The `Hollywood Godfather` Gianni Russo's life is about to made into a movieie

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  • Опубликовано: 13 авг 2019
  • Fox's 8's Stefani Schaefer sat down with actor, author, singer and 'sauce maker' Giannni Russo to talk about his new book 'Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob'.

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  • @TheManOfGoldenWords1
    @TheManOfGoldenWords1 4 года назад +43

    At 70 something he still makes a young blonde nervous and blush . That’s a true Italian

  • @nightowl5475
    @nightowl5475 3 года назад +15

    This guy can name-drop faster than you can say, Pasta Fagioli. And to think, if it happened, this guy was there! Johnny on the spot! A legend in his own Mind! If you have 4 loafs of bread, he’s got 8! All of the people are dead and can’t verify his stories. The man goes from one fantasy to another.

    • @ihatecorporatedatacollecti6609
      @ihatecorporatedatacollecti6609 3 года назад +6

      Brian Regan: “I had to have 2 wisdom teeth removed.”
      Gianni Russo: “I had 3, no 4, 8, I had 8 wisdom teeth removed, no anesthesia, was eating corn on the cob that same day.”

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 3 года назад +2

      First of all not all the people he mentions are dead and NOBODY that knew any of those people have ever refuted one of his claims. Dude is legit. Can you believe it?

    • @nightowl5475
      @nightowl5475 3 года назад +1

      @@jaysantos536 listen, there are so many of his types in New York. Guys like him are what as known as, Bullshit Artists. He was lucky to get that part in the Godfather movie. Other than that, he's not buddy buddy with Brando, and he don't talk to a mob boss like Gotti the way he comes across. He never made it to 1st base with Marylin Monroe, he's not a personal friend of Frank Sinatra and certainly he has zero influence in the mob. If you're gullible to believe all his nonsense, that's up to you. But, I grew up in the big city and there were guys like him out there, always yapping about how connected he was or is. The people that truly are connected, don't act that way; they don't need to. The guy is all bull shit. That's why you read all the people on line who make jokes about him. He probably is one of the biggest bullshit artists our there. They way he talks, he was involved either directly or indirectly with every major event that took place in this country from his youth, right up till now. All the people that he claims knew of him, are dead. So, this is all made up stories for his book. Sure, he is repeating stories about certain things, but those stories are all out there circulating around. I'm surprised he didn't discuss his involvement with Desert Storm, or Lee Harvey Oswald. He has zero credibility in my book. If you choose to believe his nonsense, God bless you. You're easily taken in and would be an easy mark for a confidence man.

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 3 года назад +1

      @@nightowl5475 "I'm surprised he didn't discuss his involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald." Russo DID say he ran into Oswald at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas a month or so before the hit on JFK. Lee was coming out of the rest room as Russo was walking in. Can you believe it? Bwahahaha.

    • @energyasylum997
      @energyasylum997 2 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @barbarapiper477
    @barbarapiper477 4 года назад +3

    Hello Johnny, met you in Niagara Falls Canada.. lived your book. Looking forward to movie

    • @chrisshields8603
      @chrisshields8603 4 года назад

      I’m an Ontario boy as well couple hours drive from Thunder Bay small town 1000 people

    • @gioknows
      @gioknows 4 года назад

      @@chrisshields8603 Ottawa representing. Gianni is the best.

  • @mike.p.1400
    @mike.p.1400 27 дней назад +1

    For some reason this guy reminds me of
    George Hamilton. He’s a survivor.
    He’s just trying to pay the bills and provide for his family.

  • @kellymurray5598
    @kellymurray5598 3 года назад +1

    Love this guy 👌

  • @Steger13
    @Steger13 3 года назад

    cant wait for this movie

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      not happening

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      It's been 3 years and not even close to being made. His lies have been discovered.

  • @jabmalassie
    @jabmalassie 3 месяца назад

    The film is called "Tall Tales" starring Jessie Smollet.

  • @nick.2301
    @nick.2301 4 года назад +14

    So are we just gonna ignore the title of this video...

    • @nicklasastrom233
      @nicklasastrom233 4 года назад

      Lmao had to check the comments

    • @Killshot15
      @Killshot15 3 года назад

      Was about to comment this till I seen it lol

    • @Killshot15
      @Killshot15 3 года назад

      Great minds think alike man 🧠 💪🏾

  • @ducatikawasaki1290
    @ducatikawasaki1290 3 года назад

    This guy got her so mind blown by his stories she seriously asked him if he was a saint!

