The accent slips in and out When he says certain words “you know what I like more than getting my picture taken?”, “I never waited more than ten minutes in my life” but other times he’s just pacino
Rainer Syah Don’t you know , that the Mafia controlled not only the government but the White House as well at the time and all trade in the United States , look it up , the families were that powerful , La Cosa Nostra...was no joke.
This man made middle class truck drivers live a comfortable life with great benefits. He got wrapped up with the wrong people but he was a hero for the working class!
I've seen The Irishmam twice. May end up my favorite of the year (it is so far). Pacino was great... as Al Pacino. But he's miscast for portraying an accurate representation of the real James Riddle Hoffa. Martin Sheen would have nailed that role to the church doors!
Pacino wasn't meant to look and sound exactly like Hoffa. It was an impressionist performance. In other words, it was meant to capture the essence of the man, rather than limit itself to an impersonation of him
you always charge a man with a gun.... especially when you've hired them to disrupt your court case... (gunman had blanks...hmm) (gunman aint talking... hmm) (you come out as a hero... hmm) you idiots don't forget to charge a man with a gun....
I haven't watched The Irishman because I'm having such a hard time with Pacino as Hoffa, not just a horrible casting mismatch (Nicholson was much better, see Hoffa 1992 directed by Danny DeVito), but from the trailer and clips Scorsese seems to have directed Pacino to portray Hoffa as a stereotypical mobster of the mad jester type, not the complex, thoughtful, and challenging Hoffa we can see here.
scrabtree1 Well you couldn’t have seen The Irishman anyway because it’s not out until November 1st. That being said, I wouldn’t worry too much about Pacino’s portrayal of Hoffa. A trailer is designed to hook an audience so they’re excited for a film. All the critics say Pacino’s Hoffa is the best character he’s played in decades. He really did his homework. The Irishman has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the Hoffa movie’s 54%. I’ll admit Jack did a hell of a job, but the movie itself was bad. DeVito ruined the story of Jimmy Hoffa with all the fictitious bullshit. Scorsese has finally done it justice.
@@scrabtree1 Yep. That was my thinking. Pacino is a great actor. But he can't approach Hoffa's hardcore intensity. Even the mob thought Jimmy was tough to deal with. Which is saying something. As an aside - I'm not digging all of these old actors getting a CGI facelift. Strikes me that if you are going to tell a story about intense characters you need young actors with fire in their bellies. Not safe, comfortable millionaires doing a job for kicks.
@@deaddropholiday you haven't seen the movie yet so why are you judging it? Their performances are supposed to be some of their best according to critics.
When I saw The Irishman I had no idea what Jimmy Hoffa was like, I thought Al Pacino was just acting himself. Seeing this, it’s eerie how on-point he was in his impression.
His performance was great because it was his own interpretation I love Nicholson but I felt his performance was a little too much trying to copy Hoffa 100 percent
Most of movies is just a pretending game. pacino probably wasn't trying to imitate him in the first place.anyway at least more people know who this guy was.
Pacino played Pacino like he always does I don't see why people think it was such a great performance. This movie is Goodfellas same style theme and everything with some CGI faces painted on it
@Mike Knight Yeah that line along with "We did all we could for the guy" was a jaw dropper for me too,even though I had a feeling that's where the conversation was going.
No, i have come here for completely other reason. You see, you can be wrong, because my reason was something thats not that but else and completely different.
Smart man. Didnt get to the top by no accident. Love you Jimmy Hoffa! From local 135 Chicago. Society must never forget all this man did for the working class. RIP JIMMY HOFFA - they dont make 'em like this anymore :/
@@hansjuker8296 no, that's only one aspect. Language, spelling, vocabulary, sentence structure and basically all other constructs of language have been tremendously devalued.
Hoffa was a genius. Of course he did business with unsavory folks (like everyone does) but he improved the lived of countless working people. Self made with a core conviction of standing up for the little guy, he is a true American hero.
Whatever you may think of Jimmy Hoffa he was of a generation, that had intelligence and a strong personality and character for either good or evil, well spoken, brutally honest and with a persona that commanded attention and respect for his driven convictions and beliefs.
Absolutely everything this man said was true , this guy was who the people needed , this guy would’ve been beneficial to today’s society . When some people see your to smart or ahead of their time they want to get rid of you.
