The accent slips in and out When he says certain words “you know what I like more than getting my picture taken?”, “I never waited more than ten minutes in my life” but other times he’s just pacino
Pacino wasn't meant to look and sound exactly like Hoffa. It was an impressionist performance. In other words, it was meant to capture the essence of the man, rather than limit itself to an impersonation of him
I've seen The Irishmam twice. May end up my favorite of the year (it is so far). Pacino was great... as Al Pacino. But he's miscast for portraying an accurate representation of the real James Riddle Hoffa. Martin Sheen would have nailed that role to the church doors!
Rainer Syah Don’t you know , that the Mafia controlled not only the government but the White House as well at the time and all trade in the United States , look it up , the families were that powerful , La Cosa Nostra...was no joke.
I haven't watched The Irishman because I'm having such a hard time with Pacino as Hoffa, not just a horrible casting mismatch (Nicholson was much better, see Hoffa 1992 directed by Danny DeVito), but from the trailer and clips Scorsese seems to have directed Pacino to portray Hoffa as a stereotypical mobster of the mad jester type, not the complex, thoughtful, and challenging Hoffa we can see here.
scrabtree1 Well you couldn’t have seen The Irishman anyway because it’s not out until November 1st. That being said, I wouldn’t worry too much about Pacino’s portrayal of Hoffa. A trailer is designed to hook an audience so they’re excited for a film. All the critics say Pacino’s Hoffa is the best character he’s played in decades. He really did his homework. The Irishman has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the Hoffa movie’s 54%. I’ll admit Jack did a hell of a job, but the movie itself was bad. DeVito ruined the story of Jimmy Hoffa with all the fictitious bullshit. Scorsese has finally done it justice.
@@scrabtree1 Yep. That was my thinking. Pacino is a great actor. But he can't approach Hoffa's hardcore intensity. Even the mob thought Jimmy was tough to deal with. Which is saying something. As an aside - I'm not digging all of these old actors getting a CGI facelift. Strikes me that if you are going to tell a story about intense characters you need young actors with fire in their bellies. Not safe, comfortable millionaires doing a job for kicks.
@@deaddropholiday you haven't seen the movie yet so why are you judging it? Their performances are supposed to be some of their best according to critics.
@Mike Knight Yeah that line along with "We did all we could for the guy" was a jaw dropper for me too,even though I had a feeling that's where the conversation was going.
This man made middle class truck drivers live a comfortable life with great benefits. He got wrapped up with the wrong people but he was a hero for the working class!
you always charge a man with a gun.... especially when you've hired them to disrupt your court case... (gunman had blanks...hmm) (gunman aint talking... hmm) (you come out as a hero... hmm) you idiots don't forget to charge a man with a gun....
Whatever you may think of Jimmy Hoffa he was of a generation, that had intelligence and a strong personality and character for either good or evil, well spoken, brutally honest and with a persona that commanded attention and respect for his driven convictions and beliefs.
Smart man. Didnt get to the top by no accident. Love you Jimmy Hoffa! From local 135 Chicago. Society must never forget all this man did for the working class. RIP JIMMY HOFFA - they dont make 'em like this anymore :/
When I saw The Irishman I had no idea what Jimmy Hoffa was like, I thought Al Pacino was just acting himself. Seeing this, it’s eerie how on-point he was in his impression.
His performance was great because it was his own interpretation I love Nicholson but I felt his performance was a little too much trying to copy Hoffa 100 percent
Most of movies is just a pretending game. pacino probably wasn't trying to imitate him in the first place.anyway at least more people know who this guy was.
Pacino played Pacino like he always does I don't see why people think it was such a great performance. This movie is Goodfellas same style theme and everything with some CGI faces painted on it
Absolutely everything this man said was true , this guy was who the people needed , this guy would’ve been beneficial to today’s society . When some people see your to smart or ahead of their time they want to get rid of you.
Arthur Lol well said. Hey well like they say “ when you lay down with the dogs sometimes your gonna get up with fleas “ . Honestly I just think that between a mobster and a politician you can trust a mobster more. Because politicians smile to your face while their screwing you and taking advantage and robbing the people. The mobster everyone knows deals with shady people and sometimes goes about things in the wrong way but just to help the people , himself ofcourse too obviously, but I just believe you can trust someone who keeps it real and you know he’s a mob guy instead of trusting someone who acts like the all American people person in the tuxedo and is a scumbag underneath. Just my opinion.
what the fuck are you talking about....he was a horrible fucking human being who did "beneficial" things...ANYONE could of done what he did and NOT been a corrupt immoral, power hungry human being. Rudy Giuliani for example. At the end of the day politicians all generally share the same characteristics, does that mean one cant come along and prove that theory wrong? not at all...but its unusual that they do. Judge a man by their Moral Fortitude and NOT just by their actions preserved in a society
Hoffa was a genius. Of course he did business with unsavory folks (like everyone does) but he improved the lived of countless working people. Self made with a core conviction of standing up for the little guy, he is a true American hero.
