A Documentary with the same title is coming out soon
Added 12/4/2007
A documentary film based on the same book and with the same title is coming out soon. It is, many people and I agree, better than this fictionalized account. The documentary EXCELLENT CADAVERS is already listed here on Amazon. I suggest you check it out. Interesting comparisions between the 2 films, too.
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Great true story about organized crime
Added 1/3/2007
I truly enjoyed this story even though there was such great tradegy and loss through the violence of organized crime in Sicily. The legacy lives on with these courageous persons. Very inspiring.
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Not bad. It definately gave me a lot to write about for my Mafia class.
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Muy buena película
Added 9/22/2005
Quisiera ver otras películas del mismo tema, sobre la lucha contra la mafia en Italia. Necesito que me envien toda la información en español.
José Neyra Flores
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Gripping recreation of facts
Added 7/3/2004
Because "Excellent Cadavers" - or, as it's titled in Europe and Australia, "Falcone" - is a film based on facts, you begin to watch it knowing perfectly well just what is going to happen and what the ending will be. Nevertheless, it manages to be gripping and deeply involving. The story of judge Falcone and his self-sacrificial fight against the seemingly omnipotent mafia is faithully recreated (though perhaps a little too shortened for my liking) - if marginally fictionalized - and treated with respect it deserves. The script certainly does Falcone justice, as does Chazz Palminteri's portrayal of the relentless lawman. F. Murray Abraham delivers as well, and even though he obviously does not look anything like the real Tommasso Buscetta, he convincingly portrays an old-fashioned "man of honor", a relic of the mob era when the term had an actual meaning. Victor Cavallo as Salvatore Riina, shown here as a secondary character, is worth mentioning too - Cavallo, though his role has little screen time and is in fact reduced almost to a few dialogueless cameos, manages to create a memorable, truly frightening and malevolent screen personality, perfectly recreating the nature of the real "Toto". Though this is "only" a TV production, it can certainly stand tall and proud next to any cinematic giants of the mob film genre. Highly recommended.
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A Documentary with the same title is coming out soon
Added 12/4/2007
A documentary film based on the same book and with the same title is coming out soon. It is, many people and I agree, better than this fictionalized account. The documentary EXCELLENT CADAVERS is already listed here on Amazon. I suggest you check it out. Interesting comparisions between the 2 films, too.
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Great true story about organized crime
Added 1/3/2007
I truly enjoyed this story even though there was such great tradegy and loss through the violence of organized crime in Sicily. The legacy lives on with these courageous persons. Very inspiring.
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Not bad. It definately gave me a lot to write about for my Mafia class.
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