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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.
Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants, Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after being expelled from school at age 14. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to take advantage of a new opportunity to make money smuggling illegal alcoholic beverages into the city during Prohibition. He also engaged in various other criminal activities, including bribery of government figures and prostitution. Despite his illegitimate occupation, Capone became a highly visible public figure. He made donations to various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities, and was viewed by many to be a "modern-day Robin Hood".
Actors: Kaleti Williams (actor), David Fernandez Jr. (actor), Goya Robles (actor), Jolane Lentz (actress), Kate Whitney (director), Kate Whitney (writer), Stefan Colson (editor), Alfredo De Leon Jr. (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Todd Anthony (actor), Sal Darigo (actor), Michael P. Lucas (producer), Derrick Hammond (writer), Derrick Hammond (director), Derrick Hammond (producer), O.G. Mack McLean (actor), Domenick Cucinotta (editor), Leland B. Martin (actor), Leland B. Martin (producer), Tommy DelCorio (actor), Denise Michelle Johnson (actress), Joe Hunt (producer), Joe Hunt (actor), Joe Hunt (writer),
Plot: Two of the best pool hustlers are scheduled to face off for the pool title and the pot of twenty-thousand dollars. The loser could lose everything! Tension escalates when they're confronted with a reality check, that reveals a number of painful secrets connecting them in a way that could destroy them both.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Peter Peralta (actor), Peter Peralta (producer), Amar Adatia (actor), Amar Adatia (producer), Christopher Jenner Cole (actor), Christine Edwards (producer), Nilan Dharmadasa (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Wang (actor), Wkd Axe (actor), Alexandra Harris (actress), Jamie Bannerman (actor), Adrian Rose (actor), Donna Amante (miscellaneous crew), Johnny Ong (actor), Paul Bibb (actor),
Plot: Unhinged gangster Capone walks into a bar with accomplice Tung with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. Things get complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone it's a job, for Tung it's a lifeline. To ensure that they get the code, Capone and Tung hold feisty barmaid Charleene and lovable loser Bob hostage. Will Capone and Tung get the contents of the safe? Will Bob and Charleene get out of this alive?
Keywords: britflick, heist, independent-film, london-england, norway, number-in-title, one-night, ticking-clock, two-word-title, year-2011Actors: Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Dan Garcia (actor), Shanna Forrestall (actress), Dan Garcia (writer), Dan Garcia (producer), Jason Hewitt (producer), Matt Keith (actor), Louis Dupuy (actor), George M. Kostuch (producer), Susie Labry (actress), Frank Pinnock (director), Ken Speed (miscellaneous crew), Deidre LaCasse (producer), Lucky Johnson (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Alexis Arquette (actress), Guillermo Díaz (actor), Jason London (actor), Johnny Williams (actor), Alanna Ubach (actress), Tim Meadows (actor), Anna Nicole Smith (actress), John Duffy (producer), Noel Gugliemi (actor), Antonio Sabato Jr. (actor), Kathryn Joosten (actress), Megan Cavanagh (actress), Larry Gelman (actor), Arturo Gil (actor), Ari Halpern (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: It's the night before Halloween and everyone in LA is trying to make time to finish their costumes for the biggest and brashest block party of the year. Fredrico, Dave, Evan, Harvey and Emme have all been waiting for this day to come for what seems like an eternity. Emme has the perfect solution, something edgy, something fresh, something dangerous, something which will defy all expectations, to dress up as gang bangers. But in order to achieve that authentic straight from the hood look, they have to go to the professionals. The five friends split up and Dave makes his way to East LA where he meets Romeo, a real life gangster who agrees to loan Dave his purple low rider in exchange for Dave's cherry red Porsche.
Keywords: animated-credits, drag-queen, gay, kidnappingActors: Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Chris Blackwell (producer), Carolyn Pfeiffer (producer), Suzanne Fenn (writer), Suzanne Fenn (editor), Carl Bradshaw (producer), Carl Bradshaw (actor), Paul Campbell (actor), Dan Genetti (producer), Lloyd Reckord (actor), Nahtasha Budhi (actress), Elephant Man (actor), Robbie Shakespeare (composer),
Plot: Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, led by Ratty, also are involved leading Capone to a choice between his job and his old crew.
Keywords: arms-smuggling, cannabis, church, corruption, crooked-cop, crossdresser, drugs, friendship, gay-slur, ghettoActors: Gianfranco Barra (actor), David Brandon (actor), George Segal (actor), Hal Yamanouchi (actor), Carol Alt (actress), Luciano Martino (producer), Sergio Martino (writer), Sergio Martino (director), Eugenio Alabiso (editor), Edmund Purdom (actor), Mattia Sbragia (actor), Luigi Ceccarelli (composer), Stefano Masciarelli (actor), Valeria Marini (actress), Mario Pedone (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Patrick Williams (composer), Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), Kevin McNulty (actor), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Dale Wilson (actor), Gregory Harrison (producer), Alvin Sanders (actor), David Huddleston (actor), William S. Taylor (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Duncan Fraser (actor), Garry Chalk (actor), Lara Fox (miscellaneous crew), Dwight McFee (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Family,Actors: Eva Neufahrt (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Hoven (actor), Ingrid Caven (actress), Tilly Lauenstein (actress), Sydne Rome (actress), Barbara Valentin (actress), Shelley Winters (actress), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger (actor), Peter Chatel (actor), Peter Schlesinger (actor), Peter Märthesheimer (writer), Ulrike Zimmermann (editor), Jürgen Flimm (actor), Ila von Hasperg (editor),
Plot: A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are aging, out of shape and beset by internal feuds and bickering. One day a beautiful young woman shows up and suggests a way of attracting customers: put on a strip show, with her as the main attraction. Her act attracts customers in droves, but it turns out that the girl has her own agenda, and it isn't to help out the carnival.
