I grew upin the streets of Queens. It was sort of divided. In public school, you hadsome...
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(marching band plays) announcer:
This is New York. A miracle city. A monument to our nation's restless energy. Across the river from Manhattan lies the borough of Queens. (jazz band playing) Carl: I grew up
in the streets of Queens. It was sort of divided. In public school, you had
some of these middle-class, mostly Jewish kids. From the other side
of the tracks, a lot of
the reform school kids, and those were the kids
I liked, really. Used to play basketball
with the Gotti brothers. But the more my mother said,
"Don't do it," the more
I wanted to do it
This is New York. A miracle city. A monument to our nation's restless energy. Across the river from Manhattan lies the borough of Queens. (jazz band playing) Carl: I grew up
in the streets of Queens. It was sort of divided. In public school, you had
some of these middle-class, mostly Jewish kids. From the other side
of the tracks, a lot of
the reform school kids, and those were the kids
I liked, really. Used to play basketball
with the Gotti brothers. But the more my mother said,
"Don't do it," the more
I wanted to do it
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(marching band plays)
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announcer:
This is New York.
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A miracle city.
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A monument to our nation's
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restless energy.
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Across the river from Manhattan
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lies the borough of Queens.
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(jazz band playing)
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Carl: I grew up
in the streets of Queens.
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It was sort of divided.
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In public school, you had
some of these middle-class,
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mostly Jewish kids.
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From the other side
of the tracks,
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a lot of
the reform school kids,
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and those were the kids
I liked, really.
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Used to play basketball
with the Gotti brothers.
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But the more my mother said,
"Don't do it," the more
I wanted to do it.
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Movie Summary
Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.