  •  4 года назад +2

    He was actually born in Staten Island but it sounds sexier if you say you were born on Mulberry Street. What a dreamer. lol

  • @marblox9300
    @marblox9300 Год назад +1

    Why does Pacino say Bartzini when it's Barzini.???

  • @irmajgarcia6009
    @irmajgarcia6009 2 года назад

    Russo is so handsome as he's aging gracefully🥰

  • @HomerSnodgrass
    @HomerSnodgrass 4 месяца назад

    Could only be one title for his movie "GREATEST LIES EVER TOLD"

  • @augustaugust7667
    @augustaugust7667 Год назад

    He's so likable...... He's so fortunate he never got killed, He came so close so many times over the years..... He's just had an incredible life; I got to see Frank Sinatra live also Liza Minnelli live.... I always wanted to be able to meet Marilyn Monroe, I've learned so much about the Kennedys through him/Gianni/ how corrupt The Kennedys were... and how John Kennedy requested Marilyn's death to have Marilyn killed.

    • @pjuggle
      @pjuggle Год назад +2

      Not true. Al Ruddy, Francia Ford Coppola had a different experience with him, which is why he was not invited to any of the Godfather reunions. I worked with him and listened to him tell the same stories but changed the story too many times so of course it became obvious he was improvising and not providing truth. He’s an excellent story teller who got careless. Albert Ruddy producer of The Godfather will tell you a different story and so will Francis Ford Coppola. There is a reason he wasn’t invited to any of the Godfather reunions, and why he never went on to have a great career in film acting. He played one of the most hated characters in Hollywood cinema history and was type cast.

  • @Shane661
    @Shane661 3 года назад +3

    Saying this guy is full of shit is like saying water is wet.

    • @Shane661
      @Shane661 3 года назад +1

      @Doc Holliday and you sound like the most gullible human being on the planet.

    • @anthonycoppola4803
      @anthonycoppola4803 3 года назад +1

      He’s a balloon thrower from way back! Disgrace to Italians.

    • @borismcfinnigan3430
      @borismcfinnigan3430 2 года назад

      You say he is full of shit but come on. The guy was involved big time back in the day. Joe Colombo gave him a house so you cant deny he was connected in a substantial way to the mob, he owned a well known club in Vegas where his shooting the Colombian was well documented, he was well known to have been engaged to Liza Minelli, he was a long time partner of Dionne Warwick. the list of stuff he has done that can be easily verified is enough to show he is far from a nobody. How many media outlets have ever interviewed you?

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      @@borismcfinnigan3430 NOt true. The guy he killed was a Cuban.Columbo didn't give him a house. He says that Frank Costello gave him an apartment.

  • @chrisdinero924
    @chrisdinero924 4 года назад +5

    Movieie

  • @gmont5082
    @gmont5082 3 года назад +1

    Hes such a stud this young blonde is in love ❤

    • @ihatecorporatedatacollecti6609
      @ihatecorporatedatacollecti6609 3 года назад

      She’s in love with her voice and career.
      Gianni: “I’m the only one I know that has a saint for my daughter’s godfather.
      Her: “You’re a saint?”
      ........ 😑

    • @irmajgarcia6009
      @irmajgarcia6009 2 года назад

      Yes he is still today. Actually I think he's so handsome now then he was whwn he was younger..🥰

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Young blonde? Get real.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      She's at least 50.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      @@irmajgarcia6009 No chance.

  • @judymcgaugh6480
    @judymcgaugh6480 3 года назад +1

    I heard TK KIRKLAND was around there somewhere..

  • @johncasciello4123
    @johncasciello4123 11 месяцев назад +2

    When in SOUTH AMERICA I ran into 2 guys breaking thier backs carrying 5,000 pounds of COLOMBIAN COFFEE hand picked by these 2 guys!!! We in the ""MOB"" not only provided LIMOSINES/TRUCKING business,s but had connections in the ""MULE/DONKEY"" contracts so I made a call to the ""RIGHT PEOPLE"" and gave those 2 hard earning working guys the MULE & DONKEY CARTING BUSINESS and thier COFFEE business became an EMPIRE!!!!! They are better known as ""ALEX AHENTE'' & JUAN VALDEZ!!!!! Would YOU BELIEVE IT???=GIANNI☆☆☆☆

  • @iangreenberg5101
    @iangreenberg5101 2 года назад

    I believe it. He might exaggerat a bit.but who dont

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    Russo did the Freshman with Brando? Hilarious. Russo is in the movie for 20 seconds at the end.

