Taglines: You only respect what you fear.
Men of Respect movie storyline. Mike Battaglia, a powerful lieutenant in the D’Amico crime family, executes a large-scale hit on the family’s enemies, earning a promotion to caporegime and the undying respect of his boss, godfather Charlie D’Amico. Despite the Don’s generosity, however, Battaglia secretly resents D’Amico for passing him over as his successor.
At the instigation of Ruthie, his wife, Battaglia murders D’Amico and has his sons shipped off to Florida, clearing the way for him to assume control of the D’Amico family. He becomes an underworld despot, deciding to kill anyone he suspects as a threat to his power, including former ally Bankie Como and his unconnected son, Philly, who survives an assassination attempt.
At his coronation as boss, a drunken Battaglia alienates two more of the mob’s powerful soldiers. Afraid that Battaglia’s reign will spell the end of the D’Amico family, several of Battaglia’s underlings desert him and ally themselves with D’Amico’s eldest son, Mal.
Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the first attempt to transplant MacBeth to the American mob culture; it was done in the 1955 film Joe MacBeth.
Men of Respect Movie (1991)
Directed by: William Reilly
Starring: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle, Stanley Tucci, Steven Wright, Rod Steiger, Lilia Skala, Dan Grimaldi, Dan Grimaldi
Screenplay by: William Reilly, William Shakespeare
Production Design by: William Barclay
Cinematography by: Bobby Bukowski
Film Editing by: Elizabeth Kling
Costume Design by: Susan Lyall
Set Decoration by: Susan Block
Art Direction by: Caty Maxey
Music by: Misha Segal
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: January 18, 1991
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