# The Irishman (2019 film)

The Irishman is a 2019 film, based on the story of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, about a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino and his crime family, including his time working for the powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa.
    Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Steven Zaillian, based on Charles Brandt's book "I Heard You Paint Houses".

## Frank Sheeran

* [voice over] When I was young, I thought house painters painted houses. What did I know? I was a working guy, a business agent for Teamster Local 107 out of South Philly. [speaking] One of a thousand working stiffs, until I wasn't no more. And then I started painting houses myself.
* Nowadays, young people, they don't know who Jimmy Hoffa was. They don't have a clue. I mean, maybe they know that he disappeared or something, but that's about it. But back then, there wasn't nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.
* [about his boss to be] I thought maybe he owned the gas station. 'Cause he owned something, you could tell. Yeah, it turns out he owned the whole road.
* [after a flashback in which Hoffa's body is secretly disposed of by incineration] It was no more complicated than that.

## Jimmy Hoffa

* You always charge a guy with a gun! With a knife, you run away.
* If I said it once, I said it a thousand times, I don't care they're Irish. I don't care they're Catholic. If there's one person you can't trust in this life, it's millionaires' kids.
* You don't keep a man waiting. The only time you do is when you want to say something. When you want to say fuck you.
* I am sitting in a room... full of fuckin' idiots. You dumb motherfuckers! You know what you did? You take Johnny O'Rourke's kid and you put him on as general organizer, pay thirty-six fucking grand, at the same time... you let him sell insurance to his fucking father's...[leans over the table shaking his head] To his fucking father's... to his fucking father's... LOCALS! [slams table] Damn it! How do you do that? How STUPID can you be? That fucking cocksucker Kennedy has got his nose up my ass everywhere I go! You don't know that they're hounding me? They're looking at everything I do, and you let this happen in public! You're giving it to him! [in a calmer tone] I'm going to jail. You understand? I'm going to prison... because of you. You dumb motherfuckers. This is what you wanted. You wanted to put me in jail. Tell me now so I can kill you... right here. [slams table again] Right here!

## Russell Bufalino

* It's at a point where your gonna have to talk to him and tell him, "It's what it is". It's what they want. It's where it's gotten.
* If they can whack a President, they can whack a president of a union. You know it and I know it.
* Frank, I had to put you into this thing, or you would never let it happen, and I know you wouldn't. [pause] But it's gonna happen. Either way, he's going. [pause] I know how you feel, Frank. Trust me. I know how you feel. I told you before, we tried everything to help him, you know that. You tried. He brought this on himself. And it's landing on us. [pause] The only reason they agreed to this, is out of respect to me. But you and Reenie will be okay. Cuz you're with me. You're with me.
* Jimmy was a good man, you know? He had a nice family too, huh? I never wanted it to go that far. [pause] I picked us, over him. Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em.
* Mangia, che cresci. Figlio mio, mangia. - (Eat, so you'll grow. Eat, my son.)

