The Gold Coast

SUMMARY

(this is from the cover of the book.  Thanks curiouscat for this info) 
Coming in 200"Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal."
rumored to start shooting in April, hoping for a release in March 2003, Upcomingmovies.com

CAST /CREW

Al Pacino............................. Nelson DeMille.................... Michael Bregman................. Herold Becker.....................	? writer (novel) writer (screenplay) director	You are Visitor No: Counter by Escati

ARTICLES / NEWS

This movie seems to be on hold.

 

http://www.nelsondemille.net/feature_films.htm (Al may not be in it after all) 

(thanks NJ from Paris for this info)
This is a page on the books author, Nelson DeMille. I haven't heard any other confirmation of this so who knows what's up.

 

U.K.'s IAC adds chiller, war drama, by Adam Dawtrey, Variety, May 14-May 20, 2001

    These two British films join a slate that includes two other American projects from the Bregman-IAC partnership: "Carolina" and "Gold Coast."
    "Carolina," directed by Jon Amiel and starring Julia Stiles, has just begun shooting. "Gold Coast," a $65 million drama directed by Harold Becker and starring Al Pacino, is scheduled for November, subject to a potential actors strike.

 

Al Pacino in the Mafia again

    (thanks Anne for another article on this film)
   Al Pacino will team up with director Harold Becker for the third time, in his new movie THE GOLD
    COAST. The two men had already worked together on SEA OF LOVE and CITY HALL. This film should mark Pacino's return to the genre that made him famous, gangster movies. Adapted from a novel by Nelson DeMille (no relationship with Cecil B!), THE GOLD COAST follows the adventures of a powerful Wall Street lawyer who is threatened by one of the Mafia chiefs. It is not known yet if Al Pacino will play the gangster or the lawyer. Shooting will begin in November in New York, with a budget of 65 million dollars.

    (original French version) Al Pacino à nouveau dans la Mafia
    Al Pacino va retrouver pour la troisième fois le réalisateur Harold Becker pour son nouveau film, THE GOLD COAST. Les deux hommes avaient déjà travaillé ensemble sur MELODIE POUR UN MEURTRE et CITY HALL. Ce film devrait marquer le retour de Pacino au genre qui lui a donné ses lettres de noblesse, le film de gangsters. Adapté d’une nouvelle de Nelson DeMille (aucun rapport avec Cecil B. !), THE GOLD COAST suit les aventures d’un puissant avocat de Wall Street qui se retrouve menacé par l’un des chefs de la Mafia. On ne sait pas encore si Al Pacino jouera le mafieux ou l’avocat.
    Le tournage du film doit débuter au mois de novembre à New York, avec un budget de 65 millions de dollars.

 

 

TRIVIA

The author also wrote, "The General's Daughter" which was made into a movie with John Travolta.
Harold Becker (Sea of Love and City Hall) is to direct the the $65-million drama set to shoot summer of 2001.
The screenwriter is Michael Bregman the son of Al's longtime friend and the film's producer Martin Bregman.