Wise Guy David Chase
Wise Guy David Chase – First hand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.
David Chase is a genius all around and great of the director to make this 2 part documentary.
It’s heartwarming learning about the background of the Soprano’s, worthy of high ratings and and spectacular vibe all around as should be for one of the best series the behind stuff better be great too.
Nice to learn about the darkness more and how they didn’t do it just for the sake of it.
Highly recommend this magnificent mini doc series.
Storyline for Wise Guy David Chase
The TV creator, plus stars like Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli, sit down for a two-part look back at the game-changing mob dramedy.
Wise Guy traces the life of David Chase and the run of his game-changing mob dramedy, the two-parter is a must-watch for fans of The Sopranos — even television critics for whom many of its juiciest details are already established lore.
Wise Guy traces the evolution of the Sopranos pilot script, chronicle the arduous casting journey and, with assistance from ace cinematographer Alik Sakharov, explore the visual inspirations for the pilot.
The lines between fiction and reality are blurred — whether they’re cutting between the series’ opening credits and Chase on his own New Jersey Turnpike drive, or between audition footage and the actual scenes that emerged from a process in which, almost everybody will agree, the right person was cast in just about every situation.
Episodes of Wise Guy David Chase
S1.E1 ∙ Part One
After a successful career as a TV writer, David Chase finds a home at HBO for his unconventional pilot about a mobster seeking therapy.
S1.E2 ∙ Part Two
Cast and crew reflect on James Gandolfini’s untimely death, the enduring love for Tony Soprano, and the series’ polarizing ending.
Chase, haunted by his desire to be a big-screen director, originally conceived “The Sopranos” as a feature film; he wanted it to star Robert De Niro and Anne Bancroft. He then tried to sell it as a TV pilot, but the networks all passed.
HBO, however, flush with its new identity as a place that created drama and comedy more close-to-the-bone than anything you could see on network (“The Larry Sanders Show,” “Oz,” “Sex and the City”), was ideally positioned to launch Chase’s vision.
The budding cable behemoth, represented here by former chairman Chris Albrecht, actually made a point of suggesting that Chase should shoot the show in New Jersey, even though it would be more expensive.
In fact, every single exterior was shot there. (The rest of the series was shot on a soundstage at Silver Cup Studios in Astoria, Queens.)
All of this will be familiar to the multitude of “Sopranos” fans who’ve done deep dives into the show’s background.
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