Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Director(s): Martin Scorsese
Writer(s): Steven Zaillian
Producer(s): Martin Scorsese, Gastón Pavlovich, Irwin Winkler, Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Randall Emmett, Jane Rosenthal, Troy Allen, Gabriele Israilovici, Gerald Chamales
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It would almost be wrong to call ‘The Irishman’ a film; rather, it acts more like a tapestry. This isn’t telling one story, but a number of stories spanning decades that just so happen to involve the ...