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Excellent Cadavers

starring: F. Murray Abraham, Francesco Benigno, Fabio Carfora, Pierfrancesco Favino, Arnoldo Foà

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783116754
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783116756
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2000
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 20573
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999



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Amazon.com:
A rash of assassinations of prominent government officials occurred in Sicily in the late 1970s and early 1980s--including the president of Sicily--by the Cosa Nostra, better known as the Mafia. The Mafia had a name for these highly placed victims: cadaveri eccellenti, or excellent cadavers. Judge Giovanni Falcone (Chazz Palminteri), a Sicilian native investigating some routine bankruptcy cases, ended up on an obsessive crusade to bring down these killers, who had been getting away with murder for so long. The HBO docudrama Excellent Cadavers dramatizes Falcone's heroic efforts as he met with ferocious resistance from every quarter, even the Ministry of Justice. An essential witness came to Falcone's aid: Tommasso Buscetta (F. Murray Abraham), a former mob kingpin whose sons had been murdered by the Mafia. A special courthouse was built to hold the thousand lawyers and witnesses in the ensuing trial, with 30 steel cages for the 400 accused Cosa Nostra members. The script and direction of this movie lacks focus and originality at times, and Palminteri, Abraham, and the other fine cast members are not always used to best advantage, but the facts of this true story are so gripping in and of themselves that the film is worth the watch. --Laura Mirsky



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A Documentary with the same title is coming out soon
A documentary film based on the same book and with the same title is coming out soon. It is, many ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great true story about organized crime
I truly enjoyed this story even though there was such great tradegy and loss through the violence ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - alright
Not bad. It definately gave me a lot to write about for my Mafia class.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Muy buena película
Quisiera ver otras películas del mismo tema, sobre la lucha contra la mafia en Italia. Necesito que ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gripping recreation of facts
Because "Excellent Cadavers" - or, as it's titled in Europe and Australia, "Falcone" - is a film based ... Read More

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