A SOPRANOS STORY.
After the 1967 riots in Newark, the DiMeo crime family is challenged by a Black rival. This prequel to The Sopranos (1999-2007), set decades before the TV show and focusing on the man who would be Tony Sopranoās mentor, was made by people who knew the material intimately. On paper, it should satisfy fans, but the film never really digs beneath the surface of its relationships, failing to explain why uncle Dickie mattered so much to Tony. That said, itās still an engaging gangster movie with a good cast; James Gandolfiniās son Michael is fine as young Tony.
2021-U.S. 120 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ Alan Taylor. Screenplay: David Chase, Lawrence Konner. Cast: Alessandro Nivola (Richard āDickieā Moltisanti), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Harold McBrayer), Vera Farmiga (Livia Soprano), Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfiniā¦ Ray Liotta. Narrated byĀ Michael Imperioli.