## Dialogue

    Bill Bufalino: Frank, I want you to meet my cousin, Russell Bufalino.
    Frank Sheeran: How are you? [shakes hands]
    Russell Bufalino: Hi, nice to meet you.
    Frank: You helped me with my truck a couple of months ago.
    Russell: Oh, yeah, yeah, that's right. The timing chain.
    Frank: Yeah.
    Russell: Did you get it fixed?
    Frank: I fixed it the next day, yeah.
    Russell: That a boy.
    Frank: Thanks again.
    Russell: Ah, you're welcome. It's my pleasure. I'm glad you fixed it. [pause] Better watch. There's a lot of tough guys around here. Did he [Bill] tell you? You're not afraid of tough guys, are you?
    Frank: No.
    Russell: I didn't think so. I'll see you around.
    Bill: Thanks, Russell.
    Frank: Your cousin saved my ass. I could'a lost the whole load.
    Bill: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, he knows everything about trucks, really. Yeah, he worked at Canada Drive for a long time.
    Frank Sheeran: [voice over] Russell had a piece of everything. He had this store in Pittston called Penn Drape & Curtains. And he ran everything out of there. Who knew what it all was? I mean, I'm sure the man had partners. They always have partners. Nobody keeps all the money. But everybody listened to Russ. That I can tell you. You wanted to bribe a judge, you asked Russell. You didn't know how much to bribe him, Russell was gonna tell you. You wanna promote one of your guys, Russ would tell you you could or you could not. You wanna make somebody disappear, you gotta get Russell's permission. You know, no two ways about it. And when you did something for Russ, you did it yourself. Like Russ used to say...
    Russell Bufalino: [cuts to Russell, explaining straight to the camera] When I ask somebody to take care of something for me, I expect them to take care of it themselves. I don't need two roads coming back to me.
    Frank Sheeran: Hello?
    Jimmy Hoffa: Is that Frank?
    Frank: Yes.
    Hoffa: Hiya, Frank. This is Jimmy Hoffa.
    Frank: Yeah, yeah. Glad to meet you.
    Hoffa: Well, glad to meet you, too, even if it's over the phone. I heard you paint houses.
    Frank: Yes. Yes, sir, I... I do, I do, and I, uh, I also do my own carpentry.
    Jimmy Hoffa: You wanna be a part of this fight?
    Frank Sheeran: Yes, I do, sir.
    Hoffa: Would you like to be a part of this history?
    Frank: Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available.
    Jimmy Hoffa: Who said it?
    Frank Sheeran: Don't matter who said it.
    Hoffa: It matters. Was it Russell?
    Frank: No.
    Hoffa: No. Of course it's not Russell. And the little cocksucker from the Miami fiasco? No? Not him? No? Then who?
    Frank: I'm gonna tell you. Tony.
    Hoffa: Tony? Which Tony? They're all named Tony. I mean, what's the matter with Italians that they can only think of one name?
    Frank: The other Tony.
    Hoffa: What Tony?
    Whispers DiTullio: To tell you the truth, I'm a little concerned.
    Frank Sheeran: [narrating] Whenever anybody says they're a little concerned, they're very concerned.
    Whispers: As a matter of fact, I'm really more than a little concerned.
    Frank: [narrating] And when they say they're more than a little concerned, they're desperate.
    Jimmy Hoffa: Where are you going?
    Frank Sheeran: What do you mean where am I going? I fucking quit, that's where I'm going!
    Hoffa: What are you quitting for?
    Frank: You gonna call me a motherfucker? If you can talk to them like that, you can't talk to me like that!
    Hoffa: No! That didn't apply to you!
    Frank: It didn't apply?
    Hoffa: No!
    Frank: You gotta let me know it didn't apply to me. I'm standing right there...
    Hoffa: I didn't even see you standing there!
    Frank: I was standing right there, Jimmy, what are you talking about?
    Hoffa: But it didn't apply to you! What else can I say?
    Frank: You... you... you got a problem, you pull me aside, you don't insult me and then you say it didn't apply to me!
    Hoffa: How am I going to pull you aside? I didn't even see you there!
    Robert Kennedy: [during congressional hearing interrogation of Hoffa] Are you saying you don't remember doing any favors for Johnny Dio, or you don't remember the conversation?
    Jimmy Hoffa: [nonchalantly] I'm saying, to the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember.
    Kennedy: Then where did this $20,000 come from?
    Hoffa: Individuals.
    Kennedy: [losing patience] Which individuals, Mr. Hoffa?
    Hoffa: [pretending to think] Uh... off hand, that particular amount of money I borrowed... I don't know at this particular moment. But the record of my loans, which I requested, I have, and out of all the moneys I loaned during this period of time I went into these ventures.
    Jimmy Hoffa: Ah, shit! Just as I predicted. They fuck up Cuba, Boobie starts coming after me and the union. He's looking for some cheap publicity. That's all it is. That's what he's doing.
    Bill Bufalino: Okay. Well, it's all gonna blow over, Jimmy.
    Hoffa: No, it's not gonna blow over. How's it gonna blow over?! They're never gonna forget that I gave money to Nixon!
    Bill: Calm down. Jimmy, please. We're gonna handle this. Couple of the old timers, they're gonna get to Old Man Kennedy now. Okay? They're gonna get to him. He's a little sick, but...
    Hoffa: Sick?
    Bill: Yeah. But...
    Hoffa: He had a fucking stroke! That's not sick! That's you're... you're, you're close to the grave, is what. He's turning into a fucking eggplant.
    Bill: Okay. Well, you can't blame anybody for that. That's...