Arthur Lol well said. Hey well like they say “ when you lay down with the dogs sometimes your gonna get up with fleas “ . Honestly I just think that between a mobster and a politician you can trust a mobster more. Because politicians smile to your face while their screwing you and taking advantage and robbing the people. The mobster everyone knows deals with shady people and sometimes goes about things in the wrong way but just to help the people , himself ofcourse too obviously, but I just believe you can trust someone who keeps it real and you know he’s a mob guy instead of trusting someone who acts like the all American people person in the tuxedo and is a scumbag underneath. Just my opinion.
what the fuck are you talking about....he was a horrible fucking human being who did "beneficial" things...ANYONE could of done what he did and NOT been a corrupt immoral, power hungry human being. Rudy Giuliani for example. At the end of the day politicians all generally share the same characteristics, does that mean one cant come along and prove that theory wrong? not at all...but its unusual that they do. Judge a man by their Moral Fortitude and NOT just by their actions preserved in a society
I might have been Jimmy Hoffa in my past life. I'm constantly grumpy, everyone annoys me and no one will leave me alone so I can enjoy my ice cream in peace.
Aashish Khakha He was also a rat and and after he got out of jail he started going after the mob. Big mistake! But yes, he was very articulate, well spoken and did a walk for working rights. He also came up as a working man who has his head cracked many times in strikes working in Detroit. He was also wildly temperamental though with a serious anger management problem. He actually arranged for one reporter digging into him to have acid thrown on him which blinded the reporter forever. In a distasteful remark Hoffa said, “the son of a bitch is fortunate that it’s just his eyes. They should have got his hands that he uses to write this bullshit on his fucking keyboard.“
Garth Leadon Are you seriously that fucking stupid? Dude, typewriters have been out since the 1700s. Go to the doctor and have them check your brain out because I don’t think it is developing proper. In the meantime, stop eating lead paint chips with milk on them and acting like they are Fruity Pebbles. You fucking goof.
My Dad was a Teamster in the Hoffa era. At Thanksgiving he'ld thank God for his family and Jimmy for everything he could give his family. He always said if Jimmy skimmed some it was no different than the assholes we voted for in D.C. except Hoffa still took care of his working guys.
He was before my time but I have close family members (my father and uncle were made men )who were connected to the new Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello and they knew Hoffa pretty well and had a lot of respect for him and would argue that he was never any kind of gangster, he just didnt have and boundaries when it came to making money for the Teamsters. A lot of people dont realize that his loans to organized crime weren't made unless the Teamsters made a hell of a profit off of it. When he represented the Teamsters they were on a completely different level of power than any other union group.
Exactly! The corporations don't play by the rules and even control the rules. Why does someone standing up for the little guy have to be a saint? Anything in this world worth having must be fought for. Anyone not willing to fight for something doesn't deserve it and will not get it. This can often be done via non-violence but unfortunately, not always. To those who do not understand that: Welcome to Earth!
And that's ok. Pacino said he wasn't interested in imitating him; to the point of saying "...that's what documentaries are for." He interpreted him and blew up elements of the man. Perfect for a cinematic portrayal.
I agree he was heroe, but the mob wanted the billion dollar fund and they respected Hoffa but only to certain level, once they had full access to that money when he had to resign his position as Union president, his time was up, plus de fact that the government and big business also wanted him out of the way to freely exploit, intimidate and manipulate the working class as before and also have access to their pensions, as Hoffa predicted
No they didn't. Mob is about controlling the action and making money. They made a ton of it through Hoffa and his teamsters and the pension fund. They could never control Hoffa. They wanted him to retire and go away... Hoffa wasn't that type of guy, so they whacked him. Sad because he was a great man. Cosa Nostra knew exactly what they were doing and they were happier when he was gone.
Just A Trucker he was to a degree. Jimmy Hoffa was the mafia chief for working people demanding fair wages, hours, and working conditions. He came of age during the Great Depression when a piece of bread smeared with lard was a fine meal. But the Teamsters Union turned out to be a Ponzi Scheme.
He disappeared. He obviously ticked off the establishment. His take on private prison is spot-on. A capitalist for- profit prison? What could go wrong? ;)
If Jimmy Hoffa was alive and well today would vote for him if he ran for president. Our country needs strong unions again retail healthcare restaurants warehouses Uber drivers it's long overdue .
Jimmy Hoffa was one of the two greatest labor leaders our country ever had. The other one was Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers union. "They" killed him, also...
