LANSKY

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CLIENT: HBO Publicity
PROJECT: Publicity One-Sheet, HBO Original Movie “Lansky”

BODY COPY: How did a young Jewish immigrant growing up on the tough streets of New York’s Lower East Side become the mastermind of an international organized crime syndicate? HBO chronicles the true life story of the greatest gangster the world never knew — Meyer Lansky.

From his early partnerships with Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano to his domination in the fields of bootlegging and gambling, it seemed Lansky could do no wrong in the world of wrong-doing. His mind was brilliant and his ways were ruthless. He was set for life.

Or so it seemed until the FBI cracked down and federal charges started piling up. Suddenly the man who been on top of the world was a man without a country.

Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Illeana Douglas and Anthony LaPaglia. Directed by John McNaughton. Written by David Mamet.