Hoffa
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Short description
Hoffa is a crime drama about the American labor leader James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa, told largely through the recollections of Bobby Ciaro, a truck driver who becomes his closest associate. The story spans several decades, from the hard years of the Depression, when Hoffa began organizing drivers, through his rise to lead the Teamsters into one of the country's most powerful unions, and on to his clashes with government investigators and his ties to organized crime. His feud with Robert Kennedy and his later imprisonment and attempt to regain control of the union form part of the narrative.
Danny DeVito directed the film, his third feature after Throw Momma from the Train and The War of the Roses, and also produced it and plays Ciaro. David Mamet wrote the screenplay. Jack Nicholson stars as Hoffa, with Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly and Natalija Nogulich among the supporting cast. Roughly 98 cast members and 64 crew members are credited.
Released in December 1992, the film had a budget of about 35 million dollars and runs 140 minutes. On IMDb it holds 6.6 out of 10 from around 26,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.3 out of 10 from some 378 votes. A critics' rating of 5.5 out of 10 from 25 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- With the exception of the conversation between Hoffa and Robert Kennedy at the beginning of the film, practically all other conversations between them are taken verbatim from the court hearing transcript.
- Jack Nicholson's makeup consisted only of a prosthetic nose and dentures.
- Filming was organized in the Ambassador Hotel, where the verdict in the Rodney King beating case (1965-2012) was once announced. That evening, riots broke out in Los Angeles, but filming continued late into the night. The next morning, the city appeared calm and quiet, so filming began as planned. However, by 2 p.m., the riots had become so fierce that city authorities revoked the filming permit. Actors, crew members, and extras were ordered to go home amidst smoke, gunfire, and congested roads. They were able to return and complete filming about three weeks later.
- When the main characters, played by Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito (the film's director), encounter a convoy of trucks on their way to prison, the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania can be seen in the background, where these characters previously served their sentences.
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