Netflix Pays $105M to Reunite Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci & Pacino
link: http://movieweb.com/irishman-movie-netflix-reunites-scorsese-de-niro-pesci-pacino/
FC/OT: Haven't seen this posted. Netflix acquires rights to Scorsese's Frank Sheeran biopic.
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None of them are over 5'9". Who's gonna play Sheeran?Netflix Pays $105M to Reunite Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci & Pacino
link: http://movieweb.com/irishman-movie-netflix-reunites-scorsese-de-niro-pesci-pacino/
Movie making magic. I understand that many of the supporting parts will be played by Peter Dinklage, Tom Cruise and Bono.
DeNiro. That's why they call it "acting." Robert DeNiro is not Irish, either.
I'm familiar with 'acting'. I have 'an' history of watching great actors. You can't act 6'4" when you're 5'9" or less. Part of Sheeran's schtick was his imposing, threatening appearance -- looking down at people etc. And, yeah, I read the book.DeNiro. That's why they call it "acting." Robert DeNiro is not Irish, either.
Right. Whatever you say. Perhaps they could get Dolph Lundgren.
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Netflix Pays $105M to Reunite Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci & Pacino
link: http://movieweb.com/irishman-movie-netflix-reunites-scorsese-de-niro-pesci-pacino/
Just happy to see De Niro in something other than frat boy comedies and a Fockers movie (he was actually pretty good in 'The Intern'). Also really love what Scorsese did with The Wolf of Wall Street - didn't see his most recent film; but we know this is perfectly in his wheelhouse. Excited for this!
The Wolf of Wallstreet was fantastic. Very underrated movie IMO.
About the only Scorsese flick I don't like is Gangs of New York.
What made that movie better was the fact some of that off the wall crap that happened in the movie was actually true to the story.
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Anyone who can get Jonah Hill an Oscar nomination is worth your time (though Scorsese has proven his mettle a long time ago). Anyway, loved TWOWS - the car scene with Leo and Hill tripping on drugs was the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever seen. I liked Gangs of New York too, even if only for DDL.
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At least it's not one of those 'old guys do a bucket list' or 'old guys try to re-live glory days by vacationing in Vegas' movies.
Here is some added info presented in an article by the local paper 6 years ago. You can access the FBI file by hitting the red link in the paragraph below. I skimmed through The FBI file years ago when released. It is not too interesting due to the redacted names. I was basically interested in the files because I wanted to read the surveillance notes on some of the functions I attended, such as Bufalino’s birthday party in the 80’s, where the crime families from over the nation attended, and many of the Italian American picnics at Scarlet Lake.
Also I scanned if the King Court Diner was mentioned. The diner’s cliental were union leaders, chief & his assistants of the Wilkes-Barre police, the county judges, many bookies, Norman James the NE FBI agent would occasionally drop in and Bufalino would make and occasional visit.
The rise and fall of a mob power
Russell Bufalino, seated at left wearing a tie, and two associates were arrested on obstruction of justice charges in 1959 for allegedly lying to a grand jury about the purpose of a "mob convention" they attended in Apalachin, N.Y. in 1957. Seated to Bufalino's left is Angelo Sciandra. At right is James David Osticco. Their convictions were overturned on appeal.
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In his time, Russell A. Bufalino was feted by politicians, feared by his fellow mobsters and dogged by federal prosecutors.
Even 17 years after his death, the soft-spoken, eight-fingered Sicilian with a lazy eye, known to his closest associates as “McGee,” is still a presence in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where he helped nurture the culture of corruption now unraveling under the pressure of a federal corruption probe.
View the FBI file on Bufalino
The 2006 arrest of Bufalino’s longtime driver and reputed successor, William “Big Billy” D’Elia, put the FBI on the trail of two Luzerne County judges now facing prison for racketeering, federal prosecutors say.
Casino developer Louis A. DeNaples’ alleged evasions about a relationship with Bufalino in interviews with state gaming regulators forced him to relinquish control of his casino in return for dismissal of perjury charges in 2009.
Bufalino, or a character based on him, will likely play a prominent role in a film planned by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese. “The Irishman,” based on the biography of a Teamsters official who claims to have killed labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa on Bufalino’s orders, would star mob-movie legends Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino.
But the definitive, if less cinematic, chronicle of Bufalino’s career can be found in his 1,164-page FBI file acquired by The Citizens’ Voice under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
Although heavily edited to delete the names of informants and associates and to protect investigatory information, the FBI file makes a compelling case that Bufalino’s quiet and modest life in Kingston obscured a criminal career of nationwide significance. Reports from FBI offices across the United States over a 30-year period link Bufalino and his crime family to union racketeering, bookmaking, the fencing of stolen goods, loan-sharking, narcotics and related violence.
“He was one of the most powerful mob bosses of his day, if not of all time,” said Charles Brandt, a former Delaware state prosecutor whose biography of former Teamsters official Frank Sheeran, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” is the basis for the Scorsese film project.
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link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-mob-power-1.1175897#axzz1STwhSIqp
No problem with the height....DiNero will be wearing 7" pumps
Why not Danny DeVito?
