Those that have not seen it will leave the theater wanting to watch the entire series,\u201d Canale told Casino.org<\/i>. \u201cIt may just open up the next generation into why The Sopranos<\/i> was such a big hit years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe series ran for 86 episodes from 1999 to 2007. The final episode ended in a real-life Bloomfield, New Jersey, ice cream parlor, Holsten\u2019s, with the screen going black as Sopranos family members sat in a booth eating onion rings. Some fans have speculated that the vague ending indicates Tony Soprano was shot to death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe prequel movie includes a lot things that fans will remember from the television series, Canale said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a must-see for anyone who has seen the TV series, as it has several locations, people, and past episode references,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gandolfini Father and Son<\/h2>\n The movie, which opened simultaneously\u00a0in theaters and on HBO Max, centers on the series\u2019 familiar characters during their younger years. It is set against a backdrop of late 1960s racial strife in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
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In the movie, 22-year-old Michael Gandolfini portrays Tony Soprano in his younger years. Gandolfini\u2019s father, James, played the adult Mob boss in the cable TV series, which ended 14 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nJames Gandolfini died in Rome in 2013 of a heart attack at age 51.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas in Mob Movies<\/h2>\n The HBO series is one in a long line of television shows and movies that, at least partially, address the Mob world\u2019s attraction to Las Vegas casinos.<\/p>\n
In an episode of The Sopranos<\/i> final season, Tony Soprano visits Las Vegas, where he plays roulette at Caesars Palace on the Strip. In the desert near Las Vegas, he has an undefined vision, leading him to proclaim loudly, \u201cI get it!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMovies about the city\u2019s underworld connection date back to the film noir days, including 1950\u2019s 711 Ocean Drive<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe connection came into greater prominence in the 1970s with The Godfather<\/i> trilogy, depicting the Corleone family\u2019s financial interest in Las Vegas casinos. Some of the scenes were shot at the Tropicana and Riviera hotel-casinos on the Strip, according to the Nevada Film Office. The Riviera has since closed. The Tropicana is still in operation near McCarran International Airport.<\/p>\n
In 1995, the Las Vegas Mafia movie Casino <\/i><\/a>brought more attention to the city\u2019s Mob history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe movie starred Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone as characters based on Mob associate Frank \u201cLefty” Rosenthal and his former Tropicana showgirl wife, Geri.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAlso in the movie, Joe Pesci plays a mobster modeled after Tony \u201cThe Ant\u201d Spilotro, the Chicago Outfit\u2019s overseer in Las Vegas in the 1970s and into the ’80s. Spilotro\u2019s romantic relationship with Geri Rosenthal is fictionalized in the movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel movie based on the HBO series The Sopranos, opened nationwide on Friday. It has already revived interest in the hit cable television show about fictional New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano.\u00a0 The Mob Museum in Las Vegas held an advance screening of the movie this week at a theater […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":187609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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