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Tuesday 30 July 2019
Scorsese's 'The Irishman' to premiere at New York Film Fest

By JAKE COYLE Irishman" is Scorsese's $125
Associated Press million Netflix film about
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin the reflections of a former
Scorsese's big-budget ma- Jimmy Hoffa associate
fia epic "The Irishman" will and hit man. Its genre and
premiere as the opening cast — including Robert
night film at the 57th New De Niro as Frank "The Irish-
York Film Festival, Film at man" Sheeran, Al Pacino as
Lincoln Center announced Jimmy Hoffa and Joe Pesci
Monday. as Russell Bufalino — have
The selection, with the pre- long tantalized fans of the
miere set for September 76-year-old filmmaker.
27, gives Scorsese a home- "It's in the milieu of the pic-
town launch for one of his tures we've done together
most anticipated films. "The and are known for, in a

This image released by Netflix shows Joe Pesci, left, and Robert De Niro in a scene from "The Irish-
man."
Associated Press

sense, but I hope from a that I've seen very rarely in that don't adhere to a tra-
different vantage point," my lifetime, and it plays out ditional exclusive theatri-
Scorsese said earlier this at a level of subtlety and cal release window of 90
year at a Tribeca Film Fes- human intimacy that truly days. Netflix has said hold-
tival event. "Years have stunned me." ing movies back from its
gone by and we see things Netflix is planning a robust streaming service doesn't
in a special way, I hope." awards season push for serve its subscribers.
New York Film Festival Direc- "The Irishman," including a In an interview with The
tor Kent Jones, a frequent not-yet-dated release in se- Associated Press in June,
collaborator with Scorsese, lect theaters later this year. Scorsese said Netflix was
said in a statement that How widely Netflix will re- the only one willing to
"The Irishman" is "the work of lease it remains to be seen; bankroll the ambitious film,
masters, made with a com- major theater chains have based on Charles Brandt's "I
mand of the art of cinema thus far refused to play films Heard You Paint Houses."q
'The Russian' is a preposterous thriller

ting U.S. president whips Ben Coes, whose work has
out a supersecret codicil to appeared on The New York
the U.S Constitution autho- Times best-seller list, absur-
rizing him to ignore federal dities abound.
law in an emergency. His Tacoma is an undercover
plan: create a clandestine operative whose identity
hit squad to hunt down is a national secret. Yet his
and kill those responsible. enemies find his photo in a
Author Ben Coes depicts back issue of People mag-
the criminal organization azine, which named him
as vast, ruthless and well- one of the world’s sexiest
armed, yet the president men after he thwarted a
concludes that two men terrorist attack.
— the intelligence service's He is supposed to avoid
most efficient killers — will being noticed, yet he fre-
suffice. If they were Marvel quently exceeds 100 miles
superheroes, maybe so, but an hour in a series of flashy
This cover image released by when one of them is killed European sports cars.
St. Martin's Press shows "The
Russian," a novel by Ben Coes. before they get started, it's He is supposed to be skilled
Associated Press clear they are not. and ruthless. Yet when he
Nevertheless, the surviving discovers an ally’s body
By BRUCE DESILVA member, Rob Tacoma, is hanging from a rope at the
Associated Press dispatched to accomplish foot of some stairs — and
"The Russian: a Novel" (St. the mission largely on his knows the killers are lurking
Martin's Press), by Ben Coes own. Thrillers are often far- just above — he cuts down
When two American politi- fetched but seldom this the body and gently lowers
cians are assassinated by preposterous. In “The Rus- it to the floor before focus-
the Russian mafia, the sit- sian,” the ninth novel by ing on the danger.q