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Frank Serpico

"Well,if you're makin' a movie about your lifeput it in there." We have to now let...

"Well,
if you're makin' a movie about your life
put it in there." We have to now let the
actors do their work

Full Transcript

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"Well, if you're makin' a movie
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about your life put it in there."
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We have to now let the actors do their work.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:04
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
La Lutta NMC,Gigantic Pictures

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Movie Summary

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.
"But leave it the hell out of mine!" - Frank Serpico 00:06
"But leave it the hell out of mine!"
So they asked Frank to leave - Frank Serpico 00:05
So they asked Frank to leave
Very few people know - Frank Serpico 00:09
Very few people know
And I remember he just finished a script - Frank Serpico 00:19
And I remember he just finished a script
"I haven't felt this good - Frank Serpico 00:05
"I haven't felt this good
And Norman Wexler looked at us like we were crazy - Frank Serpico 00:06
And Norman Wexler looked at us like we were crazy
Well, one day, my wall phone rings.. - Frank Serpico 00:04
Well, one day, my wall phone rings..
...and it's John, and he says - Frank Serpico 00:09
...and it's John, and he says
I think he was disappointed that Avildsen - Frank Serpico 00:09
I think he was disappointed that Avildsen
John Avildsen wanted me to play myself. - Frank Serpico 00:04
John Avildsen wanted me to play myself.
You know, and I said, "What, are you crazy?" - Frank Serpico 00:06
You know, and I said, "What, are you crazy?"
You'll be an eccentric." - Frank Serpico 00:08
You'll be an eccentric."
He was Frank Serpico - Frank Serpico 00:06
He was Frank Serpico
And that becomes another stressor - Frank Serpico 00:07
And that becomes another stressor
He's hung his hat on identifying himself - Frank Serpico 00:08
He's hung his hat on identifying himself
That's something that he did - Frank Serpico 00:05
That's something that he did
...once I'd left the police department, - Frank Serpico 00:05
...once I'd left the police department,
I mean, you did write a chapter about Frank - Frank Serpico 00:04
I mean, you did write a chapter about Frank
It's hard for me to imagine that you never - Frank Serpico 00:09
It's hard for me to imagine that you never
...I got angry - Frank Serpico 00:07
...I got angry