

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
Acting
Nicholson disappears the Jack-ness; it's unsettling.
Direction
DeVito's framing worships Hoffa even as it buries him.
Production
Period detail so dreary you can smell the cigarettes.

Director
Danny DeVito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DeVito spent years trying to make this, originally planning to play Hoffa himself before realizing he was born to be the doomed sidekick.
Released the same year as Unforgiven, this was part of a brief Hollywood moment reconsidering American masculine mythology — except nobody saw this one.