Very interesting conversation! Hoffa seems to me a very intelligent man. The way he is introducing his experience in jail verbally - it sounds very impressive to me!
Al Pacino's hair was on point
Maybe the hair was but Pacino didn't sound anything like him. I guess he didn't bother trying.
VSVP J that was the only thing though
The accent slips in and out
When he says certain words “you know what I like more than getting my picture taken?”, “I never waited more than ten minutes in my life” but other times he’s just pacino
@@thephanphanlawoffice5548 Pacino was, as per the norm, WAY over-the-top.
Al Pacino was on point. #oscarnomination
'I'll apologize for saying 'you people' as soon as you apologize for being 10 minutes late."
HW was more than 10 minutes, cuz he was saying something
@@explicitDTP, let's go with 12. Right down the middle, eh? Beautiful!
15 minutes wasn’t it?
Traffic man...it was traffic.
He was 15 mins late.
Who the fuck shows up 15 mins late for a meeting in shorts?
Nobody.....
"You charge with a gun. With a knife, you run."
neonatalpenguin I thought that was his best line in the whole movie .
And then everyone clapped. Wtf was that scene
@@swashkiv7509 Sounds like a brazilian politician judgment. Seriously.
‘That rhymes, HA’
You see he's my son I taught him well
“If they can whack a president, they can whack a union president”
@@timetheory84 the powerful families control the US government
Thinh Nguyen say a name bruh
@@rainersyah9635 watch the movie irishman bruh
Rainer Syah
Don’t you know , that the Mafia controlled not only the government but the White House as well at the time and all trade in the United States , look it up , the families were that powerful , La Cosa Nostra...was no joke.
@@FAMA-18 fuck outta here lol
It is what it is. He’s going either way.
We did all we could for him. You did all you could for him.
I chose us, fuck em
This is MY fucking union! I went to "school" for FIVE FUCKING YEARS.
I heard you paint houses?
I got files 😁and I just wanted to sit there and eat my ice cream 🍨
This man made middle class truck drivers live a comfortable life with great benefits. He got wrapped up with the wrong people but he was a hero for the working class!
How many of us are gonna start steaming our hotdogs in beer?
I do that with brats
I'm going to try it and see how it goes.
Beer is also good for pouring on steaks when you grill them.
How many of us are gonna start labor unions?
It's also one of the best ways to cook lobster.
Been doing that for years at tailgates
Al Pacino killed it as Hoffa in The Irishman. Absolutely legendary performance.
You seen it already?
Xavier Morales yeah they had two showings in the theater last week before Netflix
I've seen The Irishmam twice. May end up my favorite of the year (it is so far).
Pacino was great... as Al Pacino. But he's miscast for portraying an accurate representation of the real James Riddle Hoffa.
Martin Sheen would have nailed that role to the church doors!
@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Nicholson did it best.
@@NitestarProductions
Well that's just a fact. Even the real Frank Sheeran said Nicholson nailed Hoffa, as did Hoffa's son.
Pacino wasn't meant to look and sound exactly like Hoffa. It was an impressionist performance. In other words, it was meant to capture the essence of the man, rather than limit itself to an impersonation of him
Pacino should win award for that performance
He didn't do that either, all I saw was an over top Pacino doing Pacino.
Jack was the best
Who came here from watching the Irishman on Netflix?
Me 😜😜😜
Me
Kenny Moore I did🤔🤭
Mee too
Right here
"I just wanted to eat my ice cream in peace."
"you always charge a guy with a gun with a knife you run away charge a guy with a gun with a knife you run away "
you always charge a man with a gun....
especially when you've hired them to disrupt your court case...
(gunman had blanks...hmm)
(gunman aint talking... hmm)
(you come out as a hero... hmm)
you idiots don't forget to charge a man with a gun....
"I heard you paint houses"
I haven't watched The Irishman because I'm having such a hard time with
Pacino as Hoffa, not just a horrible casting mismatch (Nicholson was
much better, see Hoffa 1992 directed by Danny DeVito), but from the
trailer and clips Scorsese seems to have directed Pacino to portray
Hoffa as a stereotypical mobster of the mad jester type, not the
complex, thoughtful, and challenging Hoffa we can see here.
scrabtree1 Well you couldn’t have seen The Irishman anyway because it’s not out until November 1st. That being said, I wouldn’t worry too much about Pacino’s portrayal of Hoffa. A trailer is designed to hook an audience so they’re excited for a film. All the critics say Pacino’s Hoffa is the best character he’s played in decades. He really did his homework. The Irishman has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the Hoffa movie’s 54%. I’ll admit Jack did a hell of a job, but the movie itself was bad. DeVito ruined the story of Jimmy Hoffa with all the fictitious bullshit. Scorsese has finally done it justice.
