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I grew up in astoria and know about these guys!!!!!


I grew up in astoria, NY. I was born in 1983 so I was just a little kid during the lives of these guys but my brothers were teenagers and knew them from the neighborhood. Giuseppe and antonio's family lived on the corner of my block. I knew the family as a kid. I think either antonio or giuseppe smashed up his car and tried to steal it. I can tell you that the story is so true. These guys were straight out bad guys, bullies. My parents warned my friends and I to stay away from them. They always got in trouble with police. AStoria was a rough neighborhood 20-30 years ago. Alot of drug dealers around. Thats why we moved away. I still have family there and I go down there often. I am in flushing now which is about 10 min away. I know the entire neighborhood from A- Z and all the local vendors and what not. I went to catholic school at immaculate conception. I cant wait till this movie comes out because of my childhood in astoria and I actually know these guys or of them. My brother knew them well. I was so shocked to read about this movie and it hit me so fast when I saw the character names. I dont know Dito personally or that well tho but I would love to meet him and talk about life in astoria and his childohood friends. I am italian american so I grew up in italian american section of astoria which is why i know about giuseppe and antonio. When anyone sees this movie and has questions about evens or locations, post it and I will do my best to answer them. I will def see this movie.

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If you were born in 1983, how would you know them? The movie is set in 1986. Did your parents warn you to not hang around them when you were 3 ???

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Never early enough to take care of your kids...

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Aren't you just supper special

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Lol, my family's lived in Astoria all their lives, and we still do. After seeing this movie, I remembered lots of the locations they had in the film, and pass by there with my friends alot. I think my family had heard of Dito, but didn't really have any close connections with his family at the time.

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Fellow Astorian here. I've been living in Astoria for about 10 years now. I just turned on the TV last night and this movie was on. The scene that was on when I flipped to it was filmed right across the street from me - 24th Ave and 31st St. I'm on 29th St. right by the Beer Garden. Was so surprised to see so many locations in this movie I recognized. And I can't believe I wasn't aware when this was being filmed!

Astoria rules!!

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I went to high school in Astoria over 40 years ago. I didn't really wander off the path from the Ditmars Blvd station to school, but I remember parts of it were supposed to be rough. Great pizza, though.






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I'm actually a 16 year old kid that lives on Hazen and I was walking down 31st street where my friend told me about the movie. I know it was made in 2005, but I never figured Astoria to actually be violent


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