SOPRANOS, THE: DENIAL, ANGER, ACCEPTANCE (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. As the episode begins, Christopher and Brendan return the truck they hijacked, at Tony's insistence, in order to appease Uncle Junior. Junior expresses his disappointment in the boys to Livia, and they hold faith in Christopher while remaining distrustful of Brendan. Also, an elderly Hasidic man, Shlomo Titleman, hires Tony to persuade his son-in-law, Ariel, to divorce his daughter without receiving any money in return. Ariel refuses to cooperate until Tony threatens him in a novel fashion. But the situation becomes complicated when Shlomo refuses to pay the agreed upon fee. Meanwhile, Carmela hires Arthur and Charmaine Bucco to cater a hospital fundraiser in order to alleviate their financial woes, since their restaurant was torched. But the Buccos have a tough time working for their friends, and tense encounters follow. Also, Tony repeatedly visits his powerful friend, Jack, who suffers in the hospital from a serious case of cancer. Although he regularly discusses the situation with his psychiatrist, he is troubled by the sight of a once-strong, vital man wasting away. And Christopher ends up in trouble after he supplies Meadow and Hunter with drugs to help them study. As the program concludes, Brendan also finds himself in hot water.
(This program contains nudity and adult-oriented language.)
This selection from the Alan Gerry Cable Collection has been made available by the Gerry Foundation, Inc.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: January 24, 1999 Sunday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:44:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:56068
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Crime and criminals; Organized crime
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1999-2007
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Brad Grey … Executive Producer
- David Chase … Executive Producer, Created by
- Mitchell Burgess … Co-Executive Producer
- Robin Green … Co-Executive Producer
- Frank Renzulli … Supervising Producer
- Ilene S. Landress … Producer
- Martin Bruestle … Co-Producer
- James Manos, Jr. … Co-Producer
- Henry J. Bronchtein … Associate Producer
- Nick Gomez … Director
- Michael DeCasper … Direction (Misc.), First Assistant Director
- Kristin Bernstein … Direction (Misc.), Second Assistant Director
- Mark Saraceni … Writer
- 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
- Vincent Pastore … Cast, Big Pussy Bompenserio
- Van Zandt, Steven … Cast, Silvio Danto
- Tony Sirico … Cast, Paulie Walnuts
- Robert Iler … Cast, Anthony Soprano, Jr.
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler … Cast, Meadow Soprano
- Nancy Marchand … Cast, Livia Soprano
- Al Sapienza … Cast, Mikey Palmice
- Anthony Desando … Cast, Brendan Filone
- de Matteo, Drea … Cast, Adriana
- Jerry Adler … Cast, Hesh Rabkin
- John Ventimiglia … Cast, Arthur Bucco
- Katherine Narducci … Cast, Charmaine Bucco
- Sharon Angela … Cast, Rosalie Aprile
- Oksana Babiy … Cast, Irina
- de Cesare, Michele … Cast, Hunter Scangarelo
- Sig Libowitz … Cast, Hillel
- Sasha Nesterov … Cast, a Russian Man
- Bernadette Penotti … Cast, the Nurse
- Angelica Torn … Cast, a Woman at Party
- Joseph Tudisco … Cast, the Trucker
- Jennifer Wiltsie … Cast, Miss Marris
- Joshua Benevento … Cast, a Choir Member
- Joanne Caselli … Cast, a Choir Member
- Richard Davis … Cast, a Choir Member
- Steve Ferrara … Cast, a Choir Member
- Margie Freeswick … Cast, a Choir Member
- Scott Greco … Cast, a Choir Member
- Jennifer Jenkins … Cast, a Choir Member
- Caroline Killian … Cast, a Choir Member
- Simone Peart … Cast, a Choir Member
- Kristen Schmalz … Cast, a Choir Member
- Danielle Spezzacatena … Cast, a Choir Member
- Michelle Spezzacatena … Cast, a Choir Member
- Jennifer Vohs … Cast, a Choir Member
- Michael Rispoli … Cast, Jackie Aprile
- Ned Eisenberg … Cast, Ariel
- Chuck Low … Cast, Shlomo Teittleman