SOPRANOS, THE: SOPRANO HOME MOVIES (TV)

Summary

One in this darkly comic, dramatic series centering around the crime empire and family life of Tony Soprano, a modern-day Mafia boss.

In this episode, a teenager witnesses Tony fleeing from the feds, dropping a gun as he goes, and uses the incident to his advantage when he himself is caught with drugs nearly three years later. Janice dismisses Tony's arrest on the weapons charge as "no big deal," and Neil Mink quickly secures Tony's release on bail, angering the federal officers who have been working on a RICO case against him. Phil attends a welcome-home party and decides that he is ready for a more serene life, and Tony and Carmela accept Bobby and Janice's invitation to their upstate New York home for Tony's 47th birthday. Bobby gifts Tony with an AR-10 rifle, and Tony reflects on a disturbing story of a child's accidental drowning as A.J. takes advantage of his parents' absence to blow off work and have a few friends over.

Tony notes that Bobby has been a "solid performer" and hints that he intends to offer him a job within the family, though noting that Bobby has never "popped his cherry" by murdering someone. Janice gifts Tony with some family home movies that have been transferred to videotape, but the night's festivities gradually sour as everyone has too much to drink and Janice shares a story from their "dysfunctional" family's past in which Johnny accidentally shot a bullet through Livia's beehive hairdo. When Tony begins making rude cracks about Janice, Bobby abruptly sucker-punches him, leading to a nasty brawl. Carmela and Janice quickly calm the men down and Tony states that Bobby won the scrap "fair and square." However, as morning dawns, he begins to obsess over the fight, sure that he could have defeated his younger brother-in-law under other circumstances.

Tony and Bobby head off to "play golf" as Janice reflects on a violent ex-boyfriend, and Carmela, aware of her true meaning, sternly informs her that Tony has never struck her or the children – apart from one incident with A.J. – and is "not a vindictive man." Tony and Bobby sit down with two Quebecois drug dealers offering a large quantity of prescription medications. Tony decides that Bobby will finally commit his first murder by killing a troublesome brother-in-law of one of the Canadians as part of the bargain. Tony departs the vacation home with Carmela, and Bobby abruptly heads to Canada, where he executes the man in a laundry room, clearly uncomfortable with the task. Back at home, Tony learns that the feds have picked up the seemingly unimportant weapons charge as part of the RICO case; he then sits down to watch the family movies as Bobby returns home to his kids, brooding over his dark actions.

This selection from the Alan Gerry Cable Collection has been made available by the Gerry Foundation, Inc.

Details

• NETWORK: HBO
• DATE: April 8, 2007 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:51:28
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:91285
• GENRE: Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Organized crime; Families
• SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1999-2007
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Brad Grey … Executive Producer
• Ilene S. Landress … Executive Producer
• Terence Winter … Executive Producer
• David Chase … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
• Matthew Weiner … Executive Producer, Writer
• Henry J. Bronchtein … Co-Executive Producer
• Diane Frolov … Supervising Producer, Writer
• Andrew Schneider … Supervising Producer, Writer
• Martin Bruestle … Producer
• Gianna Maria Smart … Producer
• Mickie Reuster … Associate Producer
• Jason L. Minter … Associate Producer
• Tim Van Patten … Director
• James Gandolfini … Cast, Tony Soprano
• Lorraine Bracco … Cast, Dr. Jennifer Melfi
• Edie Falco … Cast, Carmela Soprano
• Michael Imperioli … Cast, Christopher Moltisanti
• Dominic Chianese … Cast, Corrado "Junior" Soprano
• Steven Van Zandt … Cast, Silvio Dante
• Tony Sirico … Cast, Paulie Walnuts
• Robert Iler … Cast, Anthony "AJ" Soprano, Jr.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler … Cast, Meadow Soprano
• Aida Turturro … Cast, Janice Soprano
• Steven R. Schirripa … Cast, Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri
• Vincent Curatola … Cast, Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni
• Frank Vincent … Cast, Phil Leotardo
• Dan Grimaldi … Cast, Patsy Parisi
• Gregory Antonacci … Cast, Butch DeConcini
• Dania Ramirez … Cast, Blanca Selgado
• Arthur Nascarella … Cast, Carlo Gervasi
• David Margulies … Cast, Neil Mink
• John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia … Cast, Albie Cianflone
• John Bianco … Cast, Gerry Torciano
• Patrena Murray … Cast, Mercedes
• Philippe Bergeron … Cast, Denis
• Christian Laurin … Cast, Normand
• Dan Conte … Cast, Faustino "Doc" Santoro
• Jim Bracchitta … Cast, Peter Acinapura
• Dan Castleman … Cast, D.A. Castleman
• Armen Garo … Cast, Salvatore "Coco" Cogliano
• Dominic Chianese Jr. … Cast, Dominic
• Eric Morace … Cast, Detective Gaudioso
• Marc Bonan … Cast, Rene LeCours
• Matt Fischel … Cast, Judge Woronow
• Robert Lupone … Cast, Dr. Bruce Cusamano
• Saundra Santiago … Cast, Jeannie Cusamano
• Vincent Piazza … Cast, Hernan O'Brien
• Peter Caporale … Cast, Old Mutt
• Zuzanne Szadkowski … Cast, Elzbieta
• Avery Elaine … Cast, Domenica Baccalieri
• Emily Ruth Pulcher … Cast, Domenica Baccalieri
• Kobi George … Cast, Hector Selgado
• Kadin George … Cast, Hector Selgado
• Antoinette LaVecchia … Cast, Paul Salerno
• Allyssa Magliaro … Cast, Jamie Salerno
• Julia Thompson … Cast, Lucy Salerno
• Hunter Gallagher … Cast, Brad
• Stephanie Szostak … Cast, Woman
• Alisha Davis … Cast, Anchorwoman
• Jean Brassard … Cast, French Canadian Man #1
• Maxime DeToledo … Cast, French Canadian Man #2
• Paige Allen … Cast, Reporter #1
• Amy Kean … Cast, Reporter #2
• Paul Lombardi … Cast, Reporter #3