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al Gangsters
Martin Scorsese abruptly
stands up in the middle
of an interview, and for a
moment it appears he’s
going to walk out of the room.
The director is discussing his
Netflix film The Irishman in a hotel
suite overlooking the Manhattan
skyline, and it takes a second to
realize that the 76-year-old Oscar
winner is simply so passionate
about his new crime epic that he
can’t stay seated. Scorsese quotes
from a pivotal scene where hitman
Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro)
desperately tries to persuade for-
mer union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Al
Pacino) to drop a dangerous bid to
reclaim the Teamsters presidency
after being released from prison:
“ ‘You might be demonstrating a
failure to show appreciation’—a← The gang’s
all here: Robert
De Niro, Martin
Scorsese,
Joe Pesci, and
Al Pacino