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The Irishman

2019 · TMDB 7.6

Directed by Martin Scorsese

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.

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Martin Scorsese's mob epic that de-ages Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci across decades, a digital performance that spans a lifetime.

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