'The Irishman' took 106 days to film; check out other details and facts about the movie

The Irishman revives the 90s-style classic mob films. The movie is helmed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. The movie takes off in the 50s where a truck driving Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russel Buffalino and the Pennsylvania crime family. The movie also stars Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, who was a union activist and involved in organised crime. Did you know that this is the longest film made by Scorsese? Read the movie's interesting facts and trivia. 

• The house at the beginning of the film is the same house that is in the movie Goodfellas (1990).
• Robert De Niro wanted the film to have the same title as the book, "I Heard You Paint Houses"
• Al Pacino said that making this film was how it felt filming movies in the 1970s.
• Special effects titan Industrial Light and Magic provided the work to de-age the actors. 
• At three hours and thirty minutes, this is the longest film Martin Scorsese has ever directed, 
• The Irishman took 106 days to film, making it the longest shooting schedule in Martin Scorsese's career.
• As shown in the film, both Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro can speak in Italian.

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• This is the seventh film starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. The others are Raging Bull (1980), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), A Bronx Tale (1993), and The Good Shepherd (2006).
• There's a lot of driving in The Irishman, but nobody wears a seat belt
• Robert De Niro refers to himself as "The Irishman" in two scenes in Goodfellas. 
• This is Martin Scorsese's 26th full-length theatrical feature film and was shot primarily on 35 mm film.
• Ray Liotta reportedly expressed interest in playing a role in the movie.
• This is the first time Al Pacino worked with either Martin Scorsese or Joe Pesci in a film.
• The de-ageing process was first demonstrated for Martin Scorsese by visual effects expert Pablo Helman using footage of Robert De Niro in Goodfellas (1990).

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