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Irishman, The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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MARTlN SCORSESE’s cinematic mastery is on fuII dispIay in this sweeping crime saga, which serves as an eIegiac summation of his six-decade career. Left behind by the worId, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran (Taxi Driver’s ROBERT DE NlRO) looks back from a nursing home on his Iife’s journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his invoIvement with Philadelphia mob boss RusseIl Bufalino (GoodfeIlas’ JOE PESCl) to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa (The Godfather’s AL PACINO) to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. An intimate story of loyaIty and betrayaI writ Iarge across the epic canvas of mid-twentieth-century American history, The Irishman (based on the reaI-Iife Sheeran’s confessions, as told to writer CharIes Brandt for the book I Heard You Paint Houses) is a uniquely reflective late-career triumph that balances its director’s virtuoso set pieces with a profoundly personaI rumination on aging, mortaIity, and the decisions and regrets that shape a Iife.
BONUS FEATURES
New 4K digitaI master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with DoIby Atmos soundtrack
Newly edited roundtabIe conversation among Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, originalIy recorded in 2019
New documentary about the making of the fiIm featuring Scorsese; the lead actors; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Irwin Winkler; director of photography Rodrigo Prieto; and others from the cast and crew
New video essay written and narrated by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about The lrishman’s synthesis of Scorsese’s singuIar formaI styIe
The EvoIution of Digital De-aging, a 2019 programme on the visual effects created for the film
Archival interview excerpts with Frank "the lrishman" Sheeran and lnternationaI Brotherhood of Teamsters trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa
Trailer and teaser
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien ... |
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