The Sopranos. Season 2 [DVD]

United States, 2000

TV show
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Episode of Series “The Sopranos”.
In the second series of the outstanding television series about the day to day realities of a New Jersey Mafia family, we find that Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) is still prone to bouts of existential despair while at the same time having to be the boss-man of an organised crime family. While dealing with the running of his myriad operations Tony also has to keep the facts of his adulterous affairs from his suspicious wife, Carmella (Edie Falco) and make sure that his increasingly rebellious children don’t undermine him. It is one of the major achievements of the series that though the criminal and violent world it portrays is specific, unique and tinged with the romanticism of Golden Age Hollywood representations of crime and gangsters, it nevertheless manages to make Tony’s ethical and psychological choices resonate with the everyday realities of the viewer’s life. In Series Two, Tony returns to his psychiatrist and also returns to the family home in Naples. This episode, “Commendatori” is a series highlight, revolving around the glaring discrepancies between the Italo-American conceptions of the “old country” and the realities of contemporary Europe. Other outstanding episodes in series two include “D-Girl” where Christopher (Michael Imperioli) finds hidden talents as an actor and “Knight in white satin armour” where the tensions between Janie, Ritchie and Tony resolve in a violent and unexpected manner. But every episode in this adult cynical series is of excellent value.

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Credits

co-director

Allen Coulter

Henry J. Bronchtein

John Patterson

Lee Tamahori

Martin Bruestle

Tim Van Patten

producer

Ilene Landress

production company

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Chase Films

Home Box Office

Duration

13:00:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
2000

Appears in

The Sopranos

Group of items

The Sopranos

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

318158

Languages

English

English

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - United States

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Violence in television

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - United States

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Italian Americans

Closed captioning

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Crime films

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Mafia - United States

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Organized crime - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Race relations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adultery

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Depression, Mental

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Marriage

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychiatry

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

DVD; Access Print (Section 1)

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