Right. Whatever you say. Perhaps they could get Dolph Lundgren.
Here he is towering over Arnold.
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not to be a wanker, but did these 4 ever work together? "reunite" is a stretch . . .
Pacino is the odd man out...and truth be told, he's my least favorite of this bunch. Just don't get it with him.
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Why not Danny DeVito?
Look - if Tom Hardy can be Bane, De Niro can be The Irishman.
Netflix Pays $105M to Reunite Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci & Pacino
link: http://movieweb.com/irishman-movie-netflix-reunites-scorsese-de-niro-pesci-pacino/
I like these guys ac actors. Their politics, not so much. At any rate some of these guys need to retire!
Who's Bane? Factual character or fictional character? Oh, looked it up. A comic book character, I see. Well, Sheeran was real. Who'd you have playing Wilt? Denzel cause he can act? Exaggeration, I realize.Look - if Tom Hardy can be Bane, De Niro can be The Irishman.
The photo looks like Lovitz.
Me either. He's a yeller and fridge puncher. He did do a good job as the quiet and reserved Michael Corleone in the first GDad (is that original?).
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Who's Bane? Factual character or fictional character? Oh, looked it up. A comic book character, I see. Well, Sheeran was real. Who'd you have playing Wilt? Denzel cause he can act? Exaggeration, I realize.
The photo looks like Lovitz.
You don't know Bane??!!! And yes, give me an actor who can act and let them work the height issue with camera tricks. For being a relatively averaged size guy, Hardy was intimidating as Bane.
And yeah - that's Jon Lovitz from a famous SNL skit where he always ended every scene with, 'Acting!'
I go it except the except for the Dinklage part. Is he short too?Man. You know it's a tough day when your Tom Cruise/Bono joke still hasn't landed.
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The bigger picture here is how the movie business is changing -- Netflix and Amazon have overnight become two of the most powerful studios in Hollywood. And a good chunk of what they're buying is high quality. They've produced Emmy and Oscar winning stuff. Anything with Scorsese/DeNiro/Pacino associated with it would have no trouble getting financing -- they may have picked Netflix because it was the best financial deal, or they may have picked Netflix because they have a reputation of letting their production teams run their own show.
But for those of us who appreciate a good movie or good TV I think this is a great thing. Netflix and Amazon know they will make money over time owning these things - so they don't have to go for blockbusters, they also don't have to spend a gazillion dollars on promotion or distribution. They also don't have to worry about TV ratings.
They just have to know all their demographic slices and maintain enough content to keep all those niches happy enough that they'll keep subscribing. Netflix has also done some awesome partnerships -- working with the BBC to finance "Peaky Blinders" so it shows first in the UK and then streams on Netflix in the U.S. That's one you never, ever would have seen on Masterpiece Theater.
I don't know how it is for everybody else, but it's amazing how little of what I watch goes through conventional TV channels any more. Streaming through Netflix/Amazon/Hulu is probably 2/3 of what we watch now.
But for those of us who appreciate a good movie or good TV I think this is a great thing. Netflix and Amazon know they will make money over time owning these things - so they don't have to go for blockbusters, they also don't have to spend a gazillion dollars on promotion or distribution. They also don't have to worry about TV ratings.
They just have to know all their demographic slices and maintain enough content to keep all those niches happy enough that they'll keep subscribing. Netflix has also done some awesome partnerships -- working with the BBC to finance "Peaky Blinders" so it shows first in the UK and then streams on Netflix in the U.S. That's one you never, ever would have seen on Masterpiece Theater.
I don't know how it is for everybody else, but it's amazing how little of what I watch goes through conventional TV channels any more. Streaming through Netflix/Amazon/Hulu is probably 2/3 of what we watch now.
Why would I know Bane? I don't think he was invented when I grew up but then neither were concussions, which is what DeNiro might get if he falls off the box he'll need to stand on.
Yeah, actors who get angry while in the kitchen like to yell and hit the fridge. Seems to be a rule for some.
The little people will shun him for 'heightening'.No problem with the height....DiNero will be wearing 7" pumps
A 5'8" Andy Serkis played a 7-foot Supreme Leader Snoke
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True. And even with regular cable, FX and AMC are the only ones who have dramas worth watching (all the others are on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, Showtime, or STARZ). Drama on network television is awful.
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You should know Bane - he would say it doesn't matter who he is, what matters is his plan...
Snoke? Who's Snoke? Another comic book guy? You must realize these body types are made up. Mighty Mouse could fly. Mice can't. At least with Superman they tried to capture the actual comic book character.A 5'8" Andy Serkis played a 7-foot Supreme Leader Snoke
I haven't read a comic book or the like in nearly sixty years so I won't know your references.
No. I shouldn't know Bane. I don't want to know Bane. Until this unfortunate day I never heard of the thing.You should know Bane - he would say it doesn't matter who he is, what matters is his plan...
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Watch Alan Ladd movies. They rarely show him in full shots. They used to dig trenches for the other actors to walk in so Ladd looked taller.
