Donnie Brasco is a 1997 crime drama film directed by Mike Newell, starring Al Pacino, Johnny Depp and Michael Madsen. It is based on the real-life events of Joseph D. Pistone, an FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family, one of the Mafia's Five Families based in New York City during the 1970s, under the alias "Donnie Brasco". The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The true story of an FBI undercover agent who becomes Donnie Brasco, "The Jewel Man" to infiltrate one of the mob families. Donnie maneuvers his way into the confidence of aging hit-man,... Lefty Ruggiero who trusts Donnie and vouches for him to the mob. As Donnie moves deeper and deeper into the Mafia chain of command, he realizes he is not only crossing the line between federal agent and criminal but is also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death sentence. Starting in 1978, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone is assigned to infiltrate the New York City–based Bonanno crime family.
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| Release date: | February 28, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Mike Newell |
| Runtime: | 127 Minutes |
| Producer: | Louis DiGiaimo, Gail Mutrux, Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson |
| Editor: | Jon Gregory |
| Music by: | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography: | Peter Sova |
| Screenplay by: | Paul Attanasio |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia |
| Genre: | Thriller, Biography |