Pacino plays Hoffa differently from Jack Nicholson in the movie Hoffa. The film has the best cinema performances that De Niro and Pacino have given in years, mainly because the quality of some scripts they have been offered have been far from the best. They are made to look in their late 30s/40s for the early part of the film. It is mainly about its three main characters and only De Niro, Pesci and Pacino go through the digital de-aging process. Scorsese has called The Irishman a chamber piece. Sheeran went on to become close with Hoffa and a union organiser. It brings him into contact with Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino) the leader of the powerful Teamster union who loaned money from its pension fund to organized crime. A World War 2 veteran who fought in Italy, a truck driver who delivered meat who went on to become a man who painted houses (a hitman.) Sheeran got involved with Russell Bufalino (Pesci) a Pennsylvania gangster who kept a low profile. Spanning 40 years, Frank Sheeran (De Niro) recalls his story. It still packs a punch although Scorsese has been more careful not to make these gangsters look as glamorous as in his previous films. The Irishman is less violent than Goodfellas and Casino.
Al Pacino is the new boy, his first time working with Scorsese. Harvey Keitel last worked with Scorsese in The Last Temptation of Christ. Neither has Joe Pesci who basically retired from the movies in 1998. Robert De Niro has not appeared in a Scorsese film since Casino.
It is also a teaming up of his old pals for one last ride.
The Irishman is a companion piece to Martin Scorsese's other gangster films, Goodfellas and Casino.
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