<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $10 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $17.3 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American crime drama film, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name . It tells the coming of age story of an Italian - American boy, Calogero Anello, who, after encountering a local mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father . The Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes, and starred Palminteri and Robert De Niro . </P> <P> De Niro, who first viewed the play in Los Angeles in 1990, acquired the rights from Palminteri, intent on making the play his directorial debut . The duo then worked heavily together on the screenplay, with Palminteri aiming to retain many of the aspects of the original script, as it was based largely on his own childhood . Production began in 1991, and was funded in collaboration with De Niro's TriBeCa Productions and Savoy Pictures, as the first film released by each studio . </P>

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