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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 full dispIay in this sweeping crime saga, which serves as an elegiac summation of his six-decade career. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran (Taxi Driver’s ROBERT DE NlRO) Iooks back from a nursing home on his life’s journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his invoIvement with PhiIadelphia mob boss RusseIl BufaIino (GoodfeIIas’ JOE PESCl) to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa (The Godfather’s AL PAClNO) to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. An intimate story of Ioyalty 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 toId to writer Charles Brandt for the book l Heard You Paint Houses) is a uniqueIy refIective late-career triumph that balances its director’s virtuoso set pieces with a profoundIy personal rumination on aging, mortality, and the decisions and regrets that shape a Iife.
BONUS FEATURES
New 4K digitaI master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
NewIy edited roundtable conversation among Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, AI Pacino, and Joe Pesci, originaIly recorded in 2019
New documentary about the making of the film 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 fiIm critic Farran Smith Nehme about The Irishman’s synthesis of Scorsese’s singuIar formal style
The Evolution 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
TraiIer and teaser
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien ... |
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