Gangland Bullets over Hollywood (2005)

Bullets Over Hollywood delves into Americas fascination with gangsters and features historical perspective analysis behindthescenes anecdotes and details about the connection between reallife hoods and their cinematic alter egos The documentary chronicles films such as the American Mutoscope amp Biograph us film Musketeers of Pig Alley The 1912 the 1912 film directed by DW Griffith that began it all 1930s and 40s classics including Little Caesar The Public Enemy The Roaring Twenties The Petrified Forest and High Sierra to such modern tales as The Godfather Scarface Goodfellas Donnie Brasco Casino A Bronx Tale Carlitos Way Once Upon a Time in America and many more The special takes a look at television with shows such as The Sopranos and Growing Up Gotti all part of Americas parallel fascination with fictional and reallife gangsters