THE IRISHMAN, A Martin Scorsese Picture with de Niro, Pacino, Pesci, Keitel

Jimmy Hoffa was alive until at least 1975, which is a relief as I'd been worried Scorsese wouldn't be able to get "Gimme Shelter" into THE IRISHMAN.

— Scott Von Doviak (@vondoviak) July 31, 2019

prob no Dropkick Murphys at least

I so badly want to dunk on this movie where Joe Pesci's rotting corpse plays a CGI mobster, but Silence was so good that I'm actually inclined to give it the benfit of the doubt.

Also the CGI doesnt look that bad in the trailer tbh

I’m not kidding myself, it’s going to be awful and distracting. But I’ll still watch the f out of this

I found out there's an interview with Hoffa on YouTube from my very own hometown's ABC station, WEWS-TV5. It appeared on Cleveland's Morning Exchange, and guessing by the age of host Fred Griffith, I'm guessing it's around 1972 or 1973.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCyZ9-AVNWE&t=129s

that was... not the topic I was expecting

A hero of labor!

Wild to me that Hoffa's son,also James,is current Teamsters president.

I will see this dumb movie in the theatre and I will enjoy it

Wild to me that Hoffa's son,also James,is current Teamsters president.

My union boss. (Really, I am a Teamster: https://teamsters2010.org/ )

hey guys it’s our friend Ned! boy i was just saying to the fellas what a real stand up guy you are.
*sweats*
😬

I heard he paints houses.

I'm glad we had this talk.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/l2JdZTV3EFZaKYkKc/giphy.gif

Thought you were a librarian

Is it because of moving heavy shelving?

There's a new Robbie Robertson single feat. Van Morrison - "I Hear You Paint Houses" - maybe gunning for Best Song?

xpost -- check the link, m'friend.

ay Ned this guy botherin' you? cuz me and the boys could take him for a ride

I didn’t mean nuttin’ by it, honest! I swear!

yeah he didn’t mean nuttin by it *snickers*

I am a library guy. There's a large number of public employee unions as part of the Teamsters setup.

Anyway, about your kneecaps, and these cement shoes.

One book goes in dat stack, da uddah goes in dat one...whaddaya gonna do?

Ned, need some books? I got some that fell off the back of the truck.

Lol CJV

I want an equal amount of books in each rack

Looking forward to seeing this movie.

The only book that matters is your... aw never mind.

this could be shit, but it could also be awesome

in other words, a 21st century Scorsese pic

And funnily enough I just got my latest national Teamster magazine detailing a variety of organizing successes, the strong state of the union’s financing and the silencing of dissent from any ILXors who give me lip. I’m sorry that last part seems to have snuck in there.

(Speaking frankly, our union fully affiliating with the Teamsters some years back was one of the two best moves we’ve done since I’ve joined, the first being a general reorganization shortly after I started working in the system fulltime. Our last contract negotiations went heavily in our favor and I’ll be interested to see how the next one goes in a couple of years.)

I really loved Silence, it was my favorite Scorsese film in at least a couple of decades

Has anyone ever seen the forgotten norman jewison directed union epic f.i.s.t. starring sylvester stallone as a Jimmy Hoffa type figure? It's very bad.

https://youtu.be/uiBqdmelCVk

Ha, actually I did forget about that. Meaning I forgot it existed, never actually saw it.

+1 for Silence as well.

Good that indie theaters will get a big revenue boost:

The Irishman will open Nov. 1 in select indie cinemas willing to carry the drama. More than three weeks later — or 26 days to be exact — it will debut Nov. 27 on Netflix, much as Alfonso Cuarón's Oscar-nominated Roma did last year. This rules out the sort of big-screen blitz Scorsese and other seasoned directors are used to, unless something changes at the 11th hour.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-forgoes-wide-release-martin-scorseses-irishman-1234382

They did the same thing for Roma, it’s not good at all, it’s insulting, 3 weeks is nothing. Let the movie play for 3 months and then the theaters make money

Can’t wait

Liotta in this ? At least a cameo would be welcome

All my life, I wanted to be an Irishman

Now I’m just another schnuck pushing chantix

Yes, Netflix loses here, but so do theater owners. Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese’s last star-driven commercial movie, grossed $400M worldwide. https://t.co/TqZBOODe6T

— Matthew Belloni (@THRMattBelloni) August 27, 2019

That'll mean a Lightbox opening in Toronto (where Roma screened)...I guess "indie" is anything that's not Cineplex, but it's hard for me to think of the Lightbox (home to TIFF) as an indie--they're about as un-indie as it gets in terms of corporate sponsorship.

this is 210 minutes long

lol wow

I’m pretty interested in the mob history they’re obviously going to touch on particularly w/r/t Angelo Bruno (since he’s played by Keitel I assume it will be a major part of the story). Also part of the film will include Crazy Joe Gallo, referenced briefly in a Goodfellas voice-over :

It was a glorious time. And wiseguys were all over the place. It was before Apalachin and before Crazy Joe decided to take on a boss and start a war.

Number None at 7:21 27 Aug 19

this is 210 minutes long

so Avengers length

Or the length of a studio comedy nowadays

(Ok that's an exaggeration)

Jesus Christ lmfao @ 210 minutes

MARTY