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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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And so we became friends.
It was like that, you know? - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And so we became friends. It was like that, you know?

And I said to him, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And I said to him,

Bad people do bad things, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Bad people do bad things,

I mean, we said things
that nowadays, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I mean, we said things that nowadays,

Um, and you're this
powerful man, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Um, and you're this powerful man,

We could have been mistaken
for being racist, sexist, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

We could have been mistaken for being racist, sexist,

And I said, "This is what
you should write about." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And I said, "This is what you should write about."

We considered having an
assistant in there for a while - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

We considered having an assistant in there for a while

[Alex] So how did you
make the transition - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Alex] So how did you make the transition

You know, I didn't start
writing on the show - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You know, I didn't start writing on the show

You know, what I learned
from David was, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You know, what I learned from David was,

Everything was thought-out. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Everything was thought-out.

But he wasn't really asleep. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

But he wasn't really asleep.

[Terence] At some point,
he would get up - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] At some point, he would get up

And we're all like,
"Yeah, that's great..." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And we're all like, "Yeah, that's great...&qu...

We broke for lunch, come back,
he's looking at it, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

We broke for lunch, come back, he's looking at it,

Every year we would start,
I'd say, "Remember, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Every year we would start, I'd say, "Remember,

Idea number six,
maybe you should..." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Idea number six, maybe you should..."

- It's not good."
- [car alarm chirps] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- It's not good." - [car alarm chirps]

[Robin] I still feel proud
that we never did - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Robin] I still feel proud that we never did

[new age music plays on TV] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[new age music plays on TV]

I don't think any of us ever
were gratuitous with violence. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I don't think any of us ever were gratuitous with viole...

I don't think we ever said, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I don't think we ever said,

[Melfi screaming] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Melfi screaming]

- [man grunting]
- Please! No! - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [man grunting] - Please! No!

- [sobbing] No!
- [man] You fucking bitch! - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [sobbing] No! - [man] You fucking bitch!

What HBO was trying to do - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

What HBO was trying to do

Boxing and movies was really
what HBO was known for. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Boxing and movies was really what HBO was known for.

Maybe it's Mama Bear. [snickers] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Maybe it's Mama Bear. [snickers]

[Terence] Melfi's rape
was very, very violent - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Terence] Melfi's rape was very, very violent

[Chris] It set a mark down - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Chris] It set a mark down

[Richard]
It's a legal thing. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Richard] It's a legal thing.

Who could I sic on
that son of a bitch - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Who could I sic on that son of a bitch

[Lorraine] I remember
reading the script - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Lorraine] I remember reading the script

She's the only one trying
to have a-a sense of-of right, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

She's the only one trying to have a-a sense of-of right...

I can't even get through it,
I'm so upset." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I can't even get through it, I'm so upset."

[Lorraine] When she says no, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Lorraine] When she says no,

[both laugh] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

She knew if she told him
about the rape, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

She knew if she told him about the rape,

She didn't go to school - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

She didn't go to school

["Living on a Thin Line"
by The Kinks playing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

["Living on a Thin Line" by The Kinks playing]

We thought we were doing Godard. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

We thought we were doing Godard.

Like the episode where
the stripper gets killed. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Like the episode where the stripper gets killed.

["Who Do You Love"
by John Hammond plays] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

["Who Do You Love" by John Hammond plays]

[both chuckling] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[both chuckling]

♪ Oh, who do you love? ♪ - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

♪ Oh, who do you love? ♪

You could push the envelope
and let people be uncomfortable. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You could push the envelope and let people be uncomfortable.

The whole point is you want to
surprise people - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

The whole point is you want to surprise people

- [gunshot]
- [whimpers] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- [gunshot] - [whimpers]

You're not going to be given
trigger warnings - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You're not going to be given trigger warnings

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

[engine revving] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[engine revving]

And then they're...
so, every once in a while - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And then they're... so, every once in a while

‘Cause that sugarless
motherfucker, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

‘Cause that sugarless motherfucker,

[man] Not ten kilometers
from here, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[man] Not ten kilometers from here,

Oh! Swear to God! Mommy!
Mommy, please, Tony. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Oh! Swear to God! Mommy! Mommy, please, Tony.

Every German son-of-a-bitch
soldier is to be killed. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Every German son-of-a-bitch soldier is to be killed.

[David] I said to the writers, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] I said to the writers,

[suspenseful music playing] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[suspenseful music playing]

But Tony's always got to be
the smartest guy in the room. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

But Tony's always got to be the smartest guy in the roo...

[David] He's not fun
all the time. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] He's not fun all the time.

[David] And I always felt that - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] And I always felt that

[David] But he couldn't afford
to be collapsing - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] But he couldn't afford to be collapsing

He had a lot of fears,
and didn't know it. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

He had a lot of fears, and didn't know it.

[David] While I was there, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] While I was there,

Laughing on the outside, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Laughing on the outside,

It's my feeling, and I've been
to a lot of therapy. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

It's my feeling, and I've been to a lot of therapy...

And everybody back east was... - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

And everybody back east was...

You're really never held
to account with a psychiatrist. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

You're really never held to account with a psychiatrist...

But I didn't set my mind
to learning how to direct, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

But I didn't set my mind to learning how to direct,

"You mean anything I do is..." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

"You mean anything I do is..."

Maybe I was too embarrassed - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Maybe I was too embarrassed

[Georgie groans] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Georgie groans]

[David] Instead, it made
him a better mobster. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] Instead, it made him a better mobster.

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

[protestors chattering]

As we said in the show,
as Livia said, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

As we said in the show, as Livia said,

[David] So it was
important to me - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] So it was important to me

"Dr. Melfi." - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I had no agent,
so Paul got me an agent. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I had no agent, so Paul got me an agent.

[David] And not to be
too forceful, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] And not to be too forceful,

[David] Her character
was based on - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] Her character was based on

[David] They brought me on
as story editor. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] They brought me on as story editor.

So, maybe by coming clean
with me, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

So, maybe by coming clean with me,

[David] I think I began
to realize - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[David] I think I began to realize

So I was in the TV business. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

So I was in the TV business.

- What?
- [David] And certainly, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

- What? - [David] And certainly,

[Alex chuckles] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

[Alex chuckles]

So because I was used to
network TV, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

So because I was used to network TV,

Now that we're sitting
in this psychiatrist's office - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Now that we're sitting in this psychiatrist's offi...

'Cause I thought they
wouldn't want that. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

'Cause I thought they wouldn't want that.

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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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