The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman is a 2019 American historical crime film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on Charles Brandt's 2004 novel I Heard You Paint Houses. The film stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci respectively as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, Jimmy Hoffa, and Russell Bufalino, and follows Sheeran as he recounts his supposed job as a Bufalino criminal family hitman.
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After years of development hell, The Irishman was announced as the next movie after Silence (2016) by Scorsese in September 2014. De Niro and Pacino were announced that month, as was Pesci, who came to star after being approached several times to take the part out of his unofficial retirement. Key photography started in September 2017 in New York City and the areas of Long Island's Mineola and Williston Park, and wrapped up in March 2018. It is one of the most expensive movies of Scorsese's career, with a production budget of $159 million.
It is the ninth feature collaboration between De Niro and Scorsese and their first since the 1995 Casino; the fourth feature film featuring both De Niro and Pacino (following The Godfather Part II, Heat and Righteous Kill); the seventh one starring both De Niro and Pesci (following Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Goodfellas, A Bronx Story, Casino and The Good Shepherd); the first one starring both Pacino and The Good Shepherd).
At the 57th New York Film Festival on September 27, 2019, the Irishman had its world premiere and is expected to receive a limited theatrical release on November 1, 2019, followed by online streaming on Netflix on November 27, 2019. The movie was widely acclaimed, with critics praising the technical aspects, direction, script, and De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci performances.
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About The Irishman (2019)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Produced by: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Gastón Pavlovich, Randall Emmett, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Gerald Chamales and Irwin Winkler
Screenplay by: Steven Zaillian
Based on: I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci
Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by: Thelma Schoonmaker
Production companies: TriBeCa Productions, STX Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Fábrica de Cine
Distributed by: Netflix
Release date: September 27, 2019 (NYFF) and November 1, 2019 (United States)
Running time: 209 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $159 million.
Premise
The Irishman is Frank Sheeran's tale, a mob hitman and a veteran of the Second World War who learns his skills during his Italian service. Now an old man, he's reflecting on the events that defined his career as a hitman, particularly his role in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, his longtime friend, and his association with the Bufalino crime family.
Cast
Robert De Niro as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran
Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino
Bobby Cannavale as Felix "Skinny Razor" DiTullio
Harvey Keitel as Angelo Bruno
Stephen Graham as Anthony Provenzano
Kathrine Narducci as Carrie Bufalino
Domenick Lombardozzi as Anthony Salerno
Anna Paquin as Peggy Sheeran
Sebastian Maniscalco as Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
Ray Romano as Bill Bufalino
Jeremy Luke as Thomas Andretta
Jesse Plemons as Chuckie O'Brien
Stephanie Kurtzuba as Irene Sheeran
Aleksa Palladino as Mary Sheeran
India Ennenga as Dolores Sheeran
J. C. MacKenzie as Jimmy Neal
Gary Basaraba as Frank Fitzsimmons
Jim Norton as Don Rickles
Larry Romano as Phil Testa
Jake Hoffman as Allen Dorfman
Patrick Gallo as Anthony Giacalone
Barry Primus as Ewing King
Jack Huston as Robert F. Kennedy.
Production
For a long time, Martin Scorsese was involved in making a film adaptation of Charles Brandt's I Saw You Paint Houses and casting De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci. In 2007, the movie started its development phase. Brandt received a phone call from De Niro in July 2009, which resulted in a meeting between the two, Scorsese and screenwriter Steven Zaillian, a month later. The meeting was scheduled to last an hour, but it took four hours to finish. "The content was new to them," Brandt said, and Zaillian already had a script prepared, but Brandt's additions required a do-over. Brandt turned over his own script to aid. Brandt said, "Zaillian is a great writer, don't get me wrong[...] I needed to record the content." The new materials and rewrite led the movie to lose its place in the film release schedule, and Scorsese went on to direct three more movies, Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Silence (2016), until returning to The Irishman. After years of development hell in September 2014, Pacino announced that after Silence, the film would be Scorsese's next project. De Niro reported in October 2015 that the project was still going on and could start filming in 2016 and that Zaillian was confirmed as a screenwriter.
It was announced in July 2017 that the movie would be portrayed as a series of flashbacks by an older Frank Sheeran, depicted as a reminder of his many criminal activities over several decades, with De Niro appearing "as young as 24 years old and as old as 80 years old." Producer Irwin Winkler characterized the project as "the coming together of people who have worked together since we were kids together," while Rosenth described the project as "the coming together of people who have worked together since we were kids together."
Soundtrack
The score was directed by Canadian singer Robbie Robertson.
Release
The Irishman had his world premiere on September 27, 2019 at the 57th New York Film Festival. A limited theatrical release is planned for November 1, 2019, followed on November 27, 2019 by online streaming on Netflix.
The movie will not be showing in the theaters operated by AMC, Cinemark, Regal or Cineplex because "the four-week transition to SVOD remains undesirable to those chains." It was previously reported in February 2019 that Netflix would give the film a wide theatrical release at Scorsese's request. The heads of several theater chains, including Adam Aron of AMC, who refused to play Roma the previous November, said they would only be open to playing The Irishman if Netflix "respects the theatrical window of decades, which means that films only come to the theaters for a few months and then go back."
Conclusion
A mob hitman tells of his alleged role in Jimmy Hoffa's murder.
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