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Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.

Director

Alex Gibney

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Production

B.R.C. Produzione Film

Awards

N/A

Self - Creator of The Sopranos

Self - Host

Self - Writer and Producer

Self

Self - Former Chairman and CEO of HBO

Self

Lorraine Bracco

Self

Michael Imperioli

Self

Self

Steven Van Zandt

Self - Director of Photography

Self - Writer and Producer

Self - Writer and Producer

Self - Former President of HBO Entertainment

Carolyn Strauss

Self

Bruce Springsteen

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[crew chattering] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[crew chattering]

[crowd chattering] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[crowd chattering]

[clock ticking] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[clock ticking]

[door opens] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [ticking continues]
- [soft footsteps] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [ticking continues] - [soft footsteps]

[door closes] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And, uh, it was ridiculous. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And, uh, it was ridiculous.

[reporter 1] Apparently,
the word got around. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[reporter 1] Apparently, the word got around.

I am right for this part on
The Sopranos. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I am right for this part on The Sopranos.

My friend and I,
we got all dressed up - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

My friend and I, we got all dressed up

- [faint metallic clanking]
- [gentle music plays] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [faint metallic clanking] - [gentle music plays]

[overlapping chatter] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[overlapping chatter]

You are subject to arrest - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You are subject to arrest

[reporter 1]
The Harrison police, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[reporter 1] The Harrison police,

[reporter 1] So most of this mob
had to be content - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[reporter 1] So most of this mob had to be content

[jazzy, upbeat drumbeat playing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[jazzy, upbeat drumbeat playing]

I was born in Mount Vernon,
New York, right near the Bronx. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I was born in Mount Vernon, New York, right near the Bronx.

[sobs] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [silenced gunshots]
- [woman screams] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [silenced gunshots] - [woman screams]

[all exclaiming] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[all exclaiming]

In the show, it wasn't an
easy tone, in the sense that - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

In the show, it wasn't an easy tone, in the sense that

Well, I mean, I guess something - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Well, I mean, I guess something

There's all these legends that
Jimmy Hoffa is buried there. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

There's all these legends that Jimmy Hoffa is buried th...

My father got this idea
to open a hardware store. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

My father got this idea to open a hardware store.

Gave me my first hand job,
me and Vincent Maniscalco - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Gave me my first hand job, me and Vincent Maniscalco

They sold that store
and they bought - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

They sold that store and they bought

- [woman] Let's go.
- [door closes] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [woman] Let's go. - [door closes]

Until my father was sick - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Until my father was sick

They just were not happy people. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

They just were not happy people.

[David] This absurdity,
which was partly him. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] This absurdity, which was partly him.

[Tony Sirico]
I was born in Brooklyn. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Tony Sirico] I was born in Brooklyn.

You know, somebody
called here last night. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You know, somebody called here last night.

[David] And she was given
to having screaming nightmares. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] And she was given to having screaming nightmares.

Like that, you know,
he's got that reflector thing - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Like that, you know, he's got that reflector thing

[Christopher] You realize by the
time Caitlin's out of college, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Christopher] You realize by the time Caitlin's out of ...

[laughter] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

One time we were in the car
with my mother and father - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

One time we were in the car with my mother and father

[man] Tony Sirico
was very fastidious - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[man] Tony Sirico was very fastidious

He's got a good sense
of rhythm." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

He's got a good sense of rhythm."

He would get up at three
in the morning, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

He would get up at three in the morning,

[David] I did not feel
appreciated, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] I did not feel appreciated,

Were you scared of her?
Scared she would explode? - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Were you scared of her? Scared she would explode?

- The fuck you doing?
- [Valery grunts] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- The fuck you doing? - [Valery grunts]

Stop telling me how to
live my life. Just shut up. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Stop telling me how to live my life. Just shut up.

[Terence] So we're doing
"Pine Barrens" episode. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] So we're doing "Pine Barrens" episo...

I am nervous.
As a kid, I was fearful. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I am nervous. As a kid, I was fearful.

And then I became
kind of a punk. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And then I became kind of a punk.

I know the ground's
kind of hard, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I know the ground's kind of hard,

[Terence] Paulie and Christopher
were going to kill a guy, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] Paulie and Christopher were going to kill a guy,

Bullies, wiseguys. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Bullies, wiseguys.

[Terence] One of the aspects
of the episode - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] One of the aspects of the episode

he's perfectly coiffed and
he's getting a manicure. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

he's perfectly coiffed and he's getting a manicure...

I remember coming back
from Manhattan, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I remember coming back from Manhattan,

[Terence] He's a complete mess. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] He's a complete mess.

- You're going to cut this.
- [both chuckle] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- You're going to cut this. - [both chuckle]

The Klan was really active
around where we were. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

The Klan was really active around where we were.

I got rejected at Dartmouth. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I got rejected at Dartmouth.

And we both were miserable. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And we both were miserable.

[Vivaldi's "Sposa son
disprezzata" playing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Vivaldi's "Sposa son disprezzata" playing]

[water rushing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[water rushing]

[wind whooshing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[wind whooshing]

[David] October of 1965, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] October of 1965,

Just talking too much. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Just talking too much.

We'd talk about it and-and
bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

We'd talk about it and-and bullshit, bullshit, bullshit...

It was literally sitting
with your friends - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

It was literally sitting with your friends

And sometimes it was prompted
by David saying things like, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And sometimes it was prompted by David saying things like,

[David] And I would leave now, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] And I would leave now,

I did say I'd do this. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I did say I'd do this.

And you'd just tell stories.
And it was very therapeutic. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And you'd just tell stories. And it was very therapeuti...

So, I mean, in that room
we went through, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

So, I mean, in that room we went through,

["Woke Up This Morning"
by Alabama 3 playing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

["Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3 playing]

The actor is the instrument
for conveying ideas. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

The actor is the instrument for conveying ideas.

[Terence] I told a story
about how - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] I told a story about how

And that became part of - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And that became part of

Daddy! [sobbing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Daddy! [sobbing]

[Terence] I told them
a story about - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] I told them a story about

He says he was your first, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

He says he was your first,

♪ Woke up this morning ♪ - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

♪ Woke up this morning ♪

All my stories,
they come directly - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

All my stories, they come directly

And here's my famous apartment
right here, 107. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And here's my famous apartment right here, 107.

I grew up in a place called
Maverick Housing Projects - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I grew up in a place called Maverick Housing Projects

[Frank]
"Hey, kid, do me a favor. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Frank] "Hey, kid, do me a favor.

That you had an idea, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

That you had an idea,

Behind closed doors
I was with these guys. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Behind closed doors I was with these guys.

[Frank] So once we got
in the room together - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Frank] So once we got in the room together

Get the fuck out of here
before I shove - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Get the fuck out of here before I shove

[Frank]
or Richie Aprile... - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Frank] or Richie Aprile...

[Frank] This is where
I could contribute - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Frank] This is where I could contribute

And he sat down,
and in probably ten minutes, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And he sat down, and in probably ten minutes,

[Terence] Look at somebody
like Uncle Junior - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] Look at somebody like Uncle Junior

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Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.

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Director: Alex Gibney

Writer: N/A

Production: B.R.C. Produzione Film

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

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Released: 07 Sep 2024

Awards: N/A

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