Apocalypse Now

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“Apocalypse Now is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam,” writer-director Francis Ford Coppola said of his infamous war epic in 1979, year of the film’s original release. “And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We had access to too much money, too much equipment; and little by little we went insane.”

John Gotti

Who is John Gotti?
 

John Joseph Gotti, Jr (October 27, 1940 - June 10, 2002) was the Boss of the NY City Gambino crime family after the murder of the previous boss Paul Castellano. John Gotti was the most powerful crime boss during his era. He became widely known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style that eventually caused his downfall.
 

He was known by the media as "The Dapper Don" because he wore expensive clothes and "The Teflon Don" because the majority of attempts to convict him resulted in either a hung jury or an acquittal.

 In 1992, Gotti was convicted of 13 murders, conspiracy to commit murder, racketeering, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, extortion, tax evasion, and loansharking where he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He died there 10 years later of cancer