The Irishman

Who killed Jimmy Hoffa? A labour leader and the infamous head of the Teamsters union, whose connections with organised crime were wide ranging, his career ended with a conviction for jury tampering, attempted bribery and fraud, but he was pardoned by President Nixon in 1971. Not long after, he disappeared. Declared legally dead in 1982, various theories have circulated as to what happened to him. Few are as convincing as that told by Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran. The account he revealed to journalist Charles Brandt and published in the 2004 book 'I Heard You Paint Houses', is the basis of this riveting, epic crime drama. Written by GANGS OF NEW YORK collaborator Steven Zaillian (SCHINDLER'S LIST), Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN weaves an engrossing and intricate web of connected events, audaciously cutting back and forth across decades.