Continuity mistake: When Pacino asks a guy in a barbershop about Depp, the guy is being shaved, and the shaving foam is only on his cheek, but when he's at the doorway calling to Depp to come in the barbershop the foam reaches his temple, then back inside the foam is only at his cheek again.
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Plot summary
Directed by: Mike Newell
Starring: Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Anne Heche, Bruno Kirby
The movie is based on a true story that follows FBI agent Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction lead by Sonny Black (Michael Madsen). Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'the bosses'. Eventually, the group become big time when Black himself becomes a boss, all the while Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of the undercover work become more than Pistone can bear. His marriage falls apart and to top it off, the mafia suspect a mole in the organization. The real dilemma is afforded to Pistone, who knows if he walks away from the mafia, Ruggiero will be the one punished.
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Sonny Black: You know what we do when we find that rat, right, Lefty?
Lefty: 'Could be I found him already.
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Answer: Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero suffered from testicular cancer, as well as lung cancer.
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