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Showtime presents Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story
NEW YORK
Showtime presents, in as
sociation with Daniel L.
Paulson Productions/Armedg
Ltd. And Productions La fete
(Armistead Maupin’s More
Tales of the City), Bonanno: A
Godfather’s Story, an epic
miniseries chronicling the life
of one of America’s legendary
Mafia figures. Shot on location
in Montreal, Rome and Sicily,
Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story
premieres in two parts on Sun
day - Monday, July 25-26, be
ginning both nights at 8 p.m.
(ET/PT) on Showtime.
Told from the unique per
spective of a Godfather’s per
sonal point of view, Bonanno: A
Godfather’s Story is based on
interviews with Joseph
Bonanno, who recently cel
ebrated his 94* birthday, on
his book, A Man of Honor: The
Autobiography of Joseph
Bonanno, by Joseph Bonanno
with Sergio Lalli, as well as on
the book, Bound By Honor by
Bill Bonanno. The production
stars Edward James Olmos
(Stand and Deliver), Academy-
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and Bruce Ramsay as Joseph Bonanno (age 17-27). Photos by Attila Dory
Award-winner Martin Landau
(Ed Wood), Bruce Ramsay
(Alive), Tony Nardi(Showtime’s
In the Presence of Mine En
emies) and Costas Mandylor
(Picket Fences.) Appearing in
cameo roles are Philip Bosco
(My Best Friend’s Wedding),
Robert Loggia (Showtime’s Joe
Torre: Curveballs Along the
Way) and Patti Lupone
(Showtimes’s Song Spinner).
Michel Poulette directs from
JULY 22, 1999 - ' AUGUSTA FOCUS
theteleplay by Thomas Michael
Donnelly (Showtime’s A
Soldier’s Sweetheart). Kevin
Tierneyproduces; Bill Bonanno
and Daniel L. Paulson
(Showtime’s A Cooler Climate)
are the executive producers.
From hisbirth in Sicily, tohis
landing in America and rise to
the top ranks of the Mafia fam
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he operated found occasion to
deride, defy and adhere to this
extremely dangerous code,
Bonanno stood by it. Bonanno
witnessed Prohibition, thegang
wars of the 30s, the deportation
of Lucky Luciano, the Kefauver
hearings and the Kennedy as
sassination. The events in
which he partook, the people
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the parade of changes he wit
nessed from a unique insider’s
position, make his story afasci
nating chapter in American
history.
“I hope that by telling his life
story in this way, a picture of
the private man will emerge,”
says executive producer and
eldest son Bill Bonanno. “What
is unusual about my father’s
story is that he never broke
faith with his beliefs in family,
fairness and tradition.”
Joseph Bonanno’s storyisnot
only the tale of one man’s ef
forts to keep allegiance with
tradition, but a chronicle of
eventsthat shaped the 20* cen
tury in America. Bonanno’s
autobiographical accountisthe
first time a television audience
will begiven aninsider’slook at
the Mafia from its highest ech
elon. His is not the perspective
of a mob underling or even one
of the regional bosses, but in
stead, memories and reflections
of a man who was once one of
the country’s most powerful
Mafia dons.