Donnie Brasco: Book vs. Movie
Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco (1997) adapts Joseph Pistone's book, written with Richard Woodley. Johnny Depp plays the undercover FBI agent, whose growing friendship with Al Pacino's Lefty Ruggiero puts his loyalties under strain.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Joseph D. Pistone
- Year
- 1988
- Pages
- 416Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 3 hr 1 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Joseph D. Pistone
FBI agent Joseph Pistone recounts six years spent infiltrating the New York Mafia as Donnie Brasco, a supposed jewel thief. Building trust with mobsters including Lefty Ruggiero gives him access to criminal operations but makes every meeting a test of his cover. His account follows the patient construction of the investigation and the strain of living apart from his family under another identity.
- Director
- Mike Newell
- Writer
- Paul Attanasio
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 2 hr 3 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
- Genre
- biographical, crime, crime drama, crime thriller, drama, gangster, thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Small-time mobster Lefty Ruggiero takes a supposed jewel thief under his wing, unaware that Donnie Brasco is an undercover FBI agent. As Lefty's trust deepens, the agent gains access to the Mafia while becoming increasingly absent from his own marriage. The investigation leaves him responsible for gathering evidence against a man who has staked his life on their friendship.
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