Product Description

From the pages of The New York Times comes the full story of a television phenomenon: The Sopranos. Updated and expanded for the third season, The New York Times on The Sopranos traces the history of the show, provides a guide to the major cast and characters, and takes you behind the scenes to learn about the author of the series, David Chase, a veteran of such programs as The Rockford Files. In this book you'll learn about the actors and the characters portrayed on the show: James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano; Edie Falco and Carmela Soprano; the late Nancy Marchand and Livia Soprano; Lorraine Bracco and Dr. Jennifer Melfi; Jamie Lynn Sigler and Meadow Soprano; Robert Iler and Anthony Soprano, Jr.; Dominic Chianese and Corrado "Junior" Soprano; Aida Turturro and Janice Soprano.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1220745 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

A must for latecomers to the series
If you missed the first series of 'The Sopranos' and need a source to fill in the background, this book will answer your questions nicely. Questions like: do Tony's kids know he's a mafioso; does he still love his wife Carmela; what is his relationship with his therapist/mother/uncle; and, not least, is Silvio's hair for real? This compilation of articles from 'The New York Times' certainly fills the gaps although, due to the varied authorship, some material is inevitably repeated. What's more, it doesn't stop short of the first series, so fans who are currently watching the second series will appreciate some pithy comments on subjects like Christopher's ill-judged attempt at screenwriting and Livia's ongoing disapproval of her son Tony for putting her in a nursing home. Disapproval which, apparently, in the first series led her to persuade her brother-in-law to place a contract on Tony which was luckily unsuccessful, leaving the door open for the present series. We also learn abour the author, David Chase (formerly de Cesare) an Italian-American. Most of the actors share his background, forming a thespian mafia all their own. The series is faithfully filmed in New Jersey where many of the actors hail from.