The trump team is looking like the gang that cant shoot straight. Mobsters slaying mobsters, the theory holds, makes for. It was made into a 1971 feature film with jerry orbach playing kid sally palumbo, a surrogate for gallo. The gang that couldn t shoot straight 1971 official trailer jerry orbach movie hd duration. The gang that couldnt shoot straight by jimmy breslin 196911. I dont read much in the way of fiction, but one of the exceptions was jimmy breslins wry novel the gang that couldnt shoot straight. The gang that couldn t shoot straight is a 1971 crime comedy based on the eponymous book by journalist jimmy breslin. Nonton the gang that couldnt shoot straight 1971 dutafilm. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is a 1971 american mafia comedy film directed by. The gang that couldnt shoot straight book summary and.
It was based in part on joey gallos buccaneering crew in south brooklyn challenging the big mafia bosses. And so it goes the gang never does learn to shoot straight, and the gang war ends with sallys defeat. Before the godfather and the sopranos, writer jimmy breslin and thenlight comic and musical star jerry orbach had the hapless bonnano crime family skewered. The gang that couldnt shoot straight film locations. I couldnt help finding irony in the portrait of george washington looming above president obama and prime minister netanyahu in a photo accompanying. Ini adalah cerita lucu tentang dua kelompok mafia yang sedang berperang di new york. It is about two new york city mafia gangs at war with one another. Released 1971, the gang that couldn t shoot straight stars jerry orbach, leigh tayloryoung, jo van fleet the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100. Mar 19, 2017 in this scene, as in many others, the humor isnt exactly subtle. The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the boss. Jimmy breslins 1969 comic novel, the gang that couldnt shoot straight, is all the funnier because it is based on the reallife failures of incompetent mobsters. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is a 1971 american mafia comedy film directed by james goldstone and written by waldo salt, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by jimmy breslin, which in turn was based on the life of gangster joe gallo. Paul benedict list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
He was once deported, but when his native italy refused to accept him, he was allowed to. The gang that couldnt shoot straight 1971 official trailer jerry orbach movie hd this is the funny story about two warring mafia gangs in. Gallo was gunned down in manhattans little italy in 1972. Sep 22, 2006 the gang that couldn t coup straight a new book tells the story behind a failed plot by mercenaries to overtake the tiny west african nation of equatorial guinea. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is a 1971 crime comedy based on the eponymous book by journalist jimmy breslin. The gang that couldnt shoot straight by jimmy breslin abebooks. Salvatore kid sally palumbo wants to rise in papa baccalas mafia family, but his incompetence holds him back. Buy a cheap copy of the gang that couldn t shoot straight book. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is the story of papa baccala, a brooklyn mafia boss, and kid sally palumbo, a wouldbe capo who it became a major motion.
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I couldn t help finding irony in the portrait of george washington looming above president obama and prime minister netanyahu in a photo accompanying. Goldstone entered the film industry as an editor in the early 50s. With jerry orbach, leigh tayloryoung, jo van fleet, lionel stander. Take a glance at the credits and youll see that director james goldstones 1971 comedy the gang that couldn t shoot straight is the work of some mighty impressive names. Jun 26, 2006 warners dvd of the gang that couldn t shoot straight looks fine, with its reasonable owen roizman cinematography given a much better shake than on old 16mm tv prints. Other crime films followed in the 70s, most notably the spoof the gang that couldnt shoot straight, before goldstone shifted his efforts to television. Take a glance at the credits and youll see that director james goldstones 1971 comedy the gang that couldnt shoot straight is the work of some mighty impressive names. Paul benedict full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The constitutionstraining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensingand.
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It didnt breslin any fans, but gallo would soon be in no position to exact any vengeance. The gang that couldnt shoot straight movie, book facebook. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is the story of papa baccala, a brooklyn mafia boss, and kid sally palumbo, a wouldbe capo who couldnt run a gas station at a profit even if he stole the customers cars. Jul 27, 2017 the sight of people much less smart than they think they are shooting themselves and each other in the foot would be uproarious if not for the dire consequences to the country. In an email exchange i compared united airlines in the states, to the gang that cant shoot st raight. When kid sally and his gang of goodfellas come up with a plan to grab a piece of the mob action, itll be a no brainer.
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Author jimmy breslins 1969 book the gang that couldnt shoot straight was a fictionalized and satirical depiction of gallos war with the profaci family. Jerry orbach plays kid sally, a smalltimer aiming for. The gang that couldnt shoot straight, an uncertain comedy based on jimmy breslins funny novel, supplies plenty of examples. May 05, 2016 the gang that couldn t shoot straight 1971 the great paul benedict. Screenwriter waldo salt had already won an oscar for midnight cowboy, and would go on to write coming home and serpico. I wonder how much this book influenced davids chase later sopranos tv show, with its mix of comedy and violence. The gang that couldn t shoot straight is a 1971 american mafia comedy film directed by james goldstone and written by waldo salt, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by jimmy breslin, which in turn was based on the life of gangster joe gallo. T he reason for this gathering of workers, extras, actors, and press was the filming of a sequence from the gang that couldnt shoot straight, a comedy based on the book by jimmy breslin. The sight of people much less smart than they think they are shooting themselves and each other in the foot would be uproarious if not for the dire consequences to the country.
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