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The Sopranos (1999 series)

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The Sopranos

The Sopranos (TV series; 1999 - 2007)

Creator: David Chase

Plot[]

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Male Deaths[]

Female Deaths[]

Trivia[]

  1. David Chase only directed two episodes. The first and the last.
  2. James Gandolfini said that he was often contacted by real-life "wise guys", complimenting him on the authenticity of the series, as well as giving him advice.
  3. Series creator David Chase had one rule for the scenes at Dr. Melfi's office: no camera movements.
  4. The first cable-television series to win the Emmy award for Outstanding Drama Series.
  5. It is said that during some scenes, James Gandolfini inserted a small stone in his shoe to anger him, making him play the role of Tony Soprano more authentically. He would also stay awake all night for some of the breakfast scenes, to achieve a tired look.
  6. Lorraine Bracco was originally asked to play the role of Carmela Soprano, but she felt that the part was too similar to her character in Goodfellas (1990). She decided the role of Dr. Melfi would be more challenging.
  7. Before series creator David Chase chose "Woke Up This Morning" by the U.K. band Alabama 3 (from their 1997 debut album "Exile on Coldharbour Lane"), he wanted to open every episode with a different song. HBO executives convinced him that viewers needed to be able to identify the show with a theme song. However, every episode ends with a different song.
  8. Michael Imperioli is the only major cast member whose credits also include writing or co-writing for the series, having worked on five episodes. Appearing in a recurring role, Toni Kalem, as Angie Bompensiero, also wrote one script and served as story editor on five episodes.
  9. Ray Liotta was a top choice to play Tony Soprano, but he turned it down, stating he did not want to commit to a television series. Later, Liotta was in talks to play Ralph Cifaretto, but ended up not taking the part. Ray would end up taking a role in the prequel film 'The Many Saints of Newark'.
  10. David Chase had planned a major story line for the third season concerning Tony's efforts to prevent Livia from testifying against him in court. However, Nancy Marchand's death caused Chase to revise a large portion of the season.
  11. Tony Sirico only agreed to sign on for the show if it was guaranteed that his character Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri would not be a "rat" (an informant). As Sirico explained in James Toback's documentary The Big Bang (1989), he had served time in prison for robbery. Altogether, Sirico's rap sheet included at least twenty-eight arrests. Reportedly, he appeared briefly in an uncredited role in The Godfather: Part II (1974). Some aspects of Sirico's real-life, a brief stint in the military, et cetera, were added to Paulie's life as well.
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