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The ‘Biography’ documentary “GOTTI: Godfather & Son” serves as the complete and definitive father and son story of two men who were raised in the mob and became the reigning king and heir apparent with John Gotti Jr. providing his most extensive on-camera interview to-date. The narrative spine of the documentary is never-before-seen segments from a 90-minute video of the last visit between a dying John Gotti Sr. and his son at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, MO. It was during this meeting that John Gotti Jr., asked his father for his blessing to take the unprecedented steps of quitting what might have been one of the last of the major mafia dynasties. This first-hand emotional account is provided by John Gotti Jr. himself and supported through unprecedented access to the people who lived it as well as through rare, personal photos from the Gotti family archive.
This four-hour, two-night docuseries event tells the story of the legendary Gambino crime family through the intimate and complicated relationship between John Gotti Sr. and his son, John Gotti Jr., who rose up through the ranks of the Gambino crime family and allegedly replaced his father as boss when the “Dapper Don” was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1992. Filmmaker and writer Richard Stratton has secured unprecedented access to the Gotti family to tell, for the first time, the complete story of what it was like to grow up a part of the first family of organized crime including unprecedented access to John Gotti Jr.
The docuseries features exclusive footage from the last visit between John Gotti Sr. and his son, at the federal prison medical facility in Springfield, MO. Gotti Jr. sits down to ask his father, who is dying of cancer, for his blessing to plead guilty to racketeering charges and bring “closure” to his legal troubles, a coded reference to what father and son both understand means taking the unprecedented step of quitting the mafia. Interview participants include John Gotti Sr.’s children John A. Gotti Jr., Peter Gotti and Angel Gotti; retired U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin; Colombo family “soldier” and author of “The Life” Larry Mazza; former F.B.I. agents Bruce Mouw, Louis Digregorio and Jim Abbott; former chief of the federal Organized Crime Strike Force Ed McDonald; criminal defense lawyers Bruce Cutler, Jeffrey Lichtman and Charlie Carnesi and criminal defense and civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby.
Original Release
06/09/2018 on A&E
US Release
06/09/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Larry Mazza | Self |
John Gotti Jr. | John A Gotti Jr |
Edward McDonald | Self |
Ron Kuby | Self |
Bruce Cutler | Self |
Peter Gotti | Peter J Gotti |
Angel Gotti | Self |
Bruce Mouw | Self |
Charles Carnesi | Self |
T.J. English | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Kid Christmas | Saturday, 09 June 2018 |
2 | A Made Man | Saturday, 09 June 2018 |
3 | Fathers and Sons | |
4 | Sins of the Fathers |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Larry Mazza | Self |
John Gotti Jr. | John A Gotti Jr |
Edward McDonald | Self |
Ron Kuby | Self |
Bruce Cutler | Self |
Peter Gotti | Peter J Gotti |
Angel Gotti | Self |
Bruce Mouw | Self |
Charles Carnesi | Self |
T.J. English | Self |
Murray Weiss | Self |
Fred Gardaphe | Self |
Andrea Giovino | Self |
David Granados | Bar Patron |
Dalana Figaro | Bar Patron |
Jim Abbott | Self |
Alex Eckstorm | Bar Patron |
Daren Donofrio | John Gotti Jr |
David Arquilla | Willie Boy's Friend |
Michelle Young | Victoria Gotti |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Topol | Executive Producer |
Richard Stratton | Executive Producer |
Elaine Frontain Bryant | Executive Producer |
Kevin Kaufman | Executive Producer |
Molly Thompson | Executive Producer |
Brad Abramson | Executive Producer |
Wyatt Stone | Producer |
Susan Shea | Producer |
Rick Tirelli | Producer |
Matthew D. Panepinto | Producer |
Doug Biro | Producer |