  • @philp7648
    @philp7648 3 года назад +3

    "Movieie" lmao wtf man this is an actual news channel and they cant have someone spell check their titles? 😂😂😂😂👍👌🏻

  • @fidenful
    @fidenful Год назад

    When yo see and hear him in this interview, you think is all made up BS, but you go and see him in a 1993 interview by Alan Eichler, looking awfully handsome and charming and on top of that they show a clip of him singing like a real Crooner, then you paused , and his stories become plausible, at least some of them.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Total bullshit stories and it has now been proven and that's why no movie is being made.

  • @realfunny7
    @realfunny7 2 года назад

    my best friend Christopher Columbus asked him set the courses to discover America - how lucky for us

  • @terrymaccarrone9927
    @terrymaccarrone9927 3 года назад

    You only dream of his good fortune...
    It is his destiny

  • @facepuncher3641
    @facepuncher3641 3 года назад +1

    Dude is a living legend dude been through a lot like getting taken hostage by the one and only Pablo Escobar

  • @loudiaz387
    @loudiaz387 3 года назад +1

    The best con artist ever. Gianni saying he was captured, tortured and talked to Escobar about the “Godfather,” is a preposterous lie. I know a DEA agent who dealt with Escobar that confirms Escobar didn’t speak a lick of English.
    And that he would never deal with people he didn’t do business with or wasn’t in his immediate circle of confidents.
    Furthermore, Gianni was born and raised in suburban Staten Island not little Italy.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Very true. Here's a good one: He claims he went to Grace Kelly's wedding. She was married in April, 1956, when Russo was 12 years and 4 months old. He also claims he drove her around to clubs before then. (He was 10 and 11 years old at that time!). Interviewers never call him out on his bullshit.

  • @neenyboy55yt9
    @neenyboy55yt9 Год назад

    The thing about mr russo is that most of what he says is true and the people that knock him have no idea and live ordinary boring lives who haven't even been an extra in a movie

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      You are delusional. It's been proven that his stories are all lies and that's why no movie is being made. Google it.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    4 years later and no movie is being made.

  • @ABCABC-hn1xw
    @ABCABC-hn1xw 4 года назад +3

    This guy is a FLAMING QUEEN

    • @ABCABC-hn1xw
      @ABCABC-hn1xw 4 года назад +1

      If u believe that crap the Brooklyn bridge is for sale

    • @rockhead261
      @rockhead261 4 года назад +4

      I finished his book yesterday and called bullshit on 50% of it. Now that I've seen this interview I realize I was wrong. Now I'm calling bullshit on 90% of it.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      @@rockhead261 I'd say 95% is bullshit.

  • @stephenannese8228
    @stephenannese8228 3 года назад +3

    I hear (Gianni) wants Brad Pitt to dye his hair and play him..!?,...all that gold jewelry would break Brad's back.

  • @ryemc915
    @ryemc915 3 года назад

    GIANI RUSSO AKA JHON WAS HEAD OF THE COMMISSION HAS OVER 103 HITS ....

  • @turbotorana4336
    @turbotorana4336 3 года назад +2

    obviously the movie would be based on non fictional events,just like his books would be non fictional.what a liar

    • @ryemc915
      @ryemc915 3 года назад

      GIANI RUSSO AKA JHON AKA STUD MUFFIN AKA NYC HITTER AKA THE BOSS OF BOSSES... AKA HOLLYWOOD TOP BRASS OF ALL TIME AKA OWNS VATICAN CITY AKA HIRED 2 WANABES GANGSTERS OUT OF CHICAGO BECAUSE NYC SAID NO !!!! HIRED THEM TO TRAIN HIM HOW TO BE A GANGSTER FOR THE MOVIE ... FACT !! NOW HES THE BOOSS OF BOSSES!!!

