The Many Saints of Newark
Short description
Set in Newark, New Jersey during the late 1960s, this crime drama follows a teenage Anthony Soprano as he grows up amid a period of unrest and shifting power. Rival criminals are beginning to challenge the dominance of the DiMeo crime family, while tensions between the city's Italian and Black communities sharpen. At the center of Anthony's world is his uncle Dickie Moltisanti, a man he admires and whose choices will leave a lasting mark on the boy. The film is a prequel to The Sopranos, with a screenplay by David Chase, who created that series, and Lawrence Konner.
Alan Taylor directed, placing it between Terminator Genisys and the House of the Dragon trailer work in his filmography. Alessandro Nivola plays Dickie Moltisanti, Leslie Odom Jr. appears as Harold McBrayer, and Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini, takes the role of the teenage Tony. Ray Liotta, Vera Farmiga and Michela De Rossi are also among the cast.
Made by New Line Cinema, HBO Films and Chase Films, the production had a budget of 50 million dollars and earned about 13 million worldwide, a modest return against its cost. On IMDb it holds 6.3 out of 10 from roughly 68,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 6.3 from around 785 votes, while the film critics' rating stands at 6.8 from 229 reviews, somewhat above the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Alessandro Nivola had no idea he would be playing the main character until the very beginning of filming. Until then, he had only read excerpts from the script.
- Many Saints in the film's title is an English translation of the Italian surname Moltisanti.
- Before being cast as young Tony Soprano, Michael Gandolfini hadn't watched the series "The Sopranos" (1999-2007). The lead role was played by Michael’s father, actor James Gandolfini (1961-2014), who played the character Anthony “Tony” Soprano.
- Michael Gandolfini had to reshoot many scenes because his character was turning out too similar to his father’s character in “The Sopranos,” and he was supposed to be playing a teenager, not an adult criminal.
- Makeup artists deliberately gave Vera Farmiga, who played Livia, a certain resemblance to Nancy Marchand (1928-2000), who played Tony’s elderly mother in the series. Even their manner of speaking was somewhat similar.
- Before being cast as the young Tony Soprano, Michael Gandolfini had not watched the series 'The Sopranos'.
- Alan Taylor, who directed the legendary series “The Sopranos,” directed the film. The screenwriter and producer, David Chase, initially intended to direct the film himself, but family problems interfered with those plans. He chose Taylor because Taylor had directed many of Chase’s favorite episodes of “The Sopranos.” And even though the film had a different director, Chase personally attended the set every morning.
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