Robert De Niro joins the ranks of actor-auteurs with 'A Bronx Tale'. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 1, 1993| Author: Rickey, Carrie | Copyright information 
    TORONTO _ Robert De Niro has played the devil so often it figures he'd sport Mephistos, those high-ticket leather sneakers from France favored by the tragically hip. But excepting his penchant for black (sneaks, socks, shirt), there's nothing satanic about the actor, whose broad, putty face looks downright cherubic framed by that dark nimbus of chin-length hair. 
    Is it because he's miraculously evolved from devil to angel that this reclusive two-time Oscar-winner, who routinely ni...

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