The Irishman
Martin Scorsese’s cinematic mastery is on full display in this sweeping crime saga, which serves as an elegiac summation of his six-decade career. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro) looks back from a nursing home on his life’s journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. An intimate story of loyalty and betrayal writ large across the epic canvas of mid-twentieth-century American history, The Irishman (based on the real-life Sheeran’s confessions, as told to writer Charles Brandt for the book I Heard You Paint Houses) is a uniquely reflective late-career triumph that balances its director’s virtuoso set pieces with a profoundly personal rumination on aging, mortality, and the decisions and regrets that shape a life.
Director-Approved Two-Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- Newly edited roundtable conversation among Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, originally recorded in 2019
- Making “The Irishman,” a new program featuring Scorsese; the lead actors; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Irwin Winkler; director of photography Rodrigo Prieto; and others from the cast and crew
- Gangster’s Requiem, a new video essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about The Irishman’s synthesis of Scorsese’s singular formal style
- Anatomy of a Scene: “The Irishman,” a 2020 program featuring Scorsese’s analysis of the Frank Sheeran Appreciation Night scene from the film
- The Evolution of Digital De-aging, a 2019 program on the visual effects created for the film
- Excerpted interviews with Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran and Teamsters trade-union leader Jimmy Hoffa from 1999 and 1963
- Trailer and teaser
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Director-Approved Two-Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- Newly edited roundtable conversation among Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, originally recorded in 2019
- Making “The Irishman,” a new program featuring Scorsese; the lead actors; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Irwin Winkler; director of photography Rodrigo Prieto; and others from the cast and crew
- Gangster’s Requiem, a new video essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about The Irishman’s synthesis of Scorsese’s singular formal style
- Anatomy of a Scene: “The Irishman,” a 2020 program featuring Scorsese’s analysis of the Frank Sheeran Appreciation Night scene from the film
- The Evolution of Digital De-aging, a 2019 program on the visual effects created for the film
- Excerpted interviews with Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran and Teamsters trade-union leader Jimmy Hoffa from 1999 and 1963
- Trailer and teaser
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Cast
- Robert De Niro
- Frank Sheeran
- Al Pacino
- Jimmy Hoffa
- Joe Pesci
- Russell Bufalino
- Harvey Keitel
- Angelo Bruno
- Ray Romano
- Bill Bufalino
- Bobby Cannavale
- Skinny Razor
- Anna Paquin
- Older Peggy Sheeran
- Stephen Graham
- Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano
- Stephanie Kurtzuba
- Irene Sheeran
- Jack Huston
- Robert Kennedy
- Kathrine Narducci
- Carrie Bufalino
- Jesse Plemons
- Chuckie O’Brien
- Domenick Lombardozzi
- Fat Tony Salerno
- Paul Herman
- Whispers DiTullio
- Gary Basaraba
- Frank “Fitz” Fitzsimmons
- Marin Ireland
- Older Dolores Sheeran
- Lucy Gallina
- Young Peggy Sheeran
- Jonathan Morris
- Assisted-living priest
- Dascha Polanco
- Nurse
- Welker White
- Josephine “Jo” Hoffa
- Louis Cancelmi
- Sally Bugs
- Bo Dietl
- Joey Glimco
- Sebastian Maniscalco
- Crazy Joe Gallo
- Aleksa Palladino
- Mary Sheeran
- Steven Van Zandt
- Jerry Vale
- Jim Norton
- Don Rickles
Credits
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenplay by
- Steven Zaillian
- Based upon the book by
- Charles Brandt
- Produced by
- Martin Scorsese
- Produced by
- Robert De Niro
- Produced by
- Jane Rosenthal
- Produced by
- Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Produced by
- Irwin Winkler
- Produced by
- Gerald Chamale
- Produced by
- Gaston Pavlovich
- Produced by
- Randall Emmett
- Produced by
- Gabriele Israilovici
- Executive producer
- Rick Yorn
- Executive producer
- Richard Baratta
- Executive producer
- Berry Welsh
- Executive producer
- Niels Juul
- Executive producer
- George Furla
- Executive producer
- Nicholas Pileggi
- Executive producer
- Jai Stefan
- Executive producer
- Tyler Zacharia
- Executive producer
- Chad A. Verdi
- Director of photography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Production designer
- Bob Shaw
- Edited by
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Costumes designed by
- Sandy Powell
- Costumes designed by
- Christopher Peterson
- Original score by
- Robbie Robertson
- Music supervisor
- Randall Poster
- Visual-effects supervisor
- Pablo Helman
- Coproducer
- Marianne Bower
- Coproducer
- David Webb
- Casting by
- Ellen Lewis
- Visual effects and animation by
- Industrial Light & Magic
- Supervising art director
- Laura Ballinger Gardner
- Sound mixer
- Tod A. Maitland
- Script supervisor
- Jessica Lichtner
- Makeup department head
- Nicki Ledermann
- Hair department head
- Sean Flanigan
- Stills photographer
- Niko Tavernise