''This Thing of Ours'' is an American 2002

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film directed by Danny Provenzano and starring him alongside

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, Edward Lynch,

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and

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. The title is a reference to the Italian term ''Cosa Nostra'', "This Thing Of Ours", which refers to the American Mafia.

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, John Franzese, was an associate producer of the film. The film garnered primarily negative reviews, earning a 40% score on ''

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'' and receiving a 36/100 on the

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'', signifying generally unfavorable reviews.

Plot

Using the internet and old-school mafia traditions, a crew of young gangsters led by Nicholas "Nicky" Santini attempt to pull off the biggest heist in the history of the mafia. Nicky must first convince his uncle Danny Santini, a respected

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of the Genovesso crime family in

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, to put up the necessary "seed money", $50 million. When Danny agrees, Nicky along his partner and friend Johnny "Irish" Kelly use violence and murder to put the plan in motion. But as much as things seem to be changing in the family's way of doing business, old habits and traditions remain and Nicholas must decide between his friends who helped him pull off the scam or his uncle Danny.

Cast

*Danny Provenzano as Nicholas Santini *

as Danny Santini *Edward Lynch as Johnny "Irish" Kelly *

as Skippy *

as Jimmy "The Con" *

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as Chuck *Louis Vanaria as Austin Palermo *Christian Maelen as Robert Biaggio *Michael DelGaizo as Patsy DeGrazio *

Pat Cooper Pat Cooper (born Pasquale Caputo; July 31, 1929) is an American actor and comedian. Life and career His father Michael Caputo was a bricklayer from Mola di Bari, Italy and his mother, Louise Gargiulo was born in Brooklyn, New York, where Cooper ...

as John Bruno *

Vinny Vella Vincent Frank Vella (January 11, 1947 – February 20, 2019) was an American actor, talk show host and comedian. He acted in more than forty films often in the role of a gangster. He was best known for the role of Artie Piscano in Martin Scorses ...

as Carmine *

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as Joe *Tony Ray Rossi as Anthony Russo * Jonathan Doscher as Agent Clark * Melissa Bacelar as Secretary *Gaetano LoGiudice as Tommy *John Speciale as Jimmy S.

References

External links

* 2003 films American crime drama films 2003 crime drama films Films about the American Mafia 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub