Quote Originally Posted by trynagethigh
420 they were just average people to me at the time as i was still young and a little naive to what they were actually into. I do remember my grandma getting hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets almost every week and i remember another guy used to always bring us fresh fruit and whatnot. They really liked my grandmas cooking and on the sundays they did come by, believe me we ate. Nicky Santoro was actually just the movie name that was given. The story itself is based off of the Spilotro brothers. I do remember that my uncle fought so badly to get them buried by the catholic church but they never did allow it.

Truth be told ive met a lot of the older wiseguys that were up and coming rising stars back then. Most are dead now or have skated through life and are now either retired or have even moved up on the chain..i dont know personally. Whats really strange is when i watch a&e sometimes i see the stories about these guys and lawyers i knew way back then.
I didn't know that the real life Robert deniro and Joe Pesci were brothers I thought that they were friends because thats what I remember from the movie. Did your uncle ever comment on how much of that movie he thought was fact and how much was fiction. And what do you think they would say if they were alive to see Casino today?