Family business

Release date:1989

Directed by:Sidney Lumet

Rated:

Runtime:110 minutes

Family Business is a 1989 film directed by Sidney Lumet with a screenplay by Vincent Patrick, based on his novel. It stars Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick. Jessie McMullen is a Scotch-Irish American widower who emigrated with his Sicilian wife to New York in September 1946. A... lovable rogue,incorrigible womaniser and tough guy, Jessie is proud of his criminal past and lifestyle. He raised his son Vito to follow in his footsteps, but Vito went straight at 21 when Adam his son was born. Vito now runs a thriving wholesale Twelfth Avenue meat packing warehouse and has left his criminal past behind him. Over the years, Vito became ashamed of his family's criminal past. He went into a legitimate business, married his middle class Jewish sweetheart and has tried to raise his son Adam right, which in his mind means keeping young Adam away from his criminally minded yet charming grandfather. Little does Vito know that this strategy has backfired, the mystery surrounding Jessie, coupled with his strict educational upbringing has caused Adam to idolize his grandfather and romanticise his exciting lifestyle.
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