Perhaps the greatest TV series ever made, The Sopranos (1999-2007) won dozens of awards and cemented HBO’s reputation as a producer of impeccably crafted drama. Now, 14 years after we said goodbye to the dysfunctional mafia family, this feature-length film takes us back to 1960s New Jersey to chart the making of made man Tony Soprano. Below we explain how to watch The Many Saints of Newark online, available to stream with an ‘Ad-Free’ HBO Max subscription.
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Release date: Friday, October 1, 2021
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Michael Gandolfini, Vera Farmiga, Leslie Odom Jr., Ray Liotta, Alessandro Nivola, Jon Bernthal.
Run time: 2 hours
Rating: R
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Co-written by Lawrence Konner and series creator David Case, the film is a fascinating origin story and thrilling period piece too. Set in New Jersey during the 1960s and ‘70s, it centers around Tony’s revered uncle Richard “Dick” Multisanti (Alessandro Nivola), whose efforts to raise a family while being part of a crime syndicate takes place against a backdrop of gang warfare and racial tension, which erupts in the deadly Newark riots of 1967.
In an ingenious bit of casting, Michael Gandolfini – the late James Gandolfini’s son – plays the young Tony Soprano, while cinematic bad boy Ray Liotta is Dick’s father Aldo and his incarcerated twin brother Sal. Leslie Odom Jr (award-nominated for One Night in Miami) features as Harold McBrayer, the head of a rival African American gang, while Vera Farmiga is Tony’s overbearing mother Livia, whose uncanny resemblance to the mafioso’s future wife Carmella just confirms his troubling mommy issues.
So, who made Tony Soprano? This crime prequel provides an enthralling and highly entertaining answer. Read on below as we explain how to watch The Many Saints of Newark online now.
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How to watch The Many Saints of Newark online in the US
How to watch The Many Saints of Newark across the rest of the world
Only in the US can you stream The Many Saints of Newark currently, as international territories are required to wait until the end of the film’s theatrical run before viewing it elsewhere – roughly about 4 months.
Whadayagunnado? Well, it’s currently having a theatrical run in the UK, having recently been released on September 22, while Canadian fans of the New Jersey-set drama can watch it from October 1, the same day as their American neighbors.
Its cinema debut in Australia, however, won’t be until November 4: in all likelihood due to the widespread state of lockdown there at the moment caused by Covid.
As to whether The Many Saints of Newark will be procured by any of the major VOD platforms in these territories? Many past 2021 Warner Brothers movies released on HBO Max – for example, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – have been made available internationally to rent as premium video on demand (PVOD) titles, on services like Amazon Prime Video, Apple iTunes, and Google Play Store.
So, while we can’t say for certain, it’ll be worth checking these websites to see if that holds true for The Many Saints of Newark.
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