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The Many Saints of Newark

- Who made Tony Soprano?

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.

Release Date : 2021-09-22

Language :EnglishItalianLatin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : HBO FilmsNew Line CinemaChase Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : NewarkThe Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story

Cast

Character Name : Dickie Moltisanti

Original Name : Alessandro Nivola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harold McBrayer

Original Name : Leslie Odom Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Tony Soprano

Original Name : Michael Gandolfini

Gender : Male

Character Name : "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti / Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti

Original Name : Ray Liotta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Giuseppina Moltisanti

Original Name : Michela De Rossi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Livia Soprano

Original Name : Vera Farmiga

Gender : Female

Character Name : Junior Soprano

Original Name : Corey Stoll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Soprano

Original Name : Jon Bernthal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paulie Walnuts

Original Name : Billy Magnussen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silvio Dante

Original Name : John Magaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Jarecki

Original Name : Talia Balsam

Gender : Female

Character Name : Queen Isola

Original Name : Patina Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Buddha

Original Name : Joey Diaz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cyril

Original Name : Germar Terrell Gardner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christopher Moltisanti (voice)

Original Name : Michael Imperioli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pussy Bonpensiero

Original Name : Samson Moeakiola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Janice Soprano

Original Name : Alexandra Intrator

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joanne Moltisanti

Original Name : Gabriella Piazza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leon Overall

Original Name : Mason Bleu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jaleel

Original Name : Aaron Joshua

Gender : Male

Character Name : Iris Balducci

Original Name : Lesli Margherita

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angie DeCarlo

Original Name : Kathryn Kates

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carmine Cotuso

Original Name : Nick Vallelonga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jilly Ruffalo

Original Name : Ed Marinaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Tony Soprano

Original Name : William Ludwig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Janice Soprano

Original Name : Mattea Conforti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Artie Bucco

Original Name : Matteo Russo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Artie Bucco

Original Name : Robert Vincent Montano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Jackie Aprile

Original Name : Chase Vacnin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie DeRogatis

Original Name : Rob Colletti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landers

Original Name : De'Jon Watts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guitarist

Original Name : Nick DeMatteo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drummer

Original Name : Matt Grossman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army Recruiter

Original Name : Chris LaPanta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Auntie

Original Name : Patricia Squire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Candy Store Nurse

Original Name : Amelia Fowler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wynetta

Original Name : Prema Cruz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kevin

Original Name : Maliq Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bruno

Original Name : Sam Labovitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julius

Original Name : Daryl Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ray Ray

Original Name : Matthew Elam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Catholic School Boy

Original Name : Angelo Anthony Pizza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Catholic School Girl

Original Name : Audrey Bennett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Club Waiter

Original Name : Nicola Gabriele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in the Cowboy Hat

Original Name : Spenser Granese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Director

Original Name : Michael Zegarski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Wiseguy #1

Original Name : Michael Kaves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Boy

Original Name : Vinnie Costanza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Softball Parent #1

Original Name : Ian Unterman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Softball Parent #2

Original Name : Lizzy Plimpton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Erik Weiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police HQ Copper

Original Name : Alex Morf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ice Cream Truck Driver

Original Name : Bryce Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Activist On Stage

Original Name : Joel Boyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Lambert

Original Name : William Youmans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Passenger

Original Name : Andrew Polk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Ohene Cornelius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soprano Kids Copper

Original Name : Craig Geraghty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fallen Son

Original Name : Nygel Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crying Mother

Original Name : Carrie Compere

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Lucas

Original Name : Oberon K.A. Adjepong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara Soprano

Original Name : Lexie Foley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Concetta

Original Name : Phyllis Pastore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paulie’s Goomar

Original Name : Tatienne Hendricks-Tellefsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tabernacle Band #1

Original Name : Ayodele Olatunji

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tabernacle Band #2

Original Name : CJ Fly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tabernacle Band #3

Original Name : Dessy Hinds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Building Manager

Original Name : Laurie Sheppard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Neighbor

Original Name : Marianne Ferrari

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rico (Tony’s Friend)

Original Name : Julian Lerner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Lucas’ Daughter

Original Name : Stella Chivee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wise Guy

Original Name : Louis Vanaria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Lucas’ Girlfriend

Original Name : Latoya Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bishop

Original Name : John Borras

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Gemma

Original Name : Jodi Capeless

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Carmela De Angelis

Original Name : Lauren DiMario

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chickie Sasso (uncredited)

Original Name : Danny Schoch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Mob Kid (uncredited)

Original Name : Jesse Schratz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ercole DiMeo (uncredited)

Original Name : David Chase

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Club Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Luca De Massis

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-10

The Many Saints of Newark is The Sopranos meets The Godfather Part II, and the result is so much less than the sum of its parts. Do we really need to know that Tony Soprano was once a chubby brat? Moreover, do we really want to know that that chubby brat grew up to be Michael Gandolfini? Michael would certainly be a chip off the old block, if his father had been Oswald Cobblepot instead of Jim Gandolfini. This is truly a case of the apple falling a million miles away from the tree, but then pretty much everyone here falls short of the original actors/characters (I was never really a fan of the TV show, and even I would rather watch that instead). Livia, Junior, Janice, Paulie Walnuts, Silvio Dante, Big Pussy; Soprano diehards will recognize all of these and several other names , but not much else. The only connection to the HBO series is Michael Imperioli, and even then it's just his voice used as little more than en excuse for some lame retrospective dramatic irony. When he sees Tony for the first time, baby Christopher starts crying his eyes out; someone takes the opportunity to randomly comment that “Some babies, when they come into the world, know all kinds of things from the other side”. So baby Chris could somehow sense that uncle Tony was going to eventually murder him in cold blood? And if so, a fat lot of good that prescience did him. As for the audience, we (even casual viewers like myself) remember very well that Tony Soprano strangled Christopher Moltisanti (which means 'many saints', hence the title of the film), because it’s practically the first thing that Imperioli tells us in the opening narration (to paraphrase Borges, saying something too much is almost as bad as not saying it). Writers David Chase and Lawrence Konner and director Alan Taylor even manage to ruin the only good thing about this piece of crap movie; i.e., the late, great Ray Liotta, who must have been paid very good money — and completely deserved it for appearing in this debacle — because the filmmakers kill off his character half an hour into the movie, just to introduce his identical twin (and I mean identical to a T; how many pairs of twins are still getting exactly the same haircuts in their late 60s?). Someone at New Line must have thought that Liotta was overpaid and demanded that the actor pulled double duty; how else to explain this farcical turn of events?