The Irishman: Book vs. Movie
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (2019) adapts Charles Brandt’s 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses. Frank Sheeran looks back on his relationships with mob boss Russell Bufalino and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Charles Brandt
- Year
- 2004
- Pages
- 384Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 15 hr 13 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Scott Brick
Through interviews with Frank Sheeran, Charles Brandt traces a truck driver’s connections to organized crime and his work for Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Sheeran describes carrying out violent assignments while moving between union business and the circle of mob boss Russell Bufalino. His account of those relationships forms the basis for the book’s proposed explanation of Hoffa’s disappearance.
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer
- Steven Zaillian
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 3 hr 29 min
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel
- Genre
- biographical, Crime, crime drama, crime thriller, Drama, epic, gangster, historical, historical drama, period drama, Thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
An elderly Frank Sheeran looks back on the trucking jobs that brought him into mob boss Russell Bufalino’s orbit and, through him, into the confidence of Jimmy Hoffa. Frank becomes a trusted enforcer while building a friendship with the outspoken union leader. As Hoffa’s disputes with the mob intensify, the loyalties Frank has treated as compatible begin to pull him in opposite directions.
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