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1997 film by Mike Newell

For the Spanish-language television series based on the film, see El Dandy (TV series).

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crimedrama film directed by Mike Newell and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.

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Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo and Anne Heche appear in supporting roles. The film, written by Paul Attanasio, is based on the 1988 nonfiction book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley.^[4]

The film is based on the true story of Pistone (Depp), an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco, a jewel thief from Vero Beach, Florida.

Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging Mafiahitman, Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino), who vouches for him. As Donnie moves deeper into the Mafia, he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between federal agent and criminal, but also le