@@scrabtree1 Yep. That was my thinking. Pacino is a great actor. But he can't approach Hoffa's hardcore intensity. Even the mob thought Jimmy was tough to deal with. Which is saying something. As an aside - I'm not digging all of these old actors getting a CGI facelift. Strikes me that if you are going to tell a story about intense characters you need young actors with fire in their bellies. Not safe, comfortable millionaires doing a job for kicks.
@@scrabtree1 that's ridiculous.
@@deaddropholiday you haven't seen the movie yet so why are you judging it? Their performances are supposed to be some of their best according to critics.
If you're more then 10 mins late you saying something
"We'll go half and say 12" hahaha
That’s with taking traffic into account
Who shows up to a meeting in shorts
Nah.....15 minutes! You gotta take traffic into consideration
That’s that’s what I’m doing I’m taking traffic into account
"Dont put a fish in your car......It leaves a Smell"
what kinda fish was it ?
Who puts a fucking fish in a car?
“ so you just go in there and say gimmie a fish ? “
“Why the fuck does it even matter”
It’s a Sicilian message. It means sleeping with the fishes.
When I saw The Irishman I had no idea what Jimmy Hoffa was like, I thought Al Pacino was just acting himself. Seeing this, it’s eerie how on-point he was in his impression.
Pacino is great, and the movie is great. But he's not even reminiscent of the real James Riddle Hoffa. Sorry.
His performance was great because it was his own interpretation I love Nicholson but I felt his performance was a little too much trying to copy Hoffa 100 percent
Most of movies is just a pretending game. pacino probably wasn't trying to imitate him in the first place.anyway at least more people know who this guy was.
Pacino played Pacino like he always does I don't see why people think it was such a great performance. This movie is Goodfellas same style theme and everything with some CGI faces painted on it
This is typical mob glam crap.
“We did all we could for the guy”
"Don't call him."
@Mike Knight Yeah that line along with "We did all we could for the guy" was a jaw dropper for me too,even though I had a feeling that's where the conversation was going.
The man not guy
Pesci delivered that line devastatingly.
Frank “ I started delivering stakes “ sheeran
“Who comes to a meeting wearing shorts ?”
A mafia capo who doesn't give a fuck what a union president thinks. Who wears a suit in Florida?
@@swashkiv7509 ex Union official
@@mrpotatoguy1 i wait 10 minutes tops
It’s obvious he did that to insult Jimmy either that or he was really clueless
I still see that dude as Capone from boardwalk empire, he nailed it.
S Washkiv real men do, shill.
Al Pacino nailed becoming Hoffa. Blessed to be in LA and saw that masterpiece. Can’t wait for Netflix release
looks and sounds nothing like what weve seen from Pacino..Jack absolutely nailed it.
Jack nailed his appearance and mannerisms, Pacino his character and essence. Love both, but Pacino truly is the superior Hoffa to me 🙌🏼
G B yes! Couldn’t agree more
@@gb2096 love pacino as a actor , but gotta go with Nicholson.
moestavernprankcall ahhhh getdafawkattaheaaa
Who got recommended this after watching the Irishman?
Yep. TH-cam knows everything 🤣
Max Hodgson
I'm here because I watched "Hoffa" (1992) with Jack Nicholson
Here
every single person in the world
Dumisa Tony Johnson Jack Nicholson played Hoffa the best, looked and acted just like him
I’m guessing just like me, this video is being watched because of the Irishmen movie.
No, i have come here for completely other reason. You see, you can be wrong, because my reason was something thats not that but else and completely different.
The (italian) Irishman
Bingo
DUH....
I'm here to listen to Hoffa speak about in the serious problem of prison inmates being split roasted.
