Hoffa Trailer

[Fanofcartoons1994]

This look like a little bit of "Government/Union leaders vs Irish Mafia" kind of movie to me.

[Searchinganswers]

Is it Alec Baldwin making the voice?

[101KnightMare]

Apple doesn't fall far...

[falcondriver100]

Typical union thugs. Unions are nothing but overpaid, underworked, uneducated, lazy rednecks who thinks the world owe's them a living. They're why half our jobs have been lost to oversea's.

[DifangDuana]

@falcondriver100

And the people who hire $1 an hour foreign labor is blameless?

[falcondriver100]

@DifangDuana No, the ARE blameless, not "is". Why do you think GM, Ford & Chrysler damn near went out of business, while Toyota, Nissan & Honda flourished in this Country? Its called UNIONS!

[freddiefreejazzify]

it's unbelievable.. I can hardly recognize Jack Nickolson !!!!

[SomeLittleShoe]

Hollywood glamorizes Hoffa. What a shock!

[DF1234567]

UNION:YES  :)

[translationwiz]

Hoffa was a great man indeed. I suppose the men in govt. were perfect; as were the industrialists? the same pair today that send our jobs to taiwan,India, mexico,&Vietnam. If HOffa were around today, You think that corps w/record sales but show no profits&get bailed out,then pay 1/2 as much to employees, to buy things 10x as expensive, would fly? And then we vote for these same pricks. Hoffa kept us all awake. thats why they hated him. Now, like him, we are all asleep.

peace

[Searchinganswers]

IS that supposed to be Kennedy?

[mcsilentsun]

thelastfilm.es.tl see it!!!

[BassmanSW]

This country needs some hard pipe hitting mofo's like the early days of the union. We're losing it. The greedy bankers and corporate thugs are taking over.

[cockedlocked]

To make an Omelette you have to crack a few eggs, jimmy hoffa fought battles in labor that rival scenes from braveheart, its men like Hoffa that made america what it is, lifes a negotiation, its all give and take, may he rest in piece along with frank sheeran,

[lsven71]

For decades we have heard negative and positive things about Jimmy Hoffa. I come from a long generation of Teamsters. It started when my Grandfather drove a beer truck for Jimmy. Mr. Hoffa made some mistakes in his life. The man was human! But he had the guts to fight for what he believed in and to fight for the man that was getting ran over professionally and financially. My family would never of had the salary, benefits,or retirement if it wasnt for Jimmy Hoffa. Nicholson nailed his character

[Lotmeister]

In high school I worked in a movie theater and saw this trailer dozens of times. It was right around the same time I was becoming very interested in the life of RFK, so needless to say I was intrigued. The film itself though is rather disappointing. Nicholson's excellent, spot-on performance is really the only good thing about it. I still watch bits of it when it shows up on TV, but I could never watch the whole thing again, it's just too dull.

[matrix49A]

Balance of power swings back and forth first the "management" have the power large profits the working man got stiffed Look at the UAW today it has the power and the "workers" fat beer drinking overpaid the "Management" i.e. the companies(and the tax payers) are getting screwed.Unions in the private sector no unions in the public. All private sector unions salaries should be ties to profits in the companies. Company does well good wages company loses money wages drop.

[yerk3]

@matrix49A Way to insult the American working class.

[OPnumba1]

Optimus Prime as the narrator

[CrypticNexus777]

I knew that dude at the end was sketchy

[drspatt]

italian maffia killed him.

[skeeno13]

Armand Assante! the best actor ever1

[ungatito2]

fuck

[RTD8481]

Great stunt when they lit up Billy Flynn!. I love that scene!.

[miketonon]

We need another Jimmy Hoffa now!

[GuillermoTemblalanza]

You want me to give up Jimmy Hoffa?!?

Ha ha ha ha ha!

[Angele101006]

Hoffa is a great movie! Jack Nicholson is awesome in this role!!

[drcoxcentral]

This film looks incredible, I want to see it.

[RepoVendors]

@drcoxcentral You have too!!! I REALLY LOVE this movie!!!

[Jguthro]

This movie should mean more to the working man now, than ever. I want theaters around the country to start playing this movie everywhere. We are being taken advantage of by corporate america, and this is coming from someone who worked in it. You dont have to be a commie to want rights for common working people.

[crrlm8]

"Hey...you gonna organize the cops.........."That's easy some day I'm gonna organize the crooks" Can't think of a better line to sum up Hoffa

 What's real...This is what every fucking politician should be saying including Obama.

The man was flawed no doubt from everything I've read about him and where he came from. Could have done more for the working minority after all Jimmy was a minority him self...but all and all I'd take Hoffa over any politician or fucking saint any day.

[JasonKrueger90]

this was the most boring movie i've ever seen in a long time. the actors were not bad, but nicholson looked weird.

[34thstreetman]

This was a great movie. Excellent acting. Nicholson nailed the performance. Movie was very underrated.

[lesassassins]

Great movie, criminaly underrated. I watched the film yesterday and I can't believe I never heard any film fan talking about this movie. Nicholson better than ever, great direction by DeVito, and insuperable supporting cast.

