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THE IRISHMAN (2019) – AFI Movie Club

A dark biographical epic following a mob hitman from his early days to his final days, THE IRISHMAN (2019) brings together three recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – producer/director Martin Scorsese, producer/star Robert De Niro and star Al Pacino – as well as Scorsese’s longtime collaborator, AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker. Also starring Joe Pesci and adapted by screenwriter Steven Zaillian from the book by Charles Brandt, the film earned an AFI AWARD, naming it one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “THE IRISHMAN appears as a miracle – confirming the canonization of Martin Scorsese as America’s cinematic saint. Timeless performances by Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci carry the tradition of anti-heroes into modern day as the glorified lives of gangsters smash head-first into the melancholy memory of friendship and fatherhood. THE IRISHMAN is the collaboration of a lifetime and an essential experience for movie lovers.”