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VITO BRANCATO
VITO BRANCATO
BEFORE DALLAS
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Everyone knows what happened to JFK on November 22, 1963. But what if the crosshairs were set on the President one year earlier – right in the heart of Chicago?
JFK, FRANK SINATRA, MARILYN MONROE, and Chicago mob boss SAM GIANCANA in the untold story of what really happened before Dallas. Based on the novel Princes & Thieves by Vito Brancato.
Based on the novel
PRINCES & THIEVES
Vito Brancato is a screenwriter, award winning filmmaker and author of the novel, Princes & Thieves.
First, he wrote the television screenplay – a series about how the lives of JFK, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana intertwined to sway the 1960 presidential election and changed the course of American history. Then Brancato adapted it into a novel (Princes & Thieves) with all the dialogue intact – each of the ten chapters in the book version representing an episode. And now, the feature length docudrama Before Dallas (based on the novel) that brings those historic and iconic characters to life.
Once loyal Mafia soldier Tommy Russo has a plan to finally get out until he’s caught in a deadly web of FBI and organized crime – now he’s forced to make the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves.
Based by the true story of Brancato’s one-time friend, Chicago 88 is an epic gangster/political corruption yarn wrapped around a steamy, sexy love story that spans four decades.