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Jack Nicholson stars in Danny DeVito's biopic about labour leader Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa was president of The Teamsters, the most powerful American union, until his connections to organised crime were uncovered and he disappeared without a trace in 1975. The screenplay is by David Mamet.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Danny De Vito's epic is an uncommonly ambitious, lavishly mounted biopic of the infamous Teamsters Union leader that sadly never lives up to that ambition and adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Jack Nicholson is more restrained than usual in the lead, but that ultimately goes for little as the film never gets close to Hoffa, who remains an emotional and political enigma throughout. Stylistic flourishes abound - De Vito has always been a visually imaginative director - and David Mamet's script delivers some good moments, but not enough of them to justify its scope or length. Ultimately Sylvester Stallone and Norman Jewison's flawed fictionalised take on Hoffa, F.I.S.T., is more satisfying and certainly more critical.
Whereas the Fox laserdisc that came out shortly after the film's release was packed with extras, most of which were carried over to the US Region 1 NTSC DVD - an enthusiastic commentary from De Vito, deleted scenes, news coverage of the Hoffa/Kennedy hearings, anecdotes from Teamster's, storyboards, on-set home movies, shooting script, stills galleries and more - the UK and European PAL releases are completely extras-free with only a decent 2.35:1 transfer going for it.
Whereas the Fox laserdisc that came out shortly after the film's release was packed with extras, most of which were carried over to the US Region 1 NTSC DVD - an enthusiastic commentary from De Vito, deleted scenes, news coverage of the Hoffa/Kennedy hearings, anecdotes from Teamster's, storyboards, on-set home movies, shooting script, stills galleries and more - the UK and European PAL releases are completely extras-free with only a decent 2.35:1 transfer going for it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Jack Nicholson is not my favourite actor, but he is brilliant as Hoffa. Dany deVito gives one of his more serious performances and is so good at it. This is a great drama, superbly acted.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By F. Panin
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The bottom line is: watch out when mingling with mafia. At lest this is what the end of this movie suggests, even if Hoffa's actual disappearance remains a mystery.
Jack Nickolson is clearly great in this role, but I was particularly impressed by Danny de Vito (who also directed the movie) that, for once, plays a serious role.
It is a very good movie - recommended even if it is a bit long.
Jack Nickolson is clearly great in this role, but I was particularly impressed by Danny de Vito (who also directed the movie) that, for once, plays a serious role.
It is a very good movie - recommended even if it is a bit long.
By chris
Format:DVD
Not knowing about the subject I thought this was pretty good, however after watchin a detailed documentary on Hoffa I felt maybe they could have made a better film out if it. Still enjoyed it tho!
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If you like films about unions in the older days and the mafia then this is a good film for you.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Anyone seeing the origional clips of Hoffa will be STUNNED at how well Jack Nicholson plays him- Danny DeVito-who also produced this film plays a charachter who is an amalgamtion of several charachters in actual fact,which enhances the plot and explains his rise,AND fall brilliantly- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!! A++++
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By vera
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all i can say having viewed this film is how did i ever buy such a bad film, it has a long run time of over two hours and stars jack nicholson as jimmy hoffa and danny divito as bobby ciaro.... Read more ›
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