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Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel. This sweeping crime saga covers the six decade career of Frank Sheeran, a former hit man and union truck driver who takes credit for the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. Told from his nursing home, Sheeran unveils when he began working for Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino and how that working friendship paved the way to the pivotal moment he killed his other friend, Hoffa. This director approved special edition features a 4K digital master, newly edited roundtable discussions with director Martin Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci, a new documentary about the making of the film, a new video essay written and narrated by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about Scorsese’s style in The Irishman, a 2019 program called The Evolution of Digital De-aging that showcases the visual effects created for the film, archival interview excerpts with Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran and International Brotherhood of Teamsters trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa, a trailer and teaser, an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and more! Based on the real-life Sheeran’s confessions, as told to writer Charles Brandt for the book I Heard You Paint Houses. 2 DVDs. 2019/color/3 hrs, 28 min/NR/widescreen.