The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story .

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#TheManySaintsOfNewark

Good, clean #Detroit-Meets-#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah-Meets-#TheGodfatherII-By-Way-Of-#CasinoRoyale -Origin-Story fun.

The gang you know(and perhaps no longer love😬 after rewatching #TheSopranos as a fellow middle-aged-bathetic-decliner[to paraphrase the NYT, but that's a story for another TBT day!]) is all here! Young … Sil (the hair gets its own origin story, and Magaro from #FirstCow!), Paulie (Magnussen 😂), Pussy, Christophuh, Artie, Carm, and, of course, Tony. Gotta hand it to Gandolfini Jr., the kid does his best filling some pretty impossible shoes👍

Stoll, Farmiga, De Rossi, and especially, Odom Jr.(he's *gotta* get his own spinoff, no?) are all aces. But, man, Nivola, given the opportunity to step up to lead, takes the opportunity with both hands. Been a fan since #FaceOff(*love* that movie!)!

And, man, can we get a Liotta-aissance going, it's been simmering since #Narc!

And, while we're at it, we *have* to get a sequel to this prequel, no? Tony, the Wonder Years…✊

PS. UR(🤘!) alum Morgenthau DPs the h*ll outta this!

Food For Thought: A show that felt like a movie every week became a movie that, thanks to this brand new age we find ourselves in, kinda feels like a TV movie-of-the-week? Boy, what a tangled Gordian Web(or is that a Knot🤷‍♀️?!) this brave new streaming world weaves…🤔





[Spoiler Alert!] Bl**dy Holsten's😰!

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#DavidChase #AlanTaylor #KramerMorgenthau
#RayLiotta #AlessandroNivola #LeslieOdomJr #MichelaDeRossi #MichaelGandolfini #VeraFarmiga #CoreyStoll #JonBernthal #JohnMagaro #BillyMagnussen..and the great #MichaelImperioli
#TonySoprano #Sopranos
@newarkmovie @talkingsopranos @hbo @hbomax @newlinecinema @wbpictures

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