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Mr. Untouchable /

"This is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug lord. With the first hand testimony of the Godfather himself, Nicky Barnes, who was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history. From humble beginnings, he came to dominate the heroin distribution business....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: HDNet Films, Dash Films (Firm), Blowback Productions, Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Dash, Damon, 1971- (Producer), Gibney, Alex (Producer), Kliot, Jason (Producer), Vicente, Joana (Producer), Robinson, Mary Jane (Producer), Levin, Marc, 1951- (Director)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles.
Subjects:
Barnes, Leroy, > 1933-
Criminals > New York (State) > New York.
Organized crime > New York (State) > New York.
Drug dealers > New York (State) > Biography.
Delitos > Nueva York (Estados Unidos)
Crimen organizado > Nueva York (Estados Unidos)
Drogas > Nueva York (Estados Unidos)
Documentary > Feature.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Description
Summary:"This is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug lord. With the first hand testimony of the Godfather himself, Nicky Barnes, who was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history. From humble beginnings, he came to dominate the heroin distribution business. Trusted and trained by the Italians, he set up his own crime family --The Council."--Container.
Item Description:Originally released as a documentary film in 2007.
Special features include: Deleted interviews, including Nicky Barnes, deleted audio recordings, including Nicky Barnes, delete scenes, wire tap recordings, Nicky and Frank Lucas: videotaped phone conversation, interviews with Damon Dash, Marc Levin (director) & Mary-Jane Robinson (producer)
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; English 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital; region 1; NTSC.
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated R; for strong bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity.
Production Credits:Music, Hi-Tek ; editors, Emir Lewis, Daniel Praid ; director of photography, Henry Adebonojo.