Word: palminteri
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...gangster's moll. Nick, her mobster lover (Joe Viterelli), is backing the show, in which, nasal accent and all, she is supposed to play a psychiatrist. Nick supplies Olive with a bodyguard. Try to cut one of her lines and you have a hood named Cheech (playwright-actor Chazz Palminteri) to deal with...
...this piece, De Niro combed the streets of the city looking to fill the roles for his large cast. The result is a mixture of experienced and first-time actors who bring life especially to the film's lighter scenes. Particularly impressive is Chazz Palminnteri as the gangster Sonny. Palminteri, who also wrote the one-man play on which the film is based, shines even among a myriad of terrific performers...
...performances, thefilm fails to overcome its structural problems.Although tongue-in-cheek humor counters much ofits sentimentality, the movie ultimatelyincorporates too many looming issues for it toescape cliche. At times the script just tries abit too hard: in an attempt to make Sonnydifferent from all the other mobsters in previousfilms, Palminteri has made Sonny a gangster who'sread Machiavelli in the joint and can now lectureabout the distinction between feared and hatedleaders. Unfortunately, the weak ending, whichtries to tie all the ends together in one fellswoop, does nothing to resurrect the film...
...Vigna and Cyndi Austrian closed out their doubles victory, 6-3, 6-3, against the tandem of Meghani and Sue Palminteri on one of the best plays of the day. With the Princeton duo attacking at the net, Vigna recovered with an impressive defensive lob. Meghani returned the ball, but Austrian ended the match on a hard crosscourt forehand winner...
...consolation rounds, Princeton's Sue Palminteri defeated Kathy Mulvehal, 7-5, 6-0, in the C flight final match. Vigna bowed out in the A singles final...