A movie starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and directed by Martin Scorsese would be getting a bit of hype don’t you think?
The Irishman based on “I Heard You Paint Houses”, Charles Brandt’s biography of Philly hitman and union organizer Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, has been in the works since 2010 and is allegedly slated to be released this year.
So where is the buzz?
One rumor is that it is on ice until after the election as Sheeran takes credit for Joe Biden’s Senate career.
Important parts of Brandt’s book take place in Delaware County. Sheeran attended Blessed Virgin Mary parochial school in Darby and Darby High School. He says he caddied at Paxon Hollow Country Club albeit it would not have been Paxon Hollow at the time. He makes his last confession at Saint Dorothy’s Church in Drexel Hill albeit he incorrectly identifies it as being in Springfield.
Besides Biden’s election, other ill deeds for which Sheeran accepts blame are the murder of Jimmy Hoffa, the murder of Joey Gallo and the delivery of guns for the John F. Kennedy assassination.