GOTTI: In The Shadow Of My Father is a 2012 biography crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson.
Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father is an upcoming Barry Levinson film starring Ben Foster, Al Pacino, John Travolta, and Lindsay Lohan. It is the story of crime boss John Gotti and his son, John A. Gotti Jr. The film will show according to Fiore Film the relationship between a "father who lived and died by the mob code and a son who, while brought up to lead a life of crime, chose to leave that world behind and redeem himself and the Gotti name".
John Gotti was head of the Gambino crime family, which in its time was the largest and most powerful crime organization in the United States. Known as the "Dapper Don," John Gotti's flamboyant style and outspoken nature made him one of the most notorious mobsters of the 20th century. Gotti died from throat cancer in 2002 while serving a life sentence. In 1988, at the age of 24, Gotti Jr. became a "made man," and was officially inducted into the Mafia, making him the heir- to head the Gambino crime family. However, in 1999, Gotti Jr. paid his last visit to his incarcerated and dying father and told him he was departing from the "family business". During the years that followed his father's death, Gotti Jr. had a long legal battle ahead of
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