    Hoffa: I'm not looking to blame anybody. But if there's any blame going around, it's the Kennedy's. His kids killed him. Let me tell ya that. He's not dead, but he's going. He's going. They killed him! They'd give anybody a heart attack!
    Russell Bufalino: It was the best move we made, getting this red wine vinegar from Angelo's guy. Great Italian olive oil we got from that other mooch was not bad either. Catania olives, what better.
    Frank Sheeran: The best.
    Russell Bufalino: You don't need money, do you?
    Jimmy Hoffa: It's not about money.
    Russell: Well, if it's not about money, then I'm really having trouble understanding, because I don't know what all the talk is about?
    Hoffa: It's my union. Is that hard to understand?
    Russell: No, no. It's your union. That's right. It'll always be your union. You could step down and still run it.
    Hoffa: No, you don't step down.
    Russell: What do you mean?
    Hoffa: Russ, you don't step down to run a union. You step down to go to your grave.
    Russell: Well, listen. I still think — I can't help but think, I'm sorry — but is there another reason or something?
    Hoffa: This is my union! What do you mean another reason? This is my union! All right, let's start with that! And then try to understand things!
    Russell: Listen, some people, not me. But some people, they're a little concerned. Some people, not me. They think that you might—
    Hoffa: I might—?
    Russell: You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation.
    Hoffa: I'm not showing appreciation?
    Russell: According to, you know, some people.
    Hoffa: I went to school for five fucking years.
    Russell: Yes, you did.
    Hoffa: Five fucking years! I didn't name one fucking name!
    Russell: You did the right thing.
    Hoffa: I did the right thing.
    Russell: You did the right thing.
    Hoffa: [pointing to Tony Pro] Sat there everyday with that whining cocksucker from New Jersey, talking to me about his woes, his problems, and all I wanted to do was finish my ice cream in peace. This cocksucker shows up at a meeting! Fifteen minutes late! Wearing fucking shorts! Who wears shorts to a meeting?
    Russell: Nobody.
    Hoffa: That's right.
    Russell: Nobody.
    Hoffa: I'm not showing appreciation?
    Russell: It's not me. According to some people.
    Hoffa: No, I know it's not you! Some people, some people say I'm not showing appreciation. Well, then fuck them.
    Russell: I'm trying to help you, Jim.
    Hoffa: I know you are. But nobody threatens Hoffa.
    Frank Sheeran: Tony told the old man, to tell me, to tell you: "It's what it is."
    Jimmy Hoffa: What it is?
    Frank: It's what it is. Please, listen to me.
    Hoffa: They wouldn't dare!
    Frank: Don't. Don't say that.
    Hoffa: They wouldn't dare!
    Frank: Jimmy don't.
    Hoffa: Please, Frank. Come on.
    Frank: Don't say they wouldn't dare.
    Hoffa: No, don't— don't tell me they can. That's fairy tales. Please.
    Frank: Don't say they wouldn't dare. Please.
    Hoffa: Something funny happens to me, they're done. You understand that? And they know it, because I got files. I got proof. I got records. I got tapes. Anytime I want, they'll be gone. These guinea motherfuckers spend the rest of their lives in jail, and they know it. They know it.
    Frank: But what you're saying is what they're concerned about.
    Hoffa: What I'm saying is I know things. I know things they don't know I know. Please.
    Frank: Do you wanna take that chance?
    Hoffa: What chance am I on?
    Frank: Jim...
    Hoffa: Why should I be taking a chance?
    Frank: They're saying this is it.
    Hoffa: They're saying this is it, and then it's it?
    Frank: Yeah.
    Hoffa: Bullshit. Bullshit, Frank.
    Frank: Jimmy, I'm trying to tell you something.
    Hoffa: I know you are. You're telling me that they're threatening me, and I gotta do what they say, which is absolute—
    Frank: It's more than a threat. It's the bottom line.
    Hoffa: Bottom line?
    Frank: It's what it is.
    Hoffa: They do something to me, I do something to them. That's all I know. I don't know anything else. Do you?
    Frank: So what am I gonna do? What am I gonna tell McGee? That you're not gonna listen? He ain't used to people not listening to him.
    Hoffa: Well, neither am I.
    Frank: What?
    Hoffa: Neither am I.
    Frank: Then I don't know what to do. I mean, maybe you should get some bodies around you for protection.
    Hoffa: Oh, come on, please. I'm not gonna go that route. [laughs] Don't do this to me, Frank. What do you mean bodies around me? You put bodies around you then they go after your family. It doesn't matter. You worried?
    Frank: I'm worried.
    Hoffa: Get some bodies around you. I'll tell you why. This could happen to you. They could come after you, since you're with me. No?
    Frank: I'm worried.
    Hoffa: Tell Russ I got nothing but respect for him. I got a little trouble with him. We were talking before, I just got a little crazy. You know how I am. I just blow, sometimes.
    Frank: Yeah.
    Hoffa: I just walked away like that. But I get that way. I get abrupt. Maybe you could just tell him how much I respect him. I have nothing but respect for this guy. I would never hurt him, no matter what I do with files, or whatever I do with anything.
    Frank: No, but you should tell him, yourself.
    Hoffa: No, I'm not gonna tell him myself.
    Frank: Please.
    Hoffa: Oh, come on.
    Frank: It'll go a long way.
    Hoffa: He's your rabbi. Because of him, you're here. You tell him. Listen to me. At the end, there's only one thing that's real. This is my union. This is my union, Frank. Very simple when you say it that way.

