History Film / TheIrishman

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank murders Jimmy Hoffa and, with the help of Bufalino family associates, gets away with it. Unfortunately, Frank's daughter, Peggy, who became friendly with Hoffa, realizes what her father has done, and never speaks to him again. Peggy's disownment of her father negatively effects Frank's relationship with the rest of his children. Eventually, Frank's wife and all his friends and associates predecease him, and with his children no longer speaking to him, he is destined to die alone in a nursing home]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank murders Jimmy Hoffa and, with the help of of Bufalino family associates, gets away with it. Unfortunately, Frank's daughter, Peggy, who became friendly with Hoffa, realizes what her father has done, and never speaks to him again. Peggy's disownment of her father negatively effects Frank's relationship with the rest of his children. Eventually, Frank's wife and all his friends and associates predecease him, and with his children no longer speaking to him, he is destined to die alone in a nursing home]].

* CallBack: The scene where Sheeran looks at his collection of guns laid carefully on a bed echoes a similar scene in ''Film/TaxiDriver''.

%%* AmoralAttorney: Bill Bufalino, the Teamsters attorney played by Creator/RayRomano, who sees no issue with Frank embezzling goods to make some extra money and turns out to be a cousin of mob boss Russell Bufalino.

%%* EpicMovie: The movie runs 209 minutes and covers nearly 70 years of history, including World War II, the rise of the labor movement, and the assassination of JFK, among other things.

%%* RedOniBlueOni: The cautious, collected Bufalino and loud, demonstrative Hoffa both serve as mentors and friends to Frank.
%%* TheStoic: No matter what degree of violence and drama is happening around him, Frank rarely lets on how he feels about it.

* AmoralAttorney: Bill Bufalino, the Teamsters attorney played by Creator/RayRomano, who sees no issue with Frank embezzling goods to make some extra money and turns out to be a cousin of mob boss Russell Bufalino.

* EpicMovie: The movie runs 209 minutes and covers nearly 70 years of history, including World War II, the rise of the labor movement, and the assassination of JFK, among other things.

* RedOniBlueOni: The cautious, collected Bufalino and loud, demonstrative Hoffa both serve as mentors and friends to Frank.
* TheStoic: No matter what degree of violence and drama is happening around him, Frank rarely lets on how he feels about it.

''The Irishman'' is a 2019 crime {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese. After years of trying to get it off the ground, it was [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell eventually]] produced by Creator/{{Netflix}}, and is intended to be released on the streaming service on November 27, 2019.

->''"You can’t miss the pig picture."''

* PlayingAgainstType: As Russell Bufalino, Creator/JoePesci plays a restrained and cautious [[TheDon crime lord]], far from the hot-tempered [[{{Mook}} mooks]] he's more well known for.

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* PlayingAgainstType: As Russell Bufalino, Creator/JoePesci plays a restrained and cautious crime lord, far from the hot-tempered [[{{Mook}} mooks]] he's more well known for.

''The Irishman'' is a 2019 crime {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese. After years of DevelopmentHell, it was eventually produced by Creator/{{Netflix}}, and is intended to be released on the streaming service on November 27, 2019.

''The Irishman'' is a 2019 crime {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese. After years of DevelopmentHell, it was eventually produced by Creator/{{Netflix}}, and is intended to be released on the streaming service after a premiere scheduled for September 27, 2019 at the New York Film Festival.

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* ProfessionalKiller: Frank is a hitman. The trailer shows him "going to work", gunning down someone in the street at one point.

* PersonalSeals: Three signet rings are shown in the trailer. It is specified that "only three people in the world have one of these, and only one of them is Irish".

The tells the story of Frank Sheeran (Creator/RobertDeNiro), an Irish-American mob hitman and World War II veteran who developed his skills during his service in Italy. Now an old man, he reflects on the events that defined his career as a hitman, particularly the role he played in the disappearance of his longtime friend, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa (Creator/AlPacino), and his involvement with the crime family of Russell Bufalino (Creator/JoePesci).

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* ProfessionalKiller: Frank is a hitman. The trailer shows him "going to work", murdering someone in the street at one point.

The film also stars Creator/HarveyKeitel as Angelo Bruno, Bobby Cannavale as Felix "Skinny Razor" [=DiTullio=] and Creator/AnnaPaquin as Peggy Sheeran.

* DangerTakesABackseat: Someone on the passenger seat of a car is seen being strangled by someone else from the backseat.