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Spanish (español) is a Romance language named for its origins as the native tongue of a large proportion of the inhabitants of Spain. It is also named Castilian (castellano listen (help·info)) after the Spanish region of Castile where it originated. Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.
In 1999 there were, according to Ethnologue, 358 million people speaking Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million speakers worldwide. Currently these figures are up to 400 and 500 million people respectively. Mexico contains the largest population of Spanish speakers. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and is used as an official language by the European Union and Mercosur.
Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of spoken Latin in central-northern Iberia around the ninth century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile (present northern Spain) into central and southern Iberia during the later Middle Ages. Early in its history, the Spanish vocabulary was enriched by its contact with Basque and Arabic, and the language continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of other languages, as well as developing new words. Spanish was taken most notably to the Americas as well as to Africa and Asia-Pacific with the expansion of the Spanish Empire between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, where it became the most important language for government and trade.
Actors: James Quattrochi (actor), Brooke Lewis (producer), D.T. Carney (actor), Tony Longo (actor), Leo Rossi (actor), Brooke Lewis (actress), Michael Nouri (actor), Vincent De Paul (actor), Joey Diaz (actor), Joseph Lawrence (actor), Danny Nucci (actor), Stan Harrington (actor), Paul Parducci (actor), James Quattrochi (director), James Quattrochi (producer),
Plot: It's 1972 and the Mafia crime families are at war, but that isn't enough to stop a young, unknown 'John Gotti' (qv), who has big ideas and even bigger ambitions. In order to put an end to a two decades' conflict, Gotti pulls together an unlikely crew made up of one member from each crime family to pull off a silver bullion heist. If Gotti can keep these criminal misfits from killing each other and succeed with this problem-riddled heist he will secure himself a spot in mafia history. This gang of misfit gangsters, hijackers and wanna-bees, all in their late 20's, hang out playing cards at a gambling den known as the "Sinatra Club" owned by Crazy 'Salvatore Polisi' (qv), the narrator of our story. At the time, nobody is getting "made" because all the families are at war. What's worse, the bosses have no idea who John and his underlings are. Determined to make a name for himself, John masterminds a scheme that will either squash the beef among the five families or get him and his whole crew killed. First he has to get his mentor and idol Charlie Fatico, a powerful captain in the Gambino crime family, to get the go ahead from the big boss Carlo Gambino. With the old man's blessing, the wheels are set in motion for a heist like no other. The plan is simple: use a guy from each family through the Club, hijack an armored truck loaded with silver bullion, and give each boss a piece of the action. What could be simpler? At the end, every Mafia boss will know who John Gotti is and, more importantly, owe him for helping end the bloodshed while enriching their coffers. He will be in the bigs and finally be a "somebody." The only problem with this simple plan is that it is anything but simple. As the clock ticks, the crew find more holes in the plan than in the mobsters who are getting whacked all over town. With the bosses of all five families waiting for their piece, the boys are off the poker table and on the street literally playing for their lives!
Keywords: 1970s, blonde, blood, brooklyn-new-york-city, circa-1972, cocaine, crime-boss, death, drug-dealer, drugsActors: Aníbal Esmoris (producer), Ricardo Wullicher (director), Ricardo Wullicher (writer), Sebastian Attie (actor), Gustavo Wagner (writer), Gustavo Wagner (actor), Charo Bogarin (actress), Marina Valentini (producer), José Farjat (actor), Nicolás Chaied (actor), Jorge Goldberg (actor), Marcos Farjat (actor), Francisco Lores Mascato (actor), Jonathan Camiser (actor), Meital Avruj (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Aníbal Esmoris (producer), Ricardo Wullicher (director), Ricardo Wullicher (writer), Sebastian Attie (actor), Gustavo Wagner (writer), Gustavo Wagner (actor), Charo Bogarin (actress), Marina Valentini (producer), José Farjat (actor), Nicolás Chaied (actor), Jorge Goldberg (actor), Marcos Farjat (actor), Francisco Lores Mascato (actor), Jonathan Camiser (actor), Meital Avruj (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Aníbal Esmoris (producer), Ricardo Wullicher (director), Ricardo Wullicher (writer), Sebastian Attie (actor), Gustavo Wagner (writer), Gustavo Wagner (actor), Charo Bogarin (actress), Marina Valentini (producer), José Farjat (actor), Nicolás Chaied (actor), Jorge Goldberg (actor), Marcos Farjat (actor), Francisco Lores Mascato (actor), Jonathan Camiser (actor), Meital Avruj (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Kurt Raab (actor), Ted Rusoff (actor), Gianni Pulone (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Marino Masé (actor), Marne Maitland (actor), Vittorio Mezzogiorno (actor), Harald Dietl (actor), Pier Paolo Capponi (actor), Gianni Baghino (actor), Franco Fabrizi (actor), Piero Palermini (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Robert Sommer (actor), Dieter Schidor (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, War,Actors: Kay Walsh (actress), Harold French (actor), Reginald Gardiner (actor), Roddy Hughes (actor), Andreas Malandrinos (actor), Anthony Kimmins (director), Percy Walsh (actor), Curt J. Braun (writer), Davy Burnaby (actor), Ivar Campbell (writer), Morton Selten (actor), Peggy Novak (actress), Tamara Desni (actress), Norman Loudon (producer), Harry Graham (writer),
Genres: Musical,