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1970s | Gangster
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Expos | 1993
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | 1993 | Stephen H.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1993 | Jack
1993 | Danny
Budget 35,000,000 USD
While promoting the movie on Live with Regis and Kathy Lee (1988), Danny DeVito said that Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. had visited the set one day and that when Jack Nicholson emerged from the make-up trailer made up as Hoffa himself, Jimmy, Jr. wept and said "That's my dad". At the time the movie was released, 1992, Jimmy, Jr. had not seen his father in seventeen years (Hoffa, Sr. disappeared in 1975).
The only major make-up Jack Nicholson had to wear to become Jimmy Hoffa was fake nose and a set of false upper teeth (as seen in the behind-the-scenes footage on the DVD).
Jack Nicholson's daughter plays the young nun in the hospital scene where Billy Flynn is dying from his burns. According to Danny DeVito in the DVD audio commentary, Nicholson had asked him to give his daughter a small role. At first, Danny DeVito suggested she play the hooker in his hotel room in a later scene, drawing the trademark raised eyebrow from Nicholson. Since DeVito was joking he, of course, relented and cast her as a nun.
The character Jimmy Hoffa is one of Jack Nicholson's favorite film roles.
With the exception of the exchange between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert Kennedy when Hoffa first enters and delays the start of the proceedings, virtually every word between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert Kennedy is taken verbatim from the transcripts of the hearing. A portion of that hearing is included in the Special Edition DVD.
"Jimmy Hoffa: If a guy's close to you, you can't slight 'im. You can't slight that guy. A real grievance can be resolved; differences can be resolved. But an imaginary hurt, a slight - that motherfucker gonna hate you 'til the day he dies."
"Jimmy Hoffa: [Cut to conversation with Robert Kennedy] ... and fuck you, too! Guy need his brother elected fuckin' President of the United States to get a job. You're a joke. You woulda been a bond salesman somewheres. You're the brother-in-law they make jokes about. Robert Kennedy: I don't know what you're trying to prove, but you're proving it... you're proving it, Hoffa. Jimmy Hoffa: I'm provin' what? You got nothin' on me. You got a TV show. Robert Kennedy: The Justice Department has plenty on you, Mr. Hoffa. Jimmy Hoffa: You don't impress me, and your office don't impress me, and your family don't impress me. Bunch of rumrunners. And I don't need 300 million dollars and my brother elected President to whop your fuckin' ass, you slimy little prick! I beat your ass, that trumped-up charge down south, I'm gonna beat you again! There is no organized crime, the Teamsters... Robert Kennedy: [Interupting Hoffa] I am gonna see you in jail, Mr. Hoffa! In jail! Jimmy Hoffa: For what? What did I fuckin' do? Government Attorney: Your loans, Mr. Hoffa. Your loans, for one thing. Jimmy Hoffa: The pension fund... the pension fund has the best record in the country on loans. Robert Kennedy: Aw, bullshit! Jimmy Hoffa: Best record in the country! Robert Kennedy: Bullshit! Jimmy Hoffa: For the working man! You ever heard of work? You know what work is? Robert Kennedy: [Speaks to government attorney, then back to Hoffa] Look, I want this man in jail, and I'm not going to stop until I see you behind bars! Jimmy Hoffa: Who in the fuck are you? Who the fuck are you? Fuck you, and fuck your threats, and fuck your brother! Robert Kennedy: [Leaps out of his chair] What did you say? Jimmy Hoffa: [as he leaves room and slams door] You heard me! Robert Kennedy: [Walks towards door] What the fuck did you say? Robert Kennedy: [Yelling towards closed door] I don't succumb to pressure, and I don't succumb to threats!"
