The Irishman (original Movie of the Same Name)
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The original film "The Irishman" is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. This book is a criminal documentary work that former U. S. Prosecutor Charles Brandt spent five years interviewing and investigating. It vividly restores Frank Sheeran's long, violent, and passionate life. In 1975, Sheeran's "friend" Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the American Transportation Workers Union, disappeared mysteriously, and Sheeran became the number one suspect. The FBI spent many years organizing manpower to investigate the case but was unable to close it. This has become one of the largest unsolved cases in the United States in the past 40 years. As a descendant of Irish immigrants, Sheeran was drafted into the Army during World War II and fought in bloody battles on the European continent for 411 consecutive days. After the war, Sheeran worked as a truck driver. By chance, he became a confidant and thug of Russell Bufalino, one of the most powerful gang leaders in the United States. Through him, he met Jimmy Hoffa and became the head of the Wilmington, Delaware branch of the American Transportation Workers Union. As one of only two non-Italians on the list of 26 gang leaders in the famous anti-gangster trial in the United States, Sheeran was involuntarily involved in the bloody and dirty gang politics, and his cold-bloodedness became a key figure in the bloody fight between Russell, Hoffa and others. Before his death, Sheeran confessed his years of secrets to Brandt, who had been independently pursuing the case, in an attempt to gain salvation for his soul. "The Irishman" not only reflects the chaotic and restless American society in the 1960s like a kaleidoscope, but also provides new evidence for historical mysteries such as the Kennedy assassination.
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