History Film / TheManySaintsOfNewark

* CallForward: Junior taking a bad fall after Buddha's funeral mirrors the fall on the courthouse steps that heralds the onset of his dementia in the original series. To drive the point home, he looks like his older self with a bathrobe and cane when he receives the call that [[spoiler: the hit on Dickie was a success.]]

** When comforting Dickie at his father's funeral, Junior tells him that he sees the two of them as brothers. [[spoiler: When you see Junior sleeping with his actual brother's wife, it demonstrates that that was a case of FalseReassurance which won't save Dickie in the end.]]

* TimeShiftedActor: Since the movie takes place in the '60s, the entire cast is comprised of younger actors playing characters from the original series. The teenage Tony Sorprano is played by Creator/MichaelGandolfini, who is Creator/JamesGandolfini's son.

** Tony was supposed to meet with Dickie at Holsten's on the morning of Dickie's death, where Dickie was likely going to talk him out of getting involved in the life of crime, but he never arrives in time to do so. Tony essentially begins his life of crime at the same place it will possibly be ended in the finale of the series.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti, Dickie's father, who is accidentally murdered by his own son for being an abusive piece of shit to his second wife and insulting Dickie's own mother, after having been abusive to her as well in the past. Also said second wife [[GoldDigger Giuseppina]] in the second half of the movie, betraying Dickie over something as [[UngratefulBastard petty]] as him being hesitant about the particulars of buying a hair salon, as well as seemingly wanting Harold to murder him [[LadyMacbeth over it]], this after having been his well protected goomah for years, and him murdering his own father in part to protect her from him.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti, Dickie's father, who is accidentally killed by his own son for being an abusive piece of shit to his second wife.]]

* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Junior has Dickie murdered because he laughed at him when he slipped in the rain. The DiMeo’s end up losing Dickie’s territory to Harold’s crime syndicate.]]

** ** In the original series, when Tony tells Junior that Johnny Sack wants Ralph Cifaretto whacked over Ralph calling his wife fat, Junior says that, in the old days, a made man would not have even had to ask for permission over an affront to their dignity like that. [[spoiler: Here, we find out Junior had Dickie murdered for something that is arguably even ''more'' petty.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Tony first meets Christopher as an infant, Christopher begins crying, and someone remarks that infants can be born with knowledge from "the other side." [[spoiler: Since Tony ends up killing Christopher during ''The Sopranos'', she may have a point.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Dickie dies, Tony ends up following his path into a life of crime, and Christopher confirms that he is in Hell.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Dickie dies and Tony ends up following his path into a life of crime.]]

''The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story'' is a 2021 film which serves as the prequel to the Creator/{{HBO}} crime drama ''Series/TheSopranos''. It is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021, fourteen years after the end of the original series.

%%No citation** Dickie seems to hide his heavy drinking from Tony, similar to how his son Christopher will repeatedly hide his alcohol and substance abuse from Tony during the series.
%%No citation** The younger Livia looks and sounds very similar to Carmela, playing into numerous hints about Tony's OedipusComplex during the series.
%%No citation** Uncle Junior's kitchen is decorated with the same wallpaper and furniture that he will have during the series.

%%No citation* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Uncle Junior is an unrepentant gangster who frequently steals and murders, but he genuinely loves his nephew Tony and shows more concern for him than his parents.

%%No citation* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Tony first meets Christopher as an infant, Christopher begins crying, and someone remarks that infants can be born with knowledge from "the other side." [[spoiler: Since Tony ends up killing Christopher during ''The Sopranos'', she may have a point.]]

%%No citation* GloryDays: During the period the film is set in, before the RICO crackdowns of the '80s gutted the Mafia as a whole, the [=DiMeo=] crime family is at the height of its influence in North Jersey.

%%No citation* TheMafia: What with this being a prequel to ''Series/TheSopranos'' and all. The film chronicles Tony's introduction to the mob through his uncle Dickie, though Tony's father Johnny Boy and Uncle Junior are already heavily involved.

%%No citation* ParentalNeglect: Livia, who dismisses any chance of Tony having an academic future and shows no concern for Dickie bringing her son into TheMafia.
* ParentalSubstitute: The film elaborates how Dickie Moltisanti played this role in Tony's childhood and teen years. Tony admires and looks up to his "Uncle Dickie" while his actual parents are more distant and negligent towards him. Though as the film goes on, it becomes apparent that Dickie's influence on Tony [[TheCorrupter wasn't an overly positive one]].
%%No citation** Uncle Junior is also shown to be this (as per his portrayal in the original series), who actually shows concern for Tony in comparison to Livia dismissing his brilliance and Johnny Boy ignoring him completely.
%%No citation* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Dickie beats his father, Hollywood Dick, to death.]]

%%No citation* TheSixties: Specifically 1967; the story is set during the Newark riots.

* PosthumousNarration: Though the film is set in the '60s and '70s, it is narrated by [[spoiler:Christopher Moltisanti, who died in-universe in 2007. The film begins with a shot of Christopher's grave before the story begins, and throughout the film Christopher frequently mentions that Tony will go on to kill him. He even seems aware of events that happened after his death as he mentioned that Tony left "pocket change" to Kelly and their daughter some time after Chris died]. And at the very end of the film, Christopher confirms that, yes, he did indeed end up in hell for everything he did on Tony's behalf in the series].

* PosthumousNarration: Though the film is set in the '60s and '70s, it is narrated by [[spoiler:Christopher Moltisanti, who died in-universe in 2007. The film begins with a shot of Christopher's grave before the story begins, and throughout the film Christopher frequently mentions that Tony will go on to kill him. He even seems aware of events that happened after his death as he mentioned that Tony left "pocket change" to Kelly and their daughter some time after Chris died]].

* PosthumousNarration: Though the film is set in the '60s and '70s, it is narrated by [[spoiler:Christopher Moltisanti, who died in-universe in 2007. The film begins with a shot of Christopher's grave before the story begins, and throughout the film Christopher frequently mentions that Tony will go on to kill him]].