Boy oh boy wish we had a person like this again
Smart man. Didnt get to the top by no accident. Love you Jimmy Hoffa! From local 135 Chicago. Society must never forget all this man did for the working class. RIP JIMMY HOFFA - they dont make 'em like this anymore :/
Srdjan Glusac my father is
My father is IBEW. UNION STRONG
Stand up guy. 👍
Fuck Hoffa. He deserved everything he got and more. As far as I know, it's just mob cleanup. Who cares about some thug shooting anothe thug.
southsyde Sasha what does your father think happened to Mr. Jimmy Hoffa
Crazy hearing someone back then speaking on prison reform. We still haven’t made the changes in all this time
There's something about the way people talked in those days, I can't put my finger on it. I wonder if people spoke clearer 50 years ago.
No rap music
@@hansjuker8296 that's definitely not it.
@@Leon-zu1wp sure it is.
@@hansjuker8296 no, that's only one aspect. Language, spelling, vocabulary, sentence structure and basically all other constructs of language have been tremendously devalued.
@@breakfastsurreal5650 you just described rap.
Hoffa was a genius. Of course he did business with unsavory
folks (like everyone does) but he improved the lived of countless
working people. Self made with a core conviction of standing up for
the little guy, he is a true American hero.
Whatever you may think of Jimmy Hoffa he was of a generation, that had intelligence and a strong personality and character for either good or evil, well spoken, brutally honest and with a persona that commanded attention and respect for his driven convictions and beliefs.
The Greatest Generation.
We have people with PhDs today who are far dumber than Hoffa was. Sad.
I'm wearing a suit watching this
i really love jimmy hoffa he is amazing very intelligent well spoken good manners great man
Wasn’t smart enough to shut up lol
his son is a real cocksucker. fucked everything his dad made great.
This was i a time when knowledge, conversation, pragmatism, etc. was part of an adult conversation on television.
This is a treasure. Thanks for uploading this.
Absolutely everything this man said was true , this guy was who the people needed , this guy would’ve been beneficial to today’s society . When some people see your to smart or ahead of their time they want to get rid of you.
except when you know... he was convicted of jury tampering and was involved with the mob. But besides that, super rad dude
Arthur Lol well said. Hey well like they say “ when you lay down with the dogs sometimes your gonna get up with fleas “ . Honestly I just think that between a mobster and a politician you can trust a mobster more. Because politicians smile to your face while their screwing you and taking advantage and robbing the people. The mobster everyone knows deals with shady people and sometimes goes about things in the wrong way but just to help the people , himself ofcourse too obviously, but I just believe you can trust someone who keeps it real and you know he’s a mob guy instead of trusting someone who acts like the all American people person in the tuxedo and is a scumbag underneath. Just my opinion.
Wasn't he working for the mob?
what the fuck are you talking about....he was a horrible fucking human being who did "beneficial" things...ANYONE could of done what he did and NOT been a corrupt immoral, power hungry human being. Rudy Giuliani for example. At the end of the day politicians all generally share the same characteristics, does that mean one cant come along and prove that theory wrong? not at all...but its unusual that they do. Judge a man by their Moral Fortitude and NOT just by their actions preserved in a society
@@mrlepercon he gave back channel access for the mob to take loans from the teamsters pension fund. The mob used the money to build up Las Vegas
He was so likable. You can tell in this video why so many rallied behind Jimmy Hoffa. He was just cool.
I might have been Jimmy Hoffa in my past life. I'm constantly grumpy, everyone annoys me and no one will leave me alone so I can enjoy my ice cream in peace.
Hoffa was highly intelligent and articulate. No wonder the government and the mafia could not bear him.
Aashish Khakha
He was also a rat and and after he got out of jail he started going after the mob. Big mistake! But yes, he was very articulate, well spoken and did a walk for working rights. He also came up as a working man who has his head cracked many times in strikes working in Detroit. He was also wildly temperamental though with a serious anger management problem. He actually arranged for one reporter digging into him to have acid thrown on him which blinded the reporter forever. In a distasteful remark Hoffa said, “the son of a bitch is fortunate that it’s just his eyes. They should have got his hands that he uses to write this bullshit on his fucking keyboard.“
@rxp56 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MMAGamblingTips dude stop lying. there weren't any keyboards back then.
Garth Leadon
Are you seriously that fucking stupid? Dude, typewriters have been out since the 1700s. Go to the doctor and have them check your brain out because I don’t think it is developing proper. In the meantime, stop eating lead paint chips with milk on them and acting like they are Fruity Pebbles. You fucking goof.
That's exactly what I said 👍
This man was no idiot, that's for certain.