[spagandtuna]

A watchable movie with a few very good scenes, particularly the final sequence. But laden with cheap dialogue, and a pick and choose series of vignettes that doesn't convey much about the man much less construct an integrated film. As for "Nicholsen better than ever," please...Why can't we agree to hand out superlatives when they are truly deserved?

[lesassassins]

I like especially the fragmentary flashbacks, and in that way is very well constructed. The diaogue is OK, but cheap, I don't think so. And I truly mean that Nicolson is at his finest as Hoffa, an example of how a great actor he is to the people who says that he is always playing himself. Is like many other pictures that are not very accurate to the historical facts of the real persons, but in their favor are a great and stylish cinematic portrayal of the legend and feeling that surrounds them.

[spagandtuna]

Jack cornered the market on cantankerous in this movie, not much else. Was Nicholson really "at his finest" here? Is it possible that you are succumbing to youtubeboobery, which is all too common on YT--throwing out superlatives at the drop of a hat? Finer than, Five Easy Pieces, Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Detail, About Schmidt and others?? Please take a step back and do some real reflection on your position.

[lesassassins]

You're kind of a little too aggressive discusing only a movie. Anyway, that's my opinion, Jack Nicholson is at his finest here, not necessarily better than the classics but at that level, I must say. A terribly underrated great movie.

[spagandtuna]

A little too aggressive? I'm just trying to back up my views with substance, not pick a fight with you. Let the readers of this thread decide whether the film is deserving of accolades on the level you would like to bestow upon it.

[HelenaYGerardo]

I love Jack Nicholson :x.

[simon2coates]

"but it's what made us great today in a twisted way of looking at it from afar!"

lol Redneck alert!

[tr33887]

"Some day I'm going to organize the crooks"

GREAT movie....maybe a little bit Hollywood but I think Hoffa's life was even more interesting.......

[IHYPH]

Great Movie!

[thedrizzle2004]

Great Trailer! Does anyone know the name of the music being played at 1:17?

[andreboy1]

it's called Trucker Salute by david newman

[VisionofOrion]

Actually its on the soundtrack by David Newman...although whats heard is bits and pieces from different songs, this full song is on the soundtrack...simply called "Hoffa trailer"

[nevadavargas]

The music is from the actual Hoffa movie score composed by David Newman. It is track #7 simply called Hoffa Trailer

[stevegoff420]

One of Nicholson's and Devito's each's finest performances I think....What a great American Story and part of history for that matter. A certain part of corruption in the past made this country what it is today. From rum running to this. Yes it is shameful...but it's what made us great today in a twisted way of looking at it from afar!

Hoffa, and what he represented to America back then...is What makes this the great country we reside in today. He made things happen.

[Cavillier1970]

Something else to consider, if Hoffa and his men didnt do the things they did the working conditions in this country would be 100 times worse for all the working men and women.

[Thefairytaildreamer]

You need some dirt to build up from. He was it, but didn't it help the rest stand so well!

Sometimes its the the wrong people who do the wrong things that have the most profound effect and achive the greater challenges.

I have never seen this movie before but from wht i have read of him, its going to make interesitng viewing - xx

[Cavillier1970]

What you said reminded me of a saying I once heard, 'Sometimes to uphold justice you have to break the law.' Trust me it's worth watching.

[NoirFilleChante]

what exactly did he do?

[Cavillier1970]

@NoirFilleChante Hoffa helped unionize the trucking companies of the country. See back then the bigwigs didnt give a damn about their employees. They expected you to work 20 hrs a day, all week long and pay the absolute minimum they could. And sometimes in dangerous conditions. Hoffa and his people forced them to improve conditions for the working man.Sometimes they had to play hardball.

[Angele101006]

@Cavillier1970 You are correct!

[truthadvocate]

@Cavillier1970,

If free people were allowed to negotiate their own contracts without unions or the government, conditions would be a 100 times better.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate Only in fairytale land. Yeah, big companies with well paid lawyers and personal goon squads are going to listen to individual "free people." Yeah, in Dimension X. Here in the real world, workers demand fair treatment through collective bargaining.

[truthadvocate]

@yerk3,

Unions don't simply collectively bargain with their employers. In reality they pay politicians to initiate coercion against employers, taxpayers & consumers. Unions are the goon squads of today benefiting themselves in the short term at everyone else's expense, and even in certain ways at there own expense. Using government to secure your job, just ends up lowering the value of your own money and makes you less competitive in the global marketplace than you otherwise would be.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate None of that is substantiated. If you're looking for someone who'se paying off politicians to "initiate coercion" against any group of people, look at all of the corporate lobbyists who are working to screw over the American middle class in order to secure yet more wealth for their already wealthy patrons.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate Calling unions "goon squads" is really rich, considering that in the early days, the companies were the ones hiring "goon squads" of scabs and gangsters to break up strikes and crush any effort to hold them accountable for their abuse and exploitation of the men and women whose sweat makes this country run.

[truthadvocate]

@yerk3,

Yes, corporations use lobbyists to initiate coercion against consumers through the government. And so do unions. Visit opensecretsDOTorg for examples.

Just think about it. The NEA has over 3 million members paying dues. That's a ton of money. Politicians need money to get elected, so why wouldn't any group with tons of money use it to buy politicians?

