"The Sopranos"
All Happy Families (2004)

Regisseur:

Rodrigo García

Drehbuchautoren:

David Chase (creator) and
Toni Kalem (writer)

TV-Serie:

"The Sopranos" (1999)

Erstausstrahlung:

28. März 2004 (Staffel 5, Folge 4)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Feech makes a pain of himself by trying to return to his past glory. Carmela tries to work with Anthony's teacher to rein in the out-of-control son.

Plot Keywords:

Nude Woman Murdered | Gangster | Extramarital Affair | Crime Boss | Drug Dealer

Nutzerkommentare:

Goodbye, Feech

Besetzung

James Gandolfini	...	Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco	...	Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco	...	Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli	...	Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese	...	Corrado 'Junior' Soprano (credit only)
Steve Van Zandt	...	Silvio Dante (as Steven Van Zandt)
Tony Sirico	...	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
Robert Iler	...	Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Meadow Soprano (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
Drea de Matteo	...	Adriana La Cerva
Aida Turturro	...	Janice Soprano (credit only)
John Ventimiglia	...	Artie Bucco
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Ray Abruzzo	...	'Little' Carmine Lupertazzi Jr.
Dennis Aloia	...	Justin Blundetto
Kevin Aloia	...	Jason Blundetto
Vincenzo Ameruoso	...	Carl 'Fat Carl' Carlo
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Cameron Boyd	...	Matt Testa
Bernie Brillstein	...	Himself
Steve Buscemi	...	Tony Blundetto
Chris Caldovino	...	Billy Leotardo
Carl Capotorto	...	Little Paulie Germani
Max Casella	...	Benny Fazio
Chioma Chidebeln-Eze	...	Starlight Orchestra
Caren Cole	...	Starlight Orchestra
Victor Cruz	...	First Valet
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Lorraine Calluzzo
Jimmy DellaValle	...	Gunman
Anthony Desio	...	Jimmy La Manna
Andrea Eigner	...	Starlight Orchestra
Frank Fortunato	...	Jason Evanina
Joseph R. Gannascoli	...	Vito Spatafore
Fran Gennuso	...	Ms. Mary Bisacci
Michael Goldstrom	...	Jonah Dangler
Gillien Goll	...	Guest
Erin Henry	...	Starlight Orchestra
Will Janowitz	...	Finn DeTrolio
John Lanzillotto	...	Mook
Joseph La Rocca	...	Rich Alberga (as Joseph LaRocca)
Neil Levine	...	Another Guest
David Little	...	Asa Silverman
Robert Loggia	...	Feech La Manna
John Marinacci	...	Dealer
Joe Maruzzo	...	Joe Peeps
Allison Miller	...	Starlight Orchestra
Gabriel Millman	...	Lem
Manu Narayan	...	Sukhjit Khan
Michael Pemberton	...	Supervisor Jimmy Curran
Danny Petrillo	...	Teenage Tony Soprano
Deborah Pilley	...	Starlight Orchestra
John Pleshette	...	Dr. Ira Fried
Susan Pourfar	...	Gillian
Jorge Pupo	...	Second Valet
Cal Robertson	...	Andrew
Valerie Romanoff	...	Band Leader
Adam Rose	...	Todd
David Lee Roth	...	Himself
Joe Santos	...	Angelo Garepe
Lenny Singer	...	Uncle Jack
David Strathairn	...	Robert Wegler
Lawrence Taylor	...	Himself
Sue Terry	...	Starlight Orchestra
Susan Terwilliger	...	Starlight Orchestra
Frankie Valli	...	Rusty Millio
Frank Vincent	...	Phil Leotardo
Leon Wieseltier	...	Stewart Silverman
Terence Winter	...	Tom Amberson (as Terence Patrick Winter)
Stewart J. Zully	...	Alan Ginsberg

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Drehorte:

Silvercup Studios - 4222 22nd Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Brad Grey Television

Pannen:

Fehler, die von Charakteren gemacht werden (möglicherweise Absicht der Filmemacher): The guidance counselor says that AJ wants to apply to Trenton State. Trenton State College was renamed The College of New Jersey in 1996.

Dialogzitate:

Parole Officer: Is that your garage?
Feech La Manna: Nah. It's where I make my weapons of mass destruction.

Soundtrack:

CIAO SICILIA MIA

Goodbye, Feech

After being mentioned briefly in Season 3, Feech La Manna (Robert Loggia) was introduced in the Season Five premiere, and proved himself a worthy presence on the show. Unfortunately, his stay wasn't very long, in fact All Happy Families features Loggia's last appearance in the series. According to David Chase, his departure had to do with memory problems (the actor was past his seventies), an ironic fact given the previous episode dealt with the possibility of Uncle Junior having Alzheimer's. Nonetheless, Loggia's four-episode guest spot remains one of the highlights of the show's great history, and his exit is every bit as good as his entrance.

The need to take Loggia off the series is narratively transformed into Tony's need to get rid of Feech, whose attempts to get his old power back is causing more trouble than anything, and with Christopher's help the nuisance is dealt with rather painlessly. Meanwhile, the war that's raging between Little Carmine and Johnny Sack gets uglier with the killing of the former's loan-shark, and on the private front AJ's mediocre grades lead to Carmela having a sit-down, and perhaps something else, with the school counselor, Robert Wegler (David Strathairn).

Aside from Loggia leaving the series, the most notable achievement of this episode is Strathairn's riveting performance: best known in mainstream cinema for playing unpleasant fellas, such as Kathy Bates' abusive husband in Dolores Claiborne or, most famously, Kim Basinger's vicious pimp in the extraordinary L.A. Confidential, he joins TV's best crime drama playing a nice guy, albeit with a few characterial flaws, and gives a humane portrayal justly remembered by Empire magazine as one of the show's five best guest spots (the other four, in case you're wondering, are Robert Patrick, Jon Favreau, Ben KIngsley and the already mentioned Loggia). His story arc allows the writers to move away a little from the gangster universe, which is always refreshing, and also sheds new light on the personality of Mrs. Soprano, a quite different woman since she dumped Tony.

The title may be highly ironic (no one's really happy in the episode), but hey, at least the viewers are satisfied. And for those lamenting the disappearance of a superb recurring presence, consider this: his replacement is just as marvelous.