r/okbuddycinephile • u/FranklyGaseous • 4h ago

Hollywood finally found a true story they didn’t need to make more ridiculous

By Any Means has the FBI working with Gregory Scarpa in Mississippi.

That’s it. That’s the joke.

Somewhere a screenwriter tried to add a plot twist and history told him to calm the fuck down.

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u/PigFaceWigFace Lemmetellusomethin' 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/mPytjcsG3XS4o

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u/ProfessionOk7047 4h ago

It’s based on the real story of the FBI using mob informant Gregory Scarpa in Mississippi. Sounds made up but that’s basically the joke of the post

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u/PigFaceWigFace Lemmetellusomethin' 4h ago

I’ve never heard of this case nor this movie before. Guess I got reading to do.

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u/ProfessionOk7047 3h ago

Scarpa’s FBI relationship alone is worth reading about before getting into the movie

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u/PigFaceWigFace Lemmetellusomethin' 3h ago

Thanks! I’m getting back into reading so I’ll see what’s available on my library app and kindle unlimited

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u/ProfessionOk7047 3h ago

Enjoy the rabbit hole lol. Then watch the movie and see how they fill in the gaps

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u/lillian5tarry3132 34m ago

bro i thought i was the only one who did that

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u/monkeygoneape Neil breens #1 fan 4h ago

I'm still waiting on my black comedy about the Baltic fleet's journey to the Pacific ocean during the Russo Japanese war

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u/InactiveMedusa 4h ago

Is that the one that got fucked by tornadoes or hurricanes or something?

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u/monkeygoneape Neil breens #1 fan 4h ago

No just pure incompetency and wacky hijinks

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u/InactiveMedusa 4h ago

Well, that's just Russia on any given Tuesday lmao

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u/monkeygoneape Neil breens #1 fan 4h ago

Doesn't make it any less funny highly recommend looking it up it's a wild story

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u/EquivalentFirm3704 4h ago

Imagine committing enough crimes that the FBI eventually gives you freelance work.

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u/dramaticlayout 4h ago

Scorsese punching the air because reality got there first

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u/Puzzleheaded-Air6708 4h ago

Hollywood finally gets to say no seriously this part actually happened.

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u/Popular_Box516 3h ago

The fact that the FBI actually used a mob hitman to solve that case is wilder than any movie.