I support collective bargaining as long as the initiation of coercion is not involved. Therefore I don't support corporations or unions.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate The "consumers" you speak of don't just drop out of the sky. The workers ARE the consumers. The more money they are paid, the more they will spend, and the more will go into the economy in stead of into some Swiss bank account. The unions ultimately help the consumers, because the workers they represent ARE consumers. What do you think union workers do with their big, living-wage union paychecks? They buy groceries, make car payments and buy clothes for their kids.

[truthadvocate]

@yerk3,

All human beings are consumers. Not all consumers are union members. So unions do not benefit the majority of workers or consumers.

The voting process is highly over-rated. The only person who best represents me is me. Not some self-absorbed candidate who I may or may not have voted for.

When a union representative lobbies the government, he is attempting to benefit himself, just like any other lobbyist. The result is typically more coercive laws overruling my own purchasing decisions.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate Workers/consumers who are paid a decent wage have more buying power, unions ensure a decent wage, and the reason working conditions and wages are the way they are even in non-union jobs is the result of decades of relentless efforts by the unions changing the overall working conditions and wages in this country. Therefore, unions do benefit the majority of workers and consumers, and by extension the economy as a whole.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate Corporations are the ones benefiting themselves in the short term and screwing everybody else, and even themselves in the long run: a healthy economy depends on a robust middle class with disposable income. When the workers are all living hand to mouth, they hold on to every penny, they don't buy anything they don't immediately need to survive, products don't get bought, companies lose money, and it fucks the entire economy to death.

[truthadvocate]

@yerk3,

"the reason working conditions & wages are the way they are even in non-union jobs is the result of decades of relentless efforts by the unions" Who told you this? Members of the public teachers union? This is just not true. You are ignoring investments in capital, the creation of wealth, advances in technology, etc. all of which have contributed far more to improving working conditions. You really need to add an Austrian economics perspective to your brain to understand economics.

[yerk3]

@truthadvocate That is some seriously delusional free-market bullshit right there.

[Lotmeister]

@Cavillier1970 Oh absolutely. Unions today have a bad name, and deservedly so, but they were started because of the terrible way workers were treated before then. No system is perfect.

[yerk3]

@Lotmeister Workers still have terrible conditions, and it gets worse the weaker the unions get. Just how is the unions' "bad name" deserved? Most of the slander I've seen directed at the unions has come from people who have a political incentive to roll back labor laws to how they were in the early 20th century.

[Lotmeister]

@yerk3 Because I have seen cases where people were lousy workers once they became part of the union, knowing they couldn't get fired. When people from the outside see that they figure the unions are just a way for lazy jackwagons to keep their jobs. I am NOT anti-union by any stretch of the imagination, no more than RFK was anti-union. Who died and made you king of anything anyway?

[yerk3]

@Lotmeister Ah, so you have a few anecdotes to trot out, much to the delight of those whose political objective is to bring America back to the days before unions, when workers were paid whatever the company wanted to pay them. RFK wasn't "anti-union" as much as he was a political opportunist who saw Hoffa as a convenient dragon to slay to get himself some fame and recognition.

[CoreyD1086]

@Cavillier1970 This is why companies have unions. Thanks to him many workers have better conditions and better pay. It is a shame that Hoffa isn't around perhaps the public unions would be better than they are today.

[Cavillier1970]

@CoreyD1086 I cant help but wonder what would have happened if Jimmy Hoffa was in charge of a company of Blockbuster. I work for them and with the closings,( including my store yesterday) and the way the employess are hurt and out of work I bet someone like Hoffa wouldnt have let us go down like the Titanic.

[MondoBeno]

@Cavillier1970 Of course not, he would've played a "ballet with the books" and diverted some money to you, in return for future "favors."

[goodvibesallround]

@Cavillier1970 Oh get real. I working construction and unions are nothing more than a pack of rats. They stroll onto a site basically asking for kickbacks or they call a strike....there fucking animals. Maybe back in the day they were useful....but nowdays that spirit is gone and it's corrupt.

[Cavillier1970]

@goodvibesallround Unfortunetly I agree that's how its become for a lot of unions these days. But when I was 17 I worked for Tops, (a supermarket chain here in NYS) and everyone has to join their Union. While I was there a co-worker got hurt on the job and the Union went to bat for his rights and got him all the benefits he was due and his workman's comp when there was a snafu with the state. I'd hope most unions are like that but I know that's not always the case.

[raterrizer]

Sorry Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito I love you guys and your guys movie gets an A + + + not the A + + that I gave it I messed up and again I love you guys you guys are awesome thankyou

[raterrizer]

Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito this is an A + + movie and you guys and your movie get thumbs up and thankyou guys for your great work

[GODendthefed]

awesome trailer

[anton1990]

Dude, is Jack wearing makeup? I can hardly recognize him. It's not just the haircut, it's somthing moore.

[quincee33]

i saw the making of hoffa and they gave him a prosthetic nose and different teeth to look more like hoffa.....he's a dead ringer, even the haircut is totally jimmy.

[haroonriazb]

Jack's the man!