Question: I don't quite get how the Hoffa killing plays out. His son is there in the car, Frank and Jimmy go into the house, Frank shoots him, apparently not heard, then leaves the house...doesn't Chuckie Hoffa have questions? Like where his dad is for a start, let alone the gunshots he must have heard?
The Irishman (2019)
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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Jesse Plemons
Factual error: While handling the ignition coil cable to the distributor cap, Joe Pesci tells De Niro that the timing chain needs adjustment in his truck. A truck of that year with an inline Chevy motor would not have a timing chain at all, instead this truck would be equipped with a direct drive timing gear. Even if it had a timing chain, it would be behind the water pump and a cover. It would have been a several hour job to replace, not possible to adjust it.
Jimmy Hoffa: I understand you're a brother of mine.
Frank Sheeran: Yeah, yeah. Glad to meet you.
Jimmy Hoffa: I heard you paint houses.
Frank Sheeran: Yes, I do.
Trivia: This is only the third film in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro appear together on-screen. The first two films are Heat (1995) and Righteous Kill (2008). They also both starred in The Godfather Part II (1974), but never appeared together on screen.
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Chosen answer: First off his name was Chuckie O'Brian. Jimmy Hoffa wasn't his biological father, he was more in the nature of a foster father. Second, he probably knew what happened. What was Chuckie going to do? It was a sanctioned hit. And if he went to the police he would have ended up the same as Jimmy Hoffa. They put him in the middle of it to keep him quiet. If he goes after the people who did it, he's as good as dead. If he talks he could end up in jail with them, and the mafia will probably kill him anyway.