John Gotti Jr
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In fact, I shot when they were supposed to shoot the movie, the Gotti movie. They screwed up. The budget changed dramatically. First one or second one? Second one. First one was pretty good. Second one, John Travolta did an amazing job. However, the budget was not there. They took a screenplay. They took my book, and they basically went someplace else with it.
In fact, I shot when they were supposed to shoot the movie, the Gotti movie. They screwed up. The budget changed dramatically. First one or second one? Second one. First one was pretty good. Second one, John Travolta did an amazing job. However, the budget was not there. They took a screenplay. They took my book, and they basically went someplace else with it.
But the ending was supposed to be shot where you saw the ending of the movie?
But the ending was supposed to be shot where you saw the ending of the movie?
Okay. See the ending? Gravano's behind the driver's seat. John's in the passenger seat. Okay. Okay. Then the actual ending, that's how it ends, and then the actual ending comes back, and there's a reflection on the stand, and headlights pass into the car, and it's Bobby Borriello driving the car, and John's in the passenger seat. Sammy wasn't even there. Sammy wasn't even there.
Okay. See the ending? Gravano's behind the driver's seat. John's in the passenger seat. Okay. Okay. Then the actual ending, that's how it ends, and then the actual ending comes back, and there's a reflection on the stand, and headlights pass into the car, and it's Bobby Borriello driving the car, and John's in the passenger seat. Sammy wasn't even there. Sammy wasn't even there.
Now, again, the truth comes from the teller of the story. So the truth is in the telling. Sammy's the only one that's telling the story. Nobody else is telling the story but Sammy Gravano.
Now, again, the truth comes from the teller of the story. So the truth is in the telling. Sammy's the only one that's telling the story. Nobody else is telling the story but Sammy Gravano.
I'm saying my father, in a wiretapped visiting room in Marion, Illinois, talking to me, had said to me, when he's reading the story about how this thing, and after this conviction, he looked at me, and he says, John, he says, I don't know what happened to that Paul, nor do I care. I don't care what happened to him, he says. But if Sammy Gravano was within 10 miles of Paul getting hurt,
I'm saying my father, in a wiretapped visiting room in Marion, Illinois, talking to me, had said to me, when he's reading the story about how this thing, and after this conviction, he looked at me, and he says, John, he says, I don't know what happened to that Paul, nor do I care. I don't care what happened to him, he says. But if Sammy Gravano was within 10 miles of Paul getting hurt,
Your brother should rot in hell. He would never say that because he adored my brother. So that was John Gotti's words. Again, me, this was above my pay grade. I was a kid then. This wasn't my game.
Your brother should rot in hell. He would never say that because he adored my brother. So that was John Gotti's words. Again, me, this was above my pay grade. I was a kid then. This wasn't my game.
And again, I can't verify that story, but it's about my pay grade.
And again, I can't verify that story, but it's about my pay grade.
No, he had a 55-year sentence. He did a lot less, but he was a good man. He was a stand-up guy. Certainly was a man's man and a legend on the streets.
No, he had a 55-year sentence. He did a lot less, but he was a good man. He was a stand-up guy. Certainly was a man's man and a legend on the streets.
Sonny was a solid guy, and I had the pleasure, the honor and pleasure of meeting him at a wedding. A real gentleman.
Sonny was a solid guy, and I had the pleasure, the honor and pleasure of meeting him at a wedding. A real gentleman.
Listen to me, please. And this I have to say. Please. John Gotti would never start a fire he could not put out. What that means is very simply this. And just like when John Gotti went to marry in Illinois, okay, anything that may have happened or could... Anything that anybody was put in place or anything was done Those are fires that could have been put out at any time they need to be put out.
Listen to me, please. And this I have to say. Please. John Gotti would never start a fire he could not put out. What that means is very simply this. And just like when John Gotti went to marry in Illinois, okay, anything that may have happened or could... Anything that anybody was put in place or anything was done Those are fires that could have been put out at any time they need to be put out.