Lol yeah he was and thats exactly why hes dead haha
@The Searcher goes to prove you don't have friends and never trust anyone
Get Hoffa on the Rogan podcast 😁
Uhhhh. Lol I dont know if you've heard the news..
Eric Osborn 😂🤦🏻♂️
He was. Joey Diaz gave him a star of death and he was never seen again...🤣
Mark Jimmy P Hoffa is available
He's too old.
Interviewer: “I’m making a point”
Jimmy: “you making a point? You making a point Dressing like that?
I’m retired Teamster . Hoffa was my hero!
Amen! Damn shame he had to die. I guess it is what it is
@ Paul Grimm Of course Jimmy Hoffa had his baggage but I have heard nothing but praise for him by his people , the Teamsters .
Was Hoffa concrete buried at Giant stadium?
He truly was a champion for the working people. We need him now more than ever.
Yeah, tell that to the corpses of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, which he was involved in making.
Why ?
@Matt Beeman He didn't put anyone anywhere. Joe Kennedy did connection with Mafia, Jack and Bobby didn't do shit.
@@PapagenoMF
Good on him then. Bravo Hoffa! 👏
Those crooked blueblooded philandering Kennedy's got what they deserved!
Should have learned loyalty.
@Matt Beeman lol shut the fuck up dumbshit
Q: Are you coming with me?
A: Yes, I will
I thought Al Pacino was going to start yelling Hoohah at any minute.
My Dad was a Teamster in the Hoffa era. At Thanksgiving he'ld thank God for his family and Jimmy for everything he could give his family. He always said if Jimmy skimmed some it was no different than the assholes we voted for in D.C. except Hoffa still took care of his working guys.
There's no body in public service today who can hold a candle to Hoffa.
Thats the truth
He was before my time but I have close family members (my father and uncle were made men )who were connected to the new Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello and they knew Hoffa pretty well and had a lot of respect for him and would argue that he was never any kind of gangster, he just didnt have and boundaries when it came to making money for the Teamsters. A lot of people dont realize that his loans to organized crime weren't made unless the Teamsters made a hell of a profit off of it. When he represented the Teamsters they were on a completely different level of power than any other union group.
Yes.. This what a true boss..
No body
He was a criminal piece of shit lol and you're fucking stupid
God bless Jimmy Hoffa wherever he is things were better for the Working Man back then.
Cremated forsure.
Exactly! The corporations don't play by the rules and even control the rules.
Why does someone standing up for the little guy have to be a saint?
Anything in this world worth having must be fought for. Anyone not willing to fight for something doesn't deserve it and will not get it. This can often be done via non-violence but unfortunately, not always.
To those who do not understand that:
Welcome to Earth!
Jack had a more close likeness in Hoffa
Joe Cook Yes and no, Jack was a more hyper Hoffa version. Pacino was hypo Hoffa.
jack endisdick
@@insanityhelps2800 Jack Hoffmen
@@Klopp619 very true. Nice analysis
whos jack?
I did not hear him say “cock-sucker” lol
At one point I thought he was going to say, "It's like a prison".
The way he describes it, it sounds like school.
How can a haircut be so dorky yet so slick at the same time
“I heard you paint houses”
Yea... I also do my own carpentry
I wish Jimmy was here..We need him here today..What a man, what a GREAT GREAT MAN!!!....The world was lucky to have him!!!
He’d be dead by now of natural causes.
“He said that? That’s it, I’m never retiring, someone can tell him that!”
Hearing Jimmy say homo is beyond perfect
He didn't talk about eating ice-creams in prison.
This guy should run for President. He’s so charismatic
Lohan Cindy yup I’m a union man I’d vote for him eh
Hoffa graduated from Hard Knocks University
I was going to watch this video but i was 10 minutes late,
And wearing shorts!
“We did all we could for the man...don’t call him”
😥
Al Pacino was so good that he made me forget that Jack Nicholson played Hoffa first
Well I did not even know he played him. Learnt something.
Who came here after finally watching Hoffa in December of 2019?
My Father drove him around whenever he visited Minnesota, ...said he was absolutely brillant and humorus...
Wow, really, he knew jimmy Hoffa , legendary
“She’s a rat though , you know”
“Yea but she’s a smart rat”
Hahahahahahah best line lmao
“He’s a smart rat” not she dumbass.
He looks way more like Harvey Keitel than Al Pacino
James Austin Stone yes I thought so too. What if the actors where swapped do you think it would have made a difference?
