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Anyone notice Frank Vincent (Phil Leaotardo)?


I know this sounds really stupid (Frank Vincent isn't even on the cast list after all), but me being very observant, I noticed that Frank Vincent had what might be described as a Cameo appearance in this film. Not only did he not speak, but he didn't even move. He was actually only in it because his face was seen in a poster. I am very observant, especially when watching films, and I'm sure that it was Frank Vincent (dumb to say 100%, but I feel I am, I'll say I'm 99.9% sure). Now, I'll describe the scene in which this poster is visible.

Basically, the scene in which we were introduced to Tony Sirico's character (Snake/whale) is where this poster is visible. You know when we first see Tony Sirico (this is Paulie Gaultieri from "The Sopranos" in case some of you aren't familiar with him), well on the door behind Tony there are a few posters (hard to make out the writing, they looked like wanted posters of some sort...oh and in black and white if this helps remind anyone), on these posters you can clearly see Frank Vincents' very distinctive face. This is shortly before Tony's character goes inside the building with Steve Buscemi's character and someone else (don't remember who...think it was Holt McCallany's character - the director), and then Tony Sirico lets one off.

P.S. - Not much people are familiar with Frank Vincent, so, basically any fans of "The Sopranos" - he plays Phil Leotardo in that. He also played Billy Batts in Goodfellas, and Frank Marino in Casino.

So yeah, did anyone else notice this?

JR

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I've seen the movie a dozen+ times, and I finally noticed Frank Vincent's cameo for the first time the other night. Makes me wonder how I missed it all through the years I've loved this film!

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