Film

The Many Saints of Newark

Director
Alan Taylor
Running Time
120 mins

What were the forces that shaped Tony Soprano? All in a revealed in this prequel, which is set against the backdrop of the 1967 Newark race riots and rising tensions between the Italian-American and African-American communities. Impressionable teenage Tony find himself at the centre of a gang war in which his uncle Dickie Moltisanti is involved.

The late James Gandolfini’s son Michael Gandolfini is cast as Tony Soprano while Alessandro Nivola plays Dickie Moltisanti in this big-screen prequel to the highly regarded TV drama from series creator David Chase.

By robin askew, Tuesday, Sep 14 2021

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