## Taglines

* Time Changes Nothing.
* His story changed history.

## Cast

* Robert De Niro - Frank Sheeran
* Al Pacino - Jimmy Hoffa
* Joe Pesci - Russell Bufalino
* Ray Romano - Bill Bufalino
* Bobby Cannavale - Felix "Skinny Razor" Ditullio
* Anna Paquin - Peggy Sheeran
** Lucy Gallina - young Peggy
* Stephen Graham - Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano
* Harvey Keitel - Angelo Bruno
* Stephanie Kurtzuba - Irene Sheeran
* Kathrine Narducci - Carrie Bufalino
* Welker White - Josephine "Jo" Hoffa
* Jesse Plemons - Chuckie O'Brien
* Jack Huston - Robert F. Kennedy
* Domenick Lombardozzi - Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno
* Paul Herman - Whispers DiTullio
* Louis Cancelmi - Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio
* Gary Basaraba - Frank "Fitz" Fitzsimmons
* Marin Ireland - Dolores Sheeran
** India Ennenga - young Dolores
* Sebastian Maniscalco - "Crazy" Joe Gallo
* Aleksa Palladino - Mary Sheeran
* Kevin O'Rourke - John McCullough
* J. C. MacKenzie - James F. Neal
* Larry Romano - Philip Testa
* Joseph Bono - Frank Sindone
* Craig Vincent - Edward "Ed" Partin
* Louis Vanaria - David Ferrie
* Jennifer Mudge - Maryanne Sheeran
** Tess Price - young Maryanne Sheeran
* Kate Arrington - Connie Sheeran
** Jordyn DiNatale - young Connie Sheeran
* Garry Pastore - Albert Anastasia
* John Scurti - Bertram B. Beveridge
* Steve Witting - William Miller
* Stephen Mailer - F. Emmett Fitzpatrick
* Jeremy Luke - Marco Rossi
* Steven Van Zandt - Jerry Vale

## External links

* The Irishman quotes at the Internet Movie Database