OVERVIEW: From Warner Bros. Pictures, “The Alto Knights,” starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro in a dual role and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, will debut Digitally at home on April 11 and Blu-rayTM and DVD Arrive on May 27.

SYNOPSIS: Starring legendary actor Robert De Niro in a dual role, and from the dream team of mafia movie filmmakers, such hitmakers as director Barry Levinson, writer Nicholas Pileggi and producers Irwin Winkler and Jason Sosnoff, “The Alto Knights” explores one of the most pivotal moments of organized crime history.

This compelling story of friendship and betrayal, jealousy and greed, corruption and an epic power struggle reveals the deadly decades-long battle between notorious mob bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese—both portrayed by De Niro—and unravels the truth behind the near downfall of organized crime in America.

De Niro’s Frank and Vito are childhood friends whose lives take different paths, but whose destinies as powerful mob bosses are forever intertwined. When we meet the two men, Frank is respected as a highly influential yet diplomatic mafia boss in New York City; and Vito, formerly a boss who once handed over his position when forced into a sort of exile, is a violent, ambitious man who will stop at nothing to regain his seat at the top. Ultimately, it is their differing ambitions combined with their hugely contrasting personalities that will set the former friends against each other for good.

BLU-RAY: The film is presented in widescreen in a 2.39:1 aspect ration preserving its theatrical format. The picture is just flawless. Not only the picture looks great in this release, also the sound it is good, a 5.1 Master Audio in English that provides a good complement to the picture. It also includes  English subtitles.

VIDEO:
Widescreen (2.39:1) 16x9

AUDIO:
English 5.1, Spanish 5.1 and French 5.1 Dolby Atmos True-HD MA

Subtitles - Latin Spanish, French - Parisian, French - Canadian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, Danish, Czec

SPECIAL FEATURES:

One Legend, Two Mobsters - Featurette