I have to liken it to Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull. “The story is so important to me, sometimes it’s hard for me to talk about it because I oscillate between thinking it is one of the most important films I will ever make and who really gives a shit,” said Mr. Currently, he is planning a trip to the federal penitentiary to visit him, perhaps with Mr. Corrente was born and raised in Rhode Island, and knew Mr. Mamet’s daughter attended Brown, and for a time went around wearing a “Free Buddy” T-shirt. “You look at films like The Untouchables, The Verdict, Wag the Dog -a lot of politics, a lot of drama, a lot of intrigue-he deals with those characters really well,” said Mr. That 1996 film starred Dustin Hoffman-who for a time was interested in playing Mr. Corrente has worked with before on American Buffalo.
His twisted path is now in the capable hands of Mr. He was convicted of racketeering in the summer of 2002, and is currently serving over five years in a federal penitentiary. (For a time, he was even lampooned on Saturday Night Live as Jon Lovitz’s “The Pathological Liar.”) He was elected five times, more than any other mayor. Cianci was a talented orator, with an easy sense of humor and impeccable timing.
Cianci is credited with transforming the once-maligned capital of Rhode Island from an industrial city into a cultural mecca. The film will follow the mayor’s story from boyhood to the big house. Corrente, having his own Cianci moment, said, “Buddy was no stranger to a tall, leggy blonde-or two.” “Renée would probably be great for Sheila. “Those two characters are also being written for wonderful actresses,” said Ms. And like all ambitious producers, they’ve set their sights high. Cianci’s ex-wife Sheila and his former steady girlfriend, Wendy Materna. Cianci’s character, there are two meaty roles for women: Mr. Corrente and producer Marisa Polvino’s production company, GTO Pictures-formerly known as Iridium Entertainment. The project is being shepherded through development at Mr. But the things that made him incredibly successful are also the things that tore him apart-Huey Long to the nth degree.” But he’s also a driven man who made a lot of things happen. Corrente over the phone from his production office in Soho. “He is a classic Shakespearean tragedy,” said Mr. Cianci, The Prince of Providence, and Paul Giamatti has all but signed on to play the leading role. David Mamet has already banged out two drafts of a screenplay based on Michael Stanton’s best-selling biography of Mr.
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After 15 years of salivating over the prospect of making a movie about the superstar mayor who went down magnificently, yet tragically, in a blaze of corruption charges, the 46-year-old director is finally getting his chance. Cianci leaned back in his chair, lowered his reading glasses, looked over at director Michael Corrente in the courtroom, winked and mouthed, “Put that in your fucking movie!” Cianci threatening, during testimony at his 2002 trial. “Be careful of the toe that you step on today, because it may be connected to an ass that you have to kiss tomorrow,” a witness recalled Mr. Even while on trial, Buddy Cianci, the now-incarcerated former mayor of Providence, R.I., was proud of his Tony Soprano–like charisma.
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