The Irishman (2019)

A mob hitman recalls his friend Jimmy Hoffa.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Charles Brandt (book)

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci

Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 289 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert De Niro	...	Frank Sheeran
Al Pacino	...	Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci	...	Russell Bufalino
Harvey Keitel	...	Angelo Bruno
Ray Romano	...	Bill Bufalino
Bobby Cannavale	...	Skinny Razor
Anna Paquin	...	Older Peggy Sheeran
Stephen Graham	...	Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano
Stephanie Kurtzuba	...	Irene Sheeran
Jack Huston	...	Robert Kennedy / RFK
Kathrine Narducci	...	Carrie Bufalino
Jesse Plemons	...	Chuckie O'Brien
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Fat Tony Salerno
Paul Herman	...	Whispers DiTullio
Gary Basaraba	...	Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons

Storyline

Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran is a man with a lot on his mind. The former labor union high official and hitman, learned to kill serving in Italy during the Second World War. He now looks back on his life and the hits that defined his mob career, maintaining connections with the Bufalino crime family. In particular, the part he claims to have played in the disappearance of his life-long friend, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who mysteriously vanished in late July 1975 at the age of 62.

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Plot Keywords:

nonlinear timeline | criminal as protagonist | killer as protagonist | murder | truck driver | 

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Taglines:

Time Changes Nothing

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language and strong violence.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

German English Italian Latin Spanish

Release Date:

27 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Heard You Paint Houses

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$159,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$961,224

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tribeca Productions, Sikelia Productions, Winkler Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

209 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first film Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci have collaborated on together without the late Frank Vincent.

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Goofs

When Hoffa notices the flag on top of the Teamsters building is at half-mast because of JFK's assassination, he goes to the roof to have it fully raised again. When his men raise it, it's at the bottom of the flagpole instead of half-mast. This is because the proper ritual for restoring a half-mast flag to full-mast is to lower it from half-mast to the bottom, then raise it to full.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frank Sheeran: [narrating] When I was young, I thought house painters painted houses. What did I know? I was a working guy. A business agent for Teamster Local 107 out of South Philly.
Frank Sheeran: One of a thousand working stiffs... until I wasn't no more. And then I started painting houses... myself.

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Crazy Credits

Other than the Netflix logo and the film's original title (I Heard You Paint Houses), there are no opening credits for this movie.

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Connections

Referenced in The Alec Baldwin Show: Robert De Niro, Taraji P. Henson (2018)

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Soundtracks

El Negro Zumbón
From the film Anna (1951)
Written by Armando Trovajoli and Francesco Giordano
Performed by Flo Sandon's
Courtesy of Filmauro

User Reviews

Slow First Half, Masterful second half but overall should have been made 20 years ago

The De-aging effect in the first half of the movie was very distracting and not really hiding well the old age of the main cast. Deniro, Pacino and Pesci all move and talk like old people...perhaps because they are old and some cgi can't fully hide that fact. The 2nd half of the movie on the other hand felt much more natural as the characters got older (no more distracting de-aging effect) and both the story and direction became A class. Scorsese did a great job creating tension and everyone else involved (actors, camera work etc.) gave their best. If only this movie was made 20 years ago I'm sure it would have become a classic masterpiece without this annoying de-aging effect. As it is, this is a flawed masterpiece at best.