Martin Scorsese returns with his best picture since GoodFellas and one of his best films ever. This is the story of Philadelphia mob murderer Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran and his part in the mysterious disappearance of Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Screenwriter Steven Zaillian has adapted the 2004 true-crime bestseller I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt which sensationally established the importance of Sheeran to Hoffa (Sheeran is absent from Danny DeVito’s 1992 movie about Hoffa.) Jimmy is very keen on Frank’s “Irishman” nickname, wishing to distinguish him from the Italians like Bufalino and to establish his ownership of Frank’s loyalties. • The Irishman opens in cinemas on 8 November and is released on Netflix on 27 November

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 13:18 UTC