Gotti
John Travolta is charismatic Gambino family crime boss John Gotti in a new trailer forGottifrom Lionsgate Pictures . Kevin Connolly ( Dear Eleanor ) directed the gangster biopic from a script by Lem Dobbs ( The Limey ) and Leo Rossi . The project has beenkicking aroundfor a long time , with Nick Cassevettes andBarry Levinsontabbed to direct at various times and actors likeAl PacinoandLindsay Lohanattached .
Famed mobster John Gotti produce up in poorness in the Bronx , turning to a life of crime when he was still vernal . Gotti ’s endowment allowed him to apace climb up in the criminal underworld , and in the mid-’80s he murdered his way to the top of the infamous Gambino crime folk . As party boss of the Gambino menage , the charming and flamboyant Gotti became a large New York media figure , becoming known as " The Dapper Don " for his personal stylus and " The Teflon Don " for his ability to miss criminal prosecution . The teflon wear off after Gotti ’s confederate Sammy " The Bull " Gravano was riff by the FBI and Gotti was sent to federal prison , at long last dying behind barroom in 2002 .
John Travolta adopts the jaunty flair and declamatory - than - living personality of John Gotti in the new prevue ( see above ) for the biopicGottifrom Lionsgate Pictures . The cartridge clip preview the whole arc of Gotti ’s calling from his former day as a Gambino hatchet man to his bloody rise to the top position in the powerful criminal offence household , through his ultimate nightfall . Travolta undergo a startling shift from the nattily - clad Gotti of the glory twenty-four hours to the broken honest-to-god mobster waste away in prison but still show no remorse .
The trailer call a likely tour - Delaware - force performance from Travolta as he portrays Gotti in his various incarnations . We see Travolta as the cheeky youthful Gotti with a thick head of black hair wacking citizenry for Don Gambino ( Michael Cipiti ) . We see Gotti in his day as a full - fledge criminal offence boss , with his theme song gray hair’s-breadth and tacky suits , becoming the darling of the New York press . And we also see Travolta totally bald , with a cragged face and haunted eyes locked forth in prison house declaring " We walk together , and we fall down together . This is the life . "
Travolta ’s career has n’t exactly been in a healthy place in recent year , but withGottihe appear to have gotten his hands on a part he can sink his teeth into . Kevin Connolly may be an unproved director , but co - writer Lem Dobbs has a long history writing intemperately - bitten crime dramas likeThe Limey , The Hard WayandThe Score , so there ’s understanding for optimism that at the very leastGottiwill be a well - crafted biopic that sets up Travolta for a strong performance .
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Gottialso stars Kelly Preston , Stacy Keach , Pruitt Taylor Vince , William DeMeo and Spencer Rocco Lofranco . The movie is set to be unfreeze in theaters and on - requirement on December 15th , 2017 .
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