Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming... Read allWitness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film's title comes from Dickie Moltisanti's family's name which when translated from Italian to English means "many saints."
- GoofsIn "The Sopranos," Silvio is a childhood friend of Tony's and only about three years older than Tony. In this movie, Silvio is shown as a balding man about 15 years older than Tony.
- Quotes
Christopher Moltisanti: [Final lines] That's the guy, my uncle Tony. The guy I went to hell for.
- ConnectionsFeatures Key Largo (1948)
- SoundtracksStardust
Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish
Performed by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
If this movie had nothing to do with the Sopranos it would be mediocre with an overly abrupt ending. Compared to a similar movie like A Bronx tale it has no soul.
But as a prequel to the Sopranos it is badly written, paced, and at times boring.
Some of the performances were good, and you can tell the actors really tried their best to portray their older counterpart. But ultimately most come off as caricatures (especially Silvio). Michael Gandolfini is just too young an actor to pull off Tony, but he does try.
The black characters subplot was completely unnecessary, only really planting a seed where someone does something unbelievably stupid at a beach (you'll see what I mean). Where does he fit in the Sopranos tale? What the hell is Frank Lucas doing here? Did I just watch beat poetry in a Sopranos movie?
I admit I haven't seen the show in a few years, but have watched it several times start to finish. This is beyond subpar by comparison.
What happened David Chase? Did you lose a bet with the HBO execs?
- bangotti
- Sep 30, 2021
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Những Vị Thánh Của Newark
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,237,403
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,651,571
- Oct 3, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $13,037,403
- Runtime2 hours
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1