  • @jonajeremy
    @jonajeremy 3 года назад

    Starting TK Kirkland

  • @user-we6wi3rn1l
    @user-we6wi3rn1l 4 года назад +3

    Who is this guy? Watched the GF 100 times. Don't remember this dude

    • @donnaecroyd2473
      @donnaecroyd2473 4 года назад +1

      Then you cant have watched it . He was in one of the best scenes .He played Carlo .He has never said hes a big actor .He Owned jewellery stores and then a restaurant and knew a lot of mob guys personally. Frank Culletta the famous mob hitman knew him and has spoken highly of him as a person .
      I hope you are staying well .❤

    • @johnnyangel9163
      @johnnyangel9163 4 года назад +2

      This guy is a walking con man bullshitter .He's told so many different versions of his so called adventures.Hes got 10 luv kids!If that doesn't tell you anything.

    • @rosalynsmith5232
      @rosalynsmith5232 4 года назад

      Connie’s husband, I am African American and know that 😀

    • @M124M
      @M124M 4 года назад +1

      He belted connie how could you unsee that

    • @stephenannese8228
      @stephenannese8228 3 года назад

      He was married to the Don's only daughter (Connie),...he used to beat her up too,...Sonny kicked the crap outta him for beating up Connie while she was pregnant.

  • @loudiaz387
    @loudiaz387 3 года назад +1

    By the way Gianni is half German in his mother’s side.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Never heard that.

    • @marblox9300
      @marblox9300 Год назад +1

      Possible as he doesn't look 100% latin.
      Today most people are a mixture of one thing or another.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      @@marblox9300 Probably half Jewish.

  • @docsbuying
    @docsbuying 4 года назад +4

    He’s the real deal. My uncle knew him well.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Bullshit.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Then your uncle would know he's a liar.

  • @ryemc915
    @ryemc915 3 года назад

    GIANI RUSSO AKA JHON BLEEDS THE BEST SAUCE IN THE WORLD ....
    FORGET ABOUT IT !!

  • @HomerSnodgrass
    @HomerSnodgrass 3 месяца назад

    Gianni sells more WHOPPERS than Burger King does....

  • @energyasylum997
    @energyasylum997 2 года назад

    …@2:05 ..Too bad Frank Costello didn’t teach Russo to keep his mouth shut.

  • @nikk_nobody
    @nikk_nobody 2 года назад +1

    HI he has 11 kids by ten different woman and I'm not kiddin maybe he is telling the truth

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      He's a liar and a degenerate low life.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    He says he was 25 when he made the movie. Nice try Russo. You were 29 actually since you were born in 1943.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    3 years later and no movie being made. It's obvious his bullshit is not going to be made into a movie since he has been found out.

  • @fbarr9155
    @fbarr9155 4 года назад +3

    Seems like a nice guy but "Oneil Dela CRO KAY" c'mon !!!A NEE EL LO ( ANIELO ) DEL La CRO cHE ( Delacroce )

    • @krucial88
      @krucial88 3 года назад

      Did you know him?

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      He says Delacroco actually.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    Vallelonga is not writing any screenplay. Nice try Russo.

  • @caseysmith2416
    @caseysmith2416 3 года назад +1

    Man I pray it doesn't get made. Dudes a liar

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 3 года назад

      You are a fool..

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      I agree. 3 years later and his lies have been discovered. No movie is being made.

  • @twerkinthecityhuh6340
    @twerkinthecityhuh6340 3 года назад

    A criminal life!!!!!!

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 3 года назад

      He PLAYED mob guys in movies and TV never WAS a mob guy.

  • @twerkinthecityhuh6340
    @twerkinthecityhuh6340 3 года назад

    This gangster should be in jail!!!!

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 3 года назад

      Never was a gangster just knew a lot of them.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    He was born on Staten Island and now he lies about being born in Little Italy. Liar.

  • @billporricelli1171
    @billporricelli1171 2 года назад

    NINE KIDS WITH NINE DIFFERENT WOMEN!!!!!!!!

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      11 with 10 women actually.

  • @ronl.4524
    @ronl.4524 3 года назад +1

    A movie about made up BS.

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад

    Russo was 29 not 25 when he was in the Godfather. Such a liar. He was born in 1943 and the movie was made in 72.

  • @gavinhiggins231
    @gavinhiggins231 3 года назад

    He is a liar