Alto Knights (2025)

Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
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Alto Knights
Release Date: March 28, 2025
Certification: Full Certification

n the scene where we see an actor on rooftop with pigeons in a coop, prior to shooting the scene, the pigeons were carried to set in well-ventilated carriers. The pigeons were individually placed into the coop and allowed time to acclimate. Within the coop the pigeons have free choice water and feed along with perches placed around the entire coop. The birds are on the perches, and sitting with each other. The trainers were positioned immediately behind camera. Upon completion of the scenes the pigeons were individually caught by hand and placed into the travel containers. The pigeons were taken off wet and placed into the trainers vehicle for the end of the scene.

In the scene where the actress watches her husband on television and she has two dogs on her lap, the dogs’ caretaker brought them to set in their carrier. He put them on their marks on the couch with actor. She smoked the herbal cigarette intermittently and blew the smoke away from the dogs.

In the scene where the actor walks dogs out of the lobby, the dogs actually belong to actor who is walking them.