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Is The Godfather Best Ever Gangster Movie?
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 Canterbury Palace  Whitstable 21 Feb 22 8.45pm |
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The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 That's the top 10 IMO.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 21 Feb 22 10.09pm |
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Angels with Dirty Faces should get a mention, I actually think the Brits have made a few decent gangsta fliks last few years, The Business, Sexy Beast and Hatton Garden, was only Get Carter and The Long Good Friday that had the authenticity of US films uptil recently imho, never seen all of Brighton Rock so can't say how dated it might be.
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Teddy Eagle  21 Feb 22 10.19pm |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
Angels with Dirty Faces should get a mention, I actually think the Brits have made a few decent gangsta fliks last few years, The Business, Sexy Beast and Hatton Garden, was only Get Carter and The Long Good Friday that had the authenticity of US films uptil recently imho, never seen all of Brighton Rock so can't say how dated it might be. Angels with Dirty Faces is a brilliant film. The ending with Rocky going to the chair is still very effective.
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| Apollofuzz On the edge of reason 21 Feb 22 11.08pm |
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The original Brighton Rock is very sinister. Can't believe there is no mention of Bugsy Malone
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Tlsestu  Toulouse 22 Feb 22 5.45am |
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There's an Italien film called Romanzo Criminale which is well worth a watch.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 22 Feb 22 7.30am |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
Angels with Dirty Faces is a brilliant film. The ending with Rocky going to the chair is still very effective.
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| YT Oxford 22 Feb 22 7.34am |
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The question doesn't require the word "gangster" to be present. The answer would still be "yes".
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| YT Oxford 22 Feb 22 7.41am |
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'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather Part II' are the only movie and sequel to both win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Another gangster movie of note is 'The Roaring Twenties'. Sorry if it's already been mentioned.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 22 Feb 22 9.14am |
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Soundtracks or songs used in gangster films? Carlito’s Way The Business
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| Teddy Eagle 22 Feb 22 9.32am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Soundtracks or songs used in gangster films? Carlito’s Way The Business Mean Streets.
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| silvertop Portishead 22 Feb 22 10.22am |
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Goodfellas all day long.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 22 Feb 22 10.31am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Soundtracks or songs used in gangster films? Carlito’s Way The Business Baby Driver, not really a gangster film, but a brilliant soundtrack. The theme for Get Carter (among others) was composed and played by Roy Budd who went to my school. In fact, I beat him at marbles! I recall seeing him play piano at a Mullards kids Christmas party. He was probably only 6 or 7 and could play anything the kids shouted out. Died aged 46. Tragic.
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