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The gang that couldnt coup straight a new book tells the story behind a failed plot by mercenaries to overtake the tiny west african nation of equatorial guinea. The screen version of newspaperman jimmy breslins bestselling comic novel about a brooklyn turf war. According to one popular notion, the mafia gang war in new york city is a quick, convenient and highly effective method of crime control. All comments made on his vorpal sword are considered having rendered permission for republication and quotation. The gang that couldnt shoot straight film locations. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the gang that couldnt shoot straight near you. Jimmy breslins 1969 comic novel, the gang that couldnt shoot straight, is all the funnier because it is based on the reallife failures of incompetent mobsters. Numerous articles on sa have talked about the cabal that has kept gold from rising over the years. Screenwriter waldo salt had already won an oscar for midnight cowboy, and would go on to write coming home and serpico. The sight of people much less smart than they think they are shooting themselves and each other in the foot would be uproarious if not for the dire consequences to the country. The gang that couldnt shoot straight book summary and. The police succeed in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remains without the boss.
We laughed when breslin told us that one of the big responsibilities of a mafia mans wife is to start his car in the morning to be sure it wasnt wired with a bomb. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. Mobsters slaying mobsters, the theory holds, makes for fewer mobsters. Jimmy breslin, upon whose book the movie is based, was. Theres also kid sallys grandmother, who will go to extravagant lengths to see her boy make his mark. The comedic talent on display makes the gang that couldnt shoot straight an enjoyable enough movie, but not necessarily one that necessitates a second viewing. With jerry orbach, leigh tayloryoung, jo van fleet, lionel stander. The trump team is looking like the gang that cant shoot straight.
Jimmy breslins novel, the gang that couldnt shoot straight, was a caricature of a new york mob family. Warners dvd of the gang that couldnt shoot straight looks fine, with its reasonable owen roizman cinematography given a much better shake than on old 16mm tv prints. The weaker gang uses a lion to blackmail the opposite gangs clients. I wonder how much this book influenced davids chase later sopranos tv show, with its mix of comedy and violence. Bull midterm election coverage by jared yates sexton. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is a 1969 novel written by jimmy breslin. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is at it again. Remind me not to ask paul ryan or his gop house posse to ever arrange a onecar funeral because the odds are good that theyd find a way to foul it up. One of the hazards of movie comedy is that its almost impossible to be sure that what reads funny will look funny. The weaker gang uses a lion to blackmail the opposite gang s clients.
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