Sentences with phrase «from mobsters»

Not so outrageous, and, admittedly, rather conventional, is Tykwer's setup: Lola (Franka Potente) must somehow come up with 100,000 marks in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) from mobsters.

Pluto's a nightclub owner on the moon on the run from mobsters who want to take over his property and turn it into a casino.

The 1959 film directed by Billy Wilder stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as two musicians who are forced to dress as women to hide from mobsters in an all - girls band.

Tasked to keep in line is FBI agent Barney Coopersmith (Rick Moranis), whose efforts to keep Antonelli out of trouble (and more importantly, safe from the mobsters on the hunt for him) have varied results.

It doesn't take Pluto long to make the nightclub the hottest spot on the moon, which brings trouble from some mobsters (led by Joe Pantoliano) looking to cash in or trash the business so no one can reap the benefits.

Jeanine Pirro, Westchester County District Attorney and US Senate candidate (R - NY) Probed for campaign donations from mobsters.

To back his claims that Cuomo had once represented mob figures, accepted campaign contributions from mobsters, and used his law firm to pay a wise guy, the aide produced several documents to corroborate his leads.

But he needs a passport out of the country, and must obtain it from mobster Jack Meehan, played by Bates.

But while Kilmartin is in the slammer, his friend is bilking Kilmartin's wife out of her guilt payment from the mobster and, when he tries to hit on her, she winds up in a fatal auto accident.

It's not the best looking game you'll ever play, but it does look great, and Crazy Monkey has managed to fit in every little detail from every mobster / mafia style film you've ever seen.

Further complications arise with the shock arrival of Humpty's estranged daughter, Carolina (Juno Temple), who is on the run from her mobster husband and takes a liking to Mickey.

I live where most of us «civilians» do, in 64 building, which is dockside on the east side of Alcatraz — a base hit from the mobster Al Capone.

He meets a beautiful woman who has stolen a valuable ring from a mobster and embarks on a torrid affair with her even though his wife is hospitalized after trying to commit suicide.

Walton Wood Farm co-founder tells her life story, from her mobster father to a $ 2 - million offer that fell through.

Not exact matches

Former mobster Michael Franzese tells Justin Brierley how he turned from a life of mafia crime after finding God in prison — and how he now shares... More

In»57 the New York Athletic Commission stripped Tilelli of his license because he had paid off a wager on his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers by borrowing $ 200 from a reputed mobster called Tony Bananas.

Though the race only recently got underway, it's already taken a negative turn, which Brindisi and Tenney, who also used to be a member of the Assembly, trading barbs on everything from Brindisi's father's legal representation of mobsters to a town hall the congressman is scheduled to hold this coming Tuesday.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

Attorneys for Percoco and three co-defendants complained in an Oct. 26 letter that the display of convicted and notorious criminals — from terrorists to mobsters to public officials — would prejudice the jury.

The complaint is also full of some colorful details, including the fact that Percoco referred to cash payments as «ziti,» which was lifted from the HBO series «The Sopranos,» which, incidentally, was about mobsters.

Nine days after finishing sixth out of seven candidates in the NYC mayoral race, Bo Dietl returned to his usual Thursday night table at Rao's in East Harlem, the Italian restaurant famed for its exclusivity and straight - from - central - casting history as a mobster's redoubt.

He's also been affiliated with dirty tricks for decades, from Nixon's Committee to Reelect the President (yes, that CREEP) to some maybe shady dealings with Roy Cohn and a couple of mobsters.

«These mobsters seemed to use every scheme known to us, from arson, to shake - downs, violence, health care fraud, and even untaxed cigarettes to keep the racket going,» outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a statement.

(CNN)- Mobster and crook references aside, the Illinois Senate debate between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk covered substantive policy issues, from their positions on the bank bailouts to the effectiveness of the stimulus bill.

All of the things that mobsters are known for have originated from Democrat politicians.

In his testimony to the CBI, he claimed that he received extortion threats from men working for Chota Shakeel, a Mumbai mobster.

Pluto is more like a mobster, observing with quiet, even vengeful, control while pulling strings from the background.

The cliches just keep on coming, from crooked cops to a mobster's innocent daughter in law school (at UCLA, no less) to those great, great lines: «Come on, Sonny, let's go.

This redemptive move comes at the end of a complicated plot involving Baxter's efforts to save Phillips Holmes, who has been framed by nasty mobster C. Henry Gordon, from the hot seat.