No, i have come here for completely other reason. You see, you can be wrong, because my reason was something thats not that but else and completely different.
Aashish Khakha He was also a rat and and after he got out of jail he started going after the mob. Big mistake! But yes, he was very articulate, well spoken and did a walk for working rights. He also came up as a working man who has his head cracked many times in strikes working in Detroit. He was also wildly temperamental though with a serious anger management problem. He actually arranged for one reporter digging into him to have acid thrown on him which blinded the reporter forever. In a distasteful remark Hoffa said, “the son of a bitch is fortunate that it’s just his eyes. They should have got his hands that he uses to write this bullshit on his fucking keyboard.“
Garth Leadon Are you seriously that fucking stupid? Dude, typewriters have been out since the 1700s. Go to the doctor and have them check your brain out because I don’t think it is developing proper. In the meantime, stop eating lead paint chips with milk on them and acting like they are Fruity Pebbles. You fucking goof.
He was before my time but I have close family members (my father and uncle were made men )who were connected to the new Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello and they knew Hoffa pretty well and had a lot of respect for him and would argue that he was never any kind of gangster, he just didnt have and boundaries when it came to making money for the Teamsters. A lot of people dont realize that his loans to organized crime weren't made unless the Teamsters made a hell of a profit off of it. When he represented the Teamsters they were on a completely different level of power than any other union group.
@@hansjuker8296 no, that's only one aspect. Language, spelling, vocabulary, sentence structure and basically all other constructs of language have been tremendously devalued.
I might have been Jimmy Hoffa in my past life. I'm constantly grumpy, everyone annoys me and no one will leave me alone so I can enjoy my ice cream in peace.
My Dad was a Teamster in the Hoffa era. At Thanksgiving he'ld thank God for his family and Jimmy for everything he could give his family. He always said if Jimmy skimmed some it was no different than the assholes we voted for in D.C. except Hoffa still took care of his working guys.
Exactly! The corporations don't play by the rules and even control the rules. Why does someone standing up for the little guy have to be a saint? Anything in this world worth having must be fought for. Anyone not willing to fight for something doesn't deserve it and will not get it. This can often be done via non-violence but unfortunately, not always. To those who do not understand that: Welcome to Earth!
I agree he was heroe, but the mob wanted the billion dollar fund and they respected Hoffa but only to certain level, once they had full access to that money when he had to resign his position as Union president, his time was up, plus de fact that the government and big business also wanted him out of the way to freely exploit, intimidate and manipulate the working class as before and also have access to their pensions, as Hoffa predicted
No they didn't. Mob is about controlling the action and making money. They made a ton of it through Hoffa and his teamsters and the pension fund. They could never control Hoffa. They wanted him to retire and go away... Hoffa wasn't that type of guy, so they whacked him. Sad because he was a great man. Cosa Nostra knew exactly what they were doing and they were happier when he was gone.
This is the first time I've heard him speak and I know it was only a five minute video but he spoke a lot of sense,I'm gonna search out some longer interviews and I'm now interested in this shit heavy!
This brilliant man didn’t finish 9th grade but had a PHD in “life” and the “the street” and was probably the greatest labor organizer of the 20th century. “Owners” and “management” also did deals with the LCN but none were ever publicly persecuted for it like Hoffa was. His utterly unapologetic and pragmatic approach to organizing and leveraging of power may have indirectly help contribute to labor downfall in the USA but to be honest...is there even a single labor leader approaching Hoffa’s efficacy in America today?
If Jimmy Hoffa was alive and well today would vote for him if he ran for president. Our country needs strong unions again retail healthcare restaurants warehouses Uber drivers it's long overdue .
He disappeared. He obviously ticked off the establishment. His take on private prison is spot-on. A capitalist for- profit prison? What could go wrong? ;)
A lot of the younger people didn’t know about Jimmy Hoffa until the movie, The Irishman. The real Jimmy Hoffa was a born leader. I mean that by the actions of the man. While he was in prison, he came up with many great ideas on prison reform that make sense, as you can see from this interview. Check out the Dick Cavett interview with Hoffa. He goes into more aspects of his time in prison and more on prison reform. The man really did a lot to help the working class man back in the 50’s and 60’s. You won’t find a guy like him coming out of this century.
Just A Trucker he was to a degree. Jimmy Hoffa was the mafia chief for working people demanding fair wages, hours, and working conditions. He came of age during the Great Depression when a piece of bread smeared with lard was a fine meal. But the Teamsters Union turned out to be a Ponzi Scheme.
Jimmy Hoffa was one of the two greatest labor leaders our country ever had. The other one was Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers union. "They" killed him, also...
Whatever he did, he did for his union members. There is only one politician running for office today who is anything like Jimmy Hoffa. In this video he shows sensible compassion and understanding for others. I don't know of many in public life for whom that can be said.