@@ChrisIndellicati good point
True leader of the people. I salute you!
I never waited for anyone who was late for more than 10 minutes in my life.
"They wouldn't dare"
Don't say that.
Al Pacino added an accent that the real Hoffa doesn't have.
And that's ok. Pacino said he wasn't interested in imitating him; to the point of saying "...that's what documentaries are for." He interpreted him and blew up elements of the man. Perfect for a cinematic portrayal.
Jack Nicholson did the same accent in the 1992 film. Wonder why?
Al Pacino has always been absolutely horrible with accents.
VCthaGOATdunker He don’t come off no banana boat
Someone give this man his sundae ice cream
-who told you that? Russel?
-No. Tony!
-which Tony? They all are called Tony!
The man makes a lot of sense on this subject.
This man is a hero to the working class. The mob really screwed up with this.
He was the mob
I agree he was heroe, but the mob wanted the billion dollar fund and they respected Hoffa but only to certain level, once they had full access to that money when he had to resign his position as Union president, his time was up, plus de fact that the government and big business also wanted him out of the way to freely exploit, intimidate and manipulate the working class as before and also have access to their pensions, as Hoffa predicted
No they didn't.
Mob is about controlling the action and making money.
They made a ton of it through Hoffa and his teamsters and the pension fund.
They could never control Hoffa.
They wanted him to retire and go away...
Hoffa wasn't that type of guy, so they whacked him.
Sad because he was a great man.
Cosa Nostra knew exactly what they were doing and they were happier when he was gone.
Yeah because the mob is known for its philanthropy and blue collar love.
I feel Al Pacino did a better Jimmy Hoffa impression than Jimmy Hoffa did
Jimmy Hoffa was a German-Irish Midwesterner. Having him being played in “The Irishman” as some New York Italian mobster was a weird choice.
IM NOT SITING DOWN ! I CANT DO IT !!!!
Jimmy hoffa is the best
He seemed like a great guy.....I could be wrong
Just A Trucker he was to a degree. Jimmy Hoffa was the mafia chief for working people demanding fair wages, hours, and working conditions. He came of age during the Great Depression when a piece of bread smeared with lard was a fine meal. But the Teamsters Union turned out to be a Ponzi Scheme.
@@jondstewart Thanks for the info Jon. He was a good guy
Al Pacino nailed yet another part what an actor
He disappeared. He obviously ticked off the establishment. His take on private prison is spot-on. A capitalist for- profit prison? What could go wrong? ;)
You got it
Mafia had him shot
He came out of prison and wanted his position back but mob didnt want that so they clipped him.
Clearly a powerful and a persuasive man and of the face of it , a man of conscience and integrity. How complex we are.
I'm never wearing shorts to a union meeting.
If Jimmy Hoffa was alive and well today would vote for him if he ran for president.
Our country needs strong unions again retail healthcare restaurants warehouses Uber drivers it's long overdue .
Seems like a sharp, observant guy, which I'm sure is why he made it to the top. Shame he went how he did
Even in the 70s they were talking about prison reform. I'm just glad they fixed the problem before things got out of hand
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For starters legalize all drugs & regulate. The war on drugs has given billions to the cartels & filled out prisons.
I some how feel like "Instead of planning he's downfall n assassination Mob cud have elevated him to next thing placed him in Whitehouse.."
Great point
Yeah not with a felony lol
1:04 "El chapo: hold my beer"
Who else is 15 minutes late?
No, let's call it 12 and a half and all the guys on both sides will patch up the peace meeting 😂
Al Pacino had his mannerisms down pat
Talking about the old days, in the old days.
If you got it, a truck brought it to you!!!
Pacino is outsanding and fun to watch in Irishman..
What year was this interview recorded?
You know it's been a while since I've heard from Jimmy. I wonder how he's doing today.
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He’s sleeping with da fishes...
My friend speaks very highly of this video
You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation.
actually Jack Nicholson looked much more like him than Pacino did.
HE SHOWS UP LATE TO A MEETING, WEARING SHORTS!
Its crazy to think frank was there somewhere in the back watch huffa back
Jimmy Hoffa was one of the two greatest labor leaders our country ever had. The other one was Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers union. "They" killed him, also...
Very interesting conversation! Hoffa seems to me a very intelligent man. The way he is introducing his experience in jail verbally - it sounds very impressive to me!