The Big Picture: James Gandolfini Career & Biographical Notes: Worked as a bouncer at an on-campus pub while getting his Communications degree from Rutgers University Filed a lawsuit against HBO and producers of The Sopranos to get out of his contract, but ultimately returned for a fifth season after receiving a 50 percent pay raise Was hit by a taxi in 2006 while riding his Vespa in New York, causing him to require knee surgery and delay production of the last few episodes of his shows series 1961-2013

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James Gandolfini Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Fallen
• People Working Together

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film No release date Romance & Cigarettes

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Where the Wild Things Are	10/16/09	PG			75.82	Info
In the Loop	7/24/09	N/A
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	6/12/09	N/A
Miracle at St. Anna	9/26/08	N/A
All the King's Men	9/22/06	N/A
Surviving Christmas	10/22/04	PG-13	2750	4.44	11.20	Info
The Man Who Wasn't There	10/31/01	R	169	1.02	7.49	Info
The Last Castle	10/19/01	R	2262	7.11	18.21	Info

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