![]() When the feds hear that Stone has open access to Lansky, they pressure him to become an informant, dragging him and his family into the still-threatening orbit of the old gangster. He clearly relishes reliving the moments. Lansky tells his story in great detail, insisting that he must have final edit on what goes in the book. Stone travels to Miami to work with Lansky on the book, and the story is framed in conversations between them in a diner. A hapless, down-on-his-luck writer, David Stone (Sam Worthington), is contacted by Lansky and given the scoop of a lifetime: the chance to tell the mob boss’ story in full and publish his true, untold, authorized biography. The plot focuses on an FBI investigation of Meyer in his last years of life, looking for the money. If there was money, he took that secret to his grave. One of the enduring mysteries of the man is how and where he hid his money. He was rumored to have amassed tens of millions of dollars in wealth and yet died with an estate valued at less than $100K. Lansky was a Polish Jew who became known as the accountant to the mob, and he was, for a time, the boss of the National Crime Syndicate. Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky is a mid-budget old school gangster film about Meyer Lansky ( Harvey Keitel). ![]()
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