A Vietnam War veteran (Fred Williamson) is discharged from the Army, and becomes involved with mobsters when he is unable to find a job.

The setting is the world of high fashion, but that doesn't stop the writers from throwing in a few mobsters for good measure.

When Annie is called to serve on a jury for the murder trial of a major mobster, she welcomes the distraction from the isolation of her creative life.

Tony Thick is a mobster who was expecting a lucrative visit from Los Angeles - based delivery man Lenny Long.

Shoot «Em Up (Unrated) Clive Owen stars in this high - impact adventure about a mysterious loner who teams with a proverbial hooker (Monica Bellucci) with a heart of gold and lactating mammary to protect a stranger's newborn he's just delivered from a gang of hit men led by a bloodthirsty mobster (Paul Giamatti).

Now it's the 1940s, and Vinnie finds himself being hunted by mobsters sent from a mysterious new Don operating out of the infected area.

(In Spanish and English with subtitles) Exiled (R for sexuality and graphic violence) Set in Macau in 1998, this highly - stylized mobster saga revolves around a couple of hit men (Francis Ng and Anthony Wong Chau - Sang) dispatched from Hong Kong to execute a renegade member (Nick Cheung) of their gang who's just trying to leave his life of crime behind to settle down with his wife (Josie Ho) and newborn.

There's excellent support from Albert Brooks as brutish mobster Bernie Rose, while Ron Perlman is suitably dumb and ugly as his henchman Nino.

When a gangster named Wo (Nick Cheung) tries to turn over a new leaf by settling down with his wife (Josie Ho) and newborn, the boss (Simon Yam) of his former crime family dispatches a couple of hit men (Suet Lam and Anthony Wong) from Hong Kong to execute the renegade mobster.

In addition to Al Pacino (as Starkman, a big - time mobster from New York), Christopher Walken shows up as the only police officer who seems at all concerned that the younger brother of a federal prosecutor has been kidnapped.

Before he can start that new life, Pluto has to save his best friend Tony (Jay Mohr) from getting the beat down from a bunch of mobsters.

In fact, Ethan Hawke seems to have channeled his good - hearted dope from the latter movie to play Sully, a septic tank cleaner who plans to steal a mobster's stash to pay for embryonic technology that promises a smarter baby for he and his wife (Julianne Nicholson).

The fateful preview footage depicted mobsters spraying moviegoers with gunfire and the studio was quick to remove the scene from the movie and put back the release date from last September.

This overambitious flashback flick unfolds against the backdrop of some of the FBI's most - celebrated cases, from the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby to the bloody showdown with mobster John Dillinger to the monitoring of the movements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

His employer (Bryan Cranston, Contagion) aims to add racing to the Driver's resume, seeking finance from a local mobster (Albert Brooks, The In - Laws) for a legitimate venture.

When a gangster named Wo (Nick Cheung) tries to turn over a new leaf by settling down with his wife (Josie Ho) and newborn, the boss (Simon Yam) of his crime family dispatches a couple of hit men (Suet Lam and Anthony Wong) from Hong Kong to execute the renegade mobster.

Through a devastatingly disinteresting sequence of convoluted events, our whimsical quartet is menaced by Hungarian mobster Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak, in his fourth decade of needing a bullet to the head) and his dimwit son Strabo (Frank Collison)-- resulting in a shootout and a desperate series of speeches that don't do a thing to explain how Jimmy pretending to be a housewife in a David Lee Roth wig relates to stealing millions from the mob.

At that point Perry, together with Gail, manages to smuggle the small USB to MI6's Hector (Damian Lewis), who is obsessed with nailing the traitors in Britain who are taking dirty money from the Russian mobsters.

Reactions from Venice and Telluride say the violence is brutal but Johnny Depp is great (and a strong Oscar contender) as mobster Whitey Bulger, making Scott Cooper's drama a hot ticket.

Operation Odessa: From the director and producers of «The Seven Five» comes this true crime documentary about a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy and a Cuban spy who sold a Soviet submarine to a Colombian drug cartel for $ 35 million.

Tomorrow night HDNET MOVIES airs Demme's 1988 Oscar ® - nominated crime comedy MARRIED TO THE MOB starring Michelle Pfeifferas a newly widowed woman whose attempts to break away from her husband's (Alec Baldwin) Mafia ties are complicated by an FBI agent (Matthew Modine) and a conniving mobster (Dean Stockwell).