The Last Don The Last Don The Last Don is a novel by Mario Puzo, best known as the author of "The Godfather". The story alternates between the film industry and the Las Vegas Strip casinos, showing how the Mafia is linked to both. The last plan of Don Domenico Clericuzio, an aging Mafia boss, is to eventually have his family enter the legitimate world and assimilate into American society. Twenty-five years later, his grandson Dante and grandnephew Croccifixio (Cross) make their way through life, and the eighty-year-old Don is semi-retired. Cross, who holds a majority share in a Las Vegas casino, is
The Sicilian (film) "The Sicilian", "Ebert criticized the cast, the cinematography, the script, even the sound quality. He was right about all of it." Rotten Tomatoes gives "The Sicilian" a 12% "Rotten" rating, based on 17 reviews. A 146-minute director's cut was released theatrically in France and is available on VHS and Blu-Ray in the United States, and in Europe as a region 2 DVD. This version received mixed reviews when it initially opened in Paris. Maltin gave the director's cut of "The Sicilian" two stars out of four, writing that the film "seems shorter, thanks to more coherency and Sukowa's strengthened role.