The Last Don (DVD) La Entertainment Drama for $13.99

Description: Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to The Godfather but does find it s own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio (Aiello) the family executes a rival gang on the night of the Don s daughter s wedding including her new husband the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter (Alley) gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. Spanning 1964-1985 the film jumps forward with the growing up of the grandson (Cochrane) who has grown ruthless and scheming. A co-rival in the family is a nephew (Gedrick) who has been raise to take his father s (Mantegna) place in the family as a hit man and has established his place by assassinating a man who killed a Senator s daughter. However he is proven to not be ruthless enough and moves into the family s casino business in Vegas. When the nephew falls in love with a beautiful actress (Hannah) everything is set in place for the grandson to set up a coupe to take over the family.