Gotti: Rise an Fall of a Mafia Don is a 1996 HBO original movie made for television, starring Armand Assante (as the famous Gambino crime family Boss John Gotti), William Forsythe, Anthony Quinn and many other actors who later joined the cast of the same network TV-series The Sopranos. The film was the highest rated original telefilm in HBO history at that time, according to IMDB. Assante won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special, for his performance. Assante also received a Golden Globe nomination the same year.