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Ratatouille
A Mafia "rat" (who's also a chef)
savors the animated tale
of rodent redemption.
The Plot
Henry Hill, a
former Lucchese
crime family
associate, ratted
out members of
the mob and spent
years in witness
protection. Hill's
ordeal was the
basis for the film
Good Fellas. (He
was played by
Ray Liotta.) Hill
came out of hiding
in 1987 to pursue
his dream of
becoming a chef.
Last month, he
opened a 100-seat
family eatery in
West Haven, Conn.
Disney/Pixar's hit
comedy about a
young rat from the
French countryside
with ambitions to
conquer the culinary
world. When Remy
(Patton Oswalt) is
separated from his
family in the sewers,
he follows his
sensitive snout to the
cobblestone streets
of Paris and partners
with a clumsy kitchen
boy, Linguini (Lou
Romano). The two
cook up a hilarious
Cyrano-like stunt that
will help make them
the toast of the town.
► OVERVIEW “Let me put it this way: I
don’t watch cartoons, and I stayed glued
to this movie. It’s adorable, funny and
heartbreaking. And the kid, Spaghetti.
What’s his name? Linguini? What struck
me was how smart he was. He went from
being a dishwasher and cleaning floors,
which I’ve done, to being the star.”
► THE UNDERWORLD “There’s an early
scene where the rat jumps out the win
dow after his crew gets busted [stealing
food], and he’s narrating, saying how
crazy his life is. And I thought, ‘ls that
Ray [Liotta from Good Fellas talking]?’
It really hit home with me. In that life,
you’re up 18,20 hours a day, hustling all
the time. Then you’ve got to watch your
back, for the Feds, the local police, and
you steal things, w T hieh you know 7 is bad.
That life is not glamorous. It’s insane.”
y PEER PRESSURE “I liked the scene where
the rat’s family finds him, and they try to
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he had to confront them. And that hap
pens; I’ve had people from the old life con
tact me and fry to lure me in with some
kind of big deal, but I just say nope. I
don’t break the law today. There’s no
w r ay I would ever go back to that life.”
y ON THE MENU “We don’t serve ratatouille
[in my restaurant], but we have classic
dishes like that Everything’s Italian.
One of my favorites is aglio e olio, which
is olive oil, garlic and lemon over a pasta.
It’s very simple. I love that”
y THE CRITICS “The whole basts of the
movie is the world’s hate for rats, and
it’s true. I don’t worry about [getting
whacked]. But random people have con
fronted me about being a rat I just
walk away. With the restaurant maybe
the critics will say there’s a rat in the
kitchen. But the food is excellent, so it
doesn’t matter what they say.” □
Frappa Stout
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