Keywords: bad-singer, bumper-car, carnival, female-nudity, femme-fatale, murder, rifle, roller-coaster, sharpshooter, shootingActors: David Wu (actor), Bolo Yeung (actor), Bak-Ming Wong (actor), John Sham (actor), Boon Chai Yat (actor), Eric Tsang (actor), San Tai (actor), Tat-wah Cho (actor), Ging Man Fung (actor), Peng-fei Li (actor), Karl Maka (actor), Pak-Kwong Ho (actor), Siu-Ming To (actor), Teddy Robin Kwan (actor), Ling Ling Hung (actress),
Plot: A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valued stocks and bonds. Along the way, the investigator crosses paths with a femme fatale and silly gangsters.
Keywords: gangster, policeDie Geschichte von Victor "Noreaga" Santiago und Kiam "Capone"
Holley liest sich wie ein spannender Roman voller Höhen und Tiefen: Gefängnis,
Erfolge, Verluste, wieder Gefängnis und so weiter. Aber der Reihe nach.Kennen
gelernt haben sie sich in der Greenhaven Besserungsanstalt für jugendliche
Straftäter im Staat New York. Sie finden schnell einen Draht zueinander, da beide
aus Queens stammen. Sie spielen Basketball, schreiben Reime und lesen Bücher
zusammen. Nach Absitzen ihrer Strafe tun sie sich mit dem befreundeten Rapper
Tragedy Khadafi zusammen und nehmen '96 als CNN mit Mobb Deep den Track "LA
LA" auf, der als Antwort auf den New York-Diss "NY NY" vom Dogg Pound
gedacht ist. In einer Zeit, in der durch Medienhype die schwellenden
Eastcoast-Westcoast Auseinandersetzungen aufgebauscht werden sollen, ernten Capone
und Noreaga wegen der ironischen Lyriks und dem Hammer-Hook viel Respekt:"LA
LA, Big City of Dreams, but everything in LA, ain't always what it seems, you might
get fooled, if you come from outta town, cuz we comin from Queens and gets
down." Da die Labels zu der Zeit, beeinflusst durch Gruppen wie Mobb Deep oder
den Wu-Tang Clan, ihr Ohr auf der Straße haben, können Capone & Noreaga bald ein
Vertrag mit Tommy Boy unter Dach und Fach bringen und so steht '97 das Debut
"The War Report" in den Läden. Es gilt bis heute als Klassiker,
vollgepackt mit Straßenhymnen. Der Beat pumpt rauh, unterlegt von dunklen und
pathetischen Klassiksamples, die Vocals kommen hart und dreckig, "Real Thug
Life". Capone & Noreaga bilden '97 zusammen mit Mobb Deep die Speerspitze des
Hardcore-Raps aus Queensbridge, die den Ball wieder zurück nach New York holen. Das
Album bekommt trotz Undergroundstatus Gold.Doch auf ein Hoch folgt bei CNN
bekanntlich ein Tief und so muss Capone kurze Zeit später wieder hinter Gitter.
Noreaga ist plötzlich auf sich allein gestellt und versucht nun Solo weiter zu
arbeiten. Er hält aber immer die Erinnerung an seinen Partner am Leben. Und so
findet sich auf seiner '98 veröffentlichten Scheibe N.O.R.E (Niggaz on Da Run Eatin)
unter den Produzenten auch der Name "Capone". Das Album mit Features von
Big Pun, Nas, Busta Rhymes usw. wurde mit Platin ausgezeichnet und bringt Noreaga in
die Riege der Superstars wie Ll Cool J, Nas, Jay-Z. Die Platte selbst ist poppiger
als der Erstling geraten und lässt, trotz einiger Kracher, ein wenig die Intensität
und Roughness aus Anfangstagen vermissen. Wie fast alle seiner berühmten Rapkollegen
avanciert Noreaga neben Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard oder Busta Rhymes zu einem der
begehrtesten Gastrapper. So tritt er u.a. auf Werken von Onyx, Big Punisher und Fat
Joe in Erscheinung.Der nächste Rückschlag aber kommt prompt. Nachdem schon Noreagas
Mutter Barbara Marie Holley 1996 gestorben ist, trifft es im Juli '98 auch seinen
Vater Victor Mambo Santiago. In dieser Zeit hätte er Capone dringend gebraucht, doch
der sitzt immer noch im Knast, und so versucht er über die Musik seine Trauer zu
verarbeiten. Heraus kommt '99 sein zweites Soloalbum "Melvin Flynt: Da
Hustler" und erweist sich als ein halbgares, überstürzt auf den Markt
geworfenes Produkt, das bei Fans und Kritikern nicht besonders gut abschneidet. Es
verkauft sich zwar 500.000 mal, aber man merkt, dass ihm sein Freund und Partner
Capone in jeder Hinsicht fehlt.Alles wendet sich zum Guten, als Capone Ende '99 aus
der Haft entlassen wird. Nach langsamem Abtasten und der Rehabilitierung Capones im
Rapbusiness durch Gastauftritte u.a. bei Screwball beginnt man mit der Arbeit am
legitimen Nachfolger von "The War Report". Ende November steht dann die
Platte "The Reunion" in den Läden und knüpft an alte CNN-Tage
an.2000 The Reunion1999 Melvin Flynt: Da
Hustler1998 N.O.R.E.1997 The War Report