The family scenes were shot last. According to Mike Newell, "It was like making a different movie."
Donnie Brasco:
Twenty years you know a guy, you fuckin' whack him out just like that over a lounge? That's beautiful.
In one scene, the feds use Sennheiser HD25 headphones for phone taps and to listen to Donnie's recordings. These headphones were released by Sennheiser in 1988. These headphones are very popular among sound men in cinema and television hence why they are probably in this scene.
In 2007, Sony released an DVD "Extended Cut" featuring an extra 20 minutes footage (taking the running time up to 147 minutes).
English, Italian, Japanese
$35,000,000 (estimated)
$11,660,216 2 March 1997
$41,909,762
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