Sonny

Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name which may refer to:

People

Athletes

Sonny (film)

Sonny is a 2002 American crime-drama film starring James Franco, Harry Dean Stanton, Brenda Blethyn, Mena Suvari and Josie Davis. Based on a screenplay by John Carlen, the film marked the directorial debut of Nicolas Cage, who makes his cameo appearance. It was co-produced by Cage's production company Saturn Films.

Plot

Sonny (Franco) is the son of Jewel (Blethyn) who runs a small brothel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sonny returns home from the army, staying with his mother while waiting to start the job an army buddy of his promised him. Jewel tries to convince Sonny to come back to working for her as he had before the army, saying many of his old clients still miss him and he was the best gigolo she had ever had.

Sonny repeatedly turns her down, wanting to leave that life behind. However, the job he was promised never materializes and he is forced to return to working for his mother. Jewel had recently recruited a new girl to the brothel, Carol (Suvari), who meets Sonny and falls in love with him. They talk of getting out together.

Gianconiglio

Gianconiglio, internationally known as Sonny, is an Italian comic strip created by Carlo Peroni.

The comic strip started in 1971, published in the comics magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli, with Carlo Triberti as scriptwriter; it was translated in a number of foreign countries, remarkably obtaining a great success in Germany. Over the years several other authors alternated, such as Roberto Arghinoni, Francois Corteggiani and Umberto Volpini as writers and Umberto Manfrin, Pinù Intini and Attilio Ortolani as artists.

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