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The Irishman
The careers and reputations of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are inextricably linked, so I and many others were thrilled when we heard that the pair were going to make a film together for the first time in decades. Even better, it would be a gangster movie, a genre that both men have specialised in, and one’s appetite was whetted for what promised to be another great American criminal classic.
But that announcement about The Irishman was made way back in 2008, and since then, no sign of a movie. Almost as soon as Scorsese and De Niro committed to the project, which concerned the criminal exploits (real and imagined) of union official and hitman Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, it became bogged down in protracted rows over scripts and funding, and time and again Scorsese was forced to sideline it in order to make other films – Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Silence (2016).
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro, Stephen Graham
Country: USA
