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TORONTO -- Danny Aiello is the first to tell you he doesn't always get offered the kind of roles he likes to play. But when writer-director Kevin Jordan offered him the part of Frank Giorgio in the bittersweet family drama, "Brooklyn Lobster," he leapt at the chance.
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Actor Danny Aiello has been in many motion pictures including Mario Puzo's The Godfather and The Last Don. He starred with Cher in Moonstruck and had a series on CBS-TV based on the true story of an honest cop turned private investigator, DellaVentura.
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A versatile character actor noted for his naturalistic acting style, ordinary Everyman appearance and Bronx accent, Danny Aiello gravitated to entertainment from a varied background that featured a stint as the youngest president of Local 1202 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. (His early training came as a public address announcer calling out bus routes at the old Greyhound Bus Terminal on 50th Street in Manhattan). After losing that position in a dispute with national leadership over a wildcat strike, he became a nightclub bouncer, which lead to his first professional industry job as a substitute emcee at the Improvisation comedy club where he worked. He was nearly 40 when he debuted as a baseball teammate of Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty in the film "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973), and his Broadway debut in "Lamppost Reunion" (1975) was even more auspicious, earning him a Theatre World Award.
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Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell and Sandra Bernhard star in the funniest action/adventure comedy ever. Willis is Eddie "The Hawk" Hawkins, the world's most famous cat burglar, who, after 10 years in prison, is ready to go straight. But it's not going to be easy for The Hawk. The mob andthe CIA have conspired to blackmail Eddie and his partner (Aiello) into stealing three da Vinci masterpieces from the most heavily-guarded museums in the world. Sounds simple, right? WRONG!
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Danny Aiello was born to a working class family during the Depression. His father having abandoned them, he found it necessary as a child to deliver papers and shine shoes in Grand Central Station. Aiello dropped out of high school, and served in the Army. By his mid-30s, he had been with Greyhound for 10 years, and was elected president of Local 1202 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. He lost his union post after an argument with the union's national office over an unauthorized "wildcat" strike. After that, he said, he did not know what to do: "I had my success, and then I was floundering with nothing."
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Frank and Maureen Giorgio's (Danny Aiello and Jane Curtin) once orderly lives have been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned Frank money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, his family and friends attempt to save the Brooklyn Lobster shop that is the cornerstone of their identity. Frank's son Michael (Daniel Sauli), who has chosen a much different life for himself in the tech world of Seattle, returns home for Christmas with his girlfriend (Heather Burns) and, for better or worse, is pulled into the family drama that unfolds.
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