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* IconicOutfit: Boss Salvatore sporting a white bathrobe immediately cues everybody that he's based off Tony.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Chris and Carmine fly to LA to convince Creator/BenKingsley for the main role, but "Sir Kingsley" wants nothing to do with them.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The protagonist was going to be initially called "TheButcher", but Silvio vetoes at as it hits [[DispossingOfABody [[DisposingOfABody too close to home]].home]], reminding Chris about a certain guy from AC. [[note]] A reference to Bonnano soldier [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pitera Thomas "The Butcher" Pitera]][[/note]]
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''Cleaver'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-the-Show]] from ''Series/TheSopranos''. Written and produced by Christopher Moltisanti, it was released in season 6, although he had been working on it sporadically since season 1.
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''Cleaver'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-the-Show]] from ''Series/TheSopranos''.''Series/TheSopranos'' and the 10th movie under the subspecies of producer Little Carmine. Written and produced by Christopher Moltisanti, it was released in season 6, although he had been working on it sporadically since season 1.
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''Cleaver'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-the-Show]] from ''Series/TheSopranos''. Written and produced by Christopher Moltisanti, it was released in season 6, although he had been working on it sporadically since season 1.
A supernatural TorturePorn / SlasherFilm, Michael is a Mafia hitman who is betrayed and killed by his associates. This is done at the instigation of Michael's boss Salvatore, who is lusting after Michael's fiancée. Michael is then resurrected as the eponymous "Cleaver", an undead mafioso who kills off all his former enemies one by one.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AsianHookerStereotype: Michael's Asian-American fiancée is due to marry him in two days and is initially worried when he goes missing, but all it needs to convince her to forget about him and bang his boss is two tacky come-on lines from Sal. Notable primarily for being a RaceLift, since Adriana was white.
* BadBoss: Salvatore is shown to be quite trigger-happy and unwilling to listen to reason while having a discussion with his crew. He probably even set up Michael's death to put the moves on his fiancée.
* TheDon: Mob boss Salvatore, played by Creator/DanielBaldwin.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Michael as an undead killer.
* ExecutiveMeddling: [[invoked]] Christopher and Carmine Jr. pull the strings of the [[WagTheDirector nominal director]] and J.T. Dolan is ''[[WorkOffTheDebt mildly]]'' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse strongarmed]] into writing the script.
* FatBastard: Downplayed. Salvatore is not morbidly overweight, but is shown to have quite a gut while talking to his underlings.
* FauxSymbolism: Invoked; for no real reason the movie closes on a close-up shot of a crucifix and a cornicello, to "juxtapose the sacred and the propane (sic)".
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] Chris pitches the movie as trying to cash in on the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' craze.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: What Christopher quite blatantly attempts with his film scripts.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Christopher mentions that Michael rises from the grave, but doesn't decide whether it's done through technological or supernatural means.
* {{Mockumentary}}: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWZehc-K2O4 making of]] released by Creator/{{HBO}}.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Sal arranges to have Michael killed because he wants to sleep with his fiancée.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Said by the Cleaver before killing Sal:
-->'''Michael:''' Well, this is mine too Sal. [holds up meat cleaver] And you can have it!
* ProfessionalKiller: Michael before his demise.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Michael is resurrected so that he can kill the people responsible for his death.
* TantrumThrowing: Salvatore angrily throws a bottle of coins against a cellar wall, shattering it.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: In a roundabout way. Christopher consciously or unconsciously based much of the movie on his own life, Tony's behaviour, and his suspicions regarding Tony and Adriana having slept together. Carmela calls it "a revenge fantasy that ends up with the boss's head split open by a meat cleaver".
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted. Sal's first reaction to seeing the undead Michael is to empty his gun into him.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: [[invoked]] Chris took inspiration for the script from parts of his own life.
* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Sal tries to kill Michael again after his resurrection, but the bullets prove ineffective. Michael even mocks him for trying to kill a shambling corpse.
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''Cleaver'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-the-Show]] from ''Series/TheSopranos''. Written and produced by Christopher Moltisanti, it was released in season 6, although he had been working on it sporadically since season 1.
A supernatural TorturePorn / SlasherFilm, Michael is a Mafia hitman who is betrayed and killed by his associates. This is done at the instigation of Michael's boss Salvatore, who is lusting after Michael's fiancée. Michael is then resurrected as the eponymous "Cleaver", an undead mafioso who kills off all his former enemies one by one.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AsianHookerStereotype: Michael's Asian-American fiancée is due to marry him in two days and is initially worried when he goes missing, but all it needs to convince her to forget about him and bang his boss is two tacky come-on lines from Sal. Notable primarily for being a RaceLift, since Adriana was white.
* BadBoss: Salvatore is shown to be quite trigger-happy and unwilling to listen to reason while having a discussion with his crew. He probably even set up Michael's death to put the moves on his fiancée.
* TheDon: Mob boss Salvatore, played by Creator/DanielBaldwin.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Michael as an undead killer.
* ExecutiveMeddling: [[invoked]] Christopher and Carmine Jr. pull the strings of the [[WagTheDirector nominal director]] and J.T. Dolan is ''[[WorkOffTheDebt mildly]]'' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse strongarmed]] into writing the script.
* FatBastard: Downplayed. Salvatore is not morbidly overweight, but is shown to have quite a gut while talking to his underlings.
* FauxSymbolism: Invoked; for no real reason the movie closes on a close-up shot of a crucifix and a cornicello, to "juxtapose the sacred and the propane (sic)".
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] Chris pitches the movie as trying to cash in on the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' craze.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: What Christopher quite blatantly attempts with his film scripts.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Christopher mentions that Michael rises from the grave, but doesn't decide whether it's done through technological or supernatural means.
* {{Mockumentary}}: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWZehc-K2O4 making of]] released by Creator/{{HBO}}.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Sal arranges to have Michael killed because he wants to sleep with his fiancée.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Said by the Cleaver before killing Sal:
-->'''Michael:''' Well, this is mine too Sal. [holds up meat cleaver] And you can have it!
* ProfessionalKiller: Michael before his demise.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Michael is resurrected so that he can kill the people responsible for his death.
* TantrumThrowing: Salvatore angrily throws a bottle of coins against a cellar wall, shattering it.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: In a roundabout way. Christopher consciously or unconsciously based much of the movie on his own life, Tony's behaviour, and his suspicions regarding Tony and Adriana having slept together. Carmela calls it "a revenge fantasy that ends up with the boss's head split open by a meat cleaver".
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted. Sal's first reaction to seeing the undead Michael is to empty his gun into him.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: [[invoked]] Chris took inspiration for the script from parts of his own life.
* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Sal tries to kill Michael again after his resurrection, but the bullets prove ineffective. Michael even mocks him for trying to kill a shambling corpse.
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