Back in college (spring 2007), I made contact with a documentary producer on the NJ.com Sopranos message board. He was making a doc on the Sopranos and offered cash for video and pictures of the set and gave me the phone number for a hotline that background actors called to find out where to report for a day of filming, giving me the time and location. So a friend (a NJ native) and I (merely from Pennsylvania) stalked the production of the final episode, getting hours of footage. During the last scene of Tony and Janice, where he brings her a present while she lounges on her deck and Tony looks out into the backyard? We asked a neighbor if we could stake out in her backyard and got a great angle on the production of that scene. Few days later, we got footage of the Phil Leotardo shooting at the Raceway gas station (and got yelled at by PA's for filming the death scene). Met the guy in charge of cars and without spoiling anything, he told us of an action-packed sequence with vehicles to look forward to (I assume he meant the crash outside the Bada Bing in Blue Comet). And finally, we hung outside Holsten's on the day they filmed the final scene. Saw Edie Falco walk past us to set (I shouted "I loved you in Oz!"). At that point, the crew kinda knew us and got word to David Chase himself that we were true fans. He looked tired, just wore a black t-shirt and jeans. He was gracious enough to introduce himself, we chatted briefly about the dream episodes, he cited Twin Peaks being a big inspiration and we got a picture with him. He had a nice huge trailer parked on the street, he was going in and out between takes. What a day.

The documentary was finally released, you can get a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Behind-Scenes-James-Gandolfini/dp/B00LPGIMJY

£93.50 on Amazon UK now. Preordered it, although I'll probably hold off watching it through for a while, a bit soon since my last run.

Looking forward to the commentaries, of which there are 25 iirc.

As for "who buys discs?", I do, although I limit myself purely to stuff I truly love and want to watch again, and material that'll benefit from the highest quality video/audio reasonably available. Sopranos fits that bill! :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sopranos-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B00K0OZ3Y4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407687530&sr=8-2&keywords=Sopranos

It came out on Showtime right after the Sopranos. It's free on Amazon Prime, and there are 3 seasons. Hopefully this link works: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-8-36/dp/B000JO9XY6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549151757&sr=1-1&pi=PI_PJPrime-Sash-Extra-Large-2017,TopLeft,0,0_AC_SX118_SY170_QL70&keywords=brotherhood&dpPl=1&dpID=51bbYYFJRJL&ref=plSrch

I really enjoyed it a lot, it should be right up the alley for any Sopranos fan. It's about two Irish brothers in Federal Hill in Providence. One is a rising politician, and the other is an Irish mobster. Gigi's actor is kind of a side character who (I think) isn't introduced until season 2, but becomes more important later on. It was also kinda cool for me since I'm from RI :)

If they did move down to Florida in the early/ mid 2000's, it would be at the height of unlimited and easy to get narcotic prescriptions in Florida.

Here's a good documentary about it, but I highly recommend that book, too. Excellent read.

Glad you asked. I may have bought the wrong thing off Amazon, but what I received is a 6x6" 50-page "Special Preview Edition" of "The Sopranos - The Complete Book".

Edit: Yeah looks like I bought the wrong thing.

Meant to get this.

Like others have said, it's a rough draft and the studio wants to decide if they're going to pick it up. The Sopranos was a massive, sprawling project and not everyone was on board with it. It wasn't just some loser ABC sitcom that they wanted to push out for a few bucks as quickly as possible.

If you want to learn more, I suggest reading The Revolution was Televised by Alan Sepinwall. Great book and it goes into detail about the creation of The Sopranos: https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Was-Televised-Slingers-Slayers-ebook/dp/B00B26PWFE/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1505967521&sr=1-2

Yea, totally agree. Like they just shoehorned an ending into what was one of the most important relationships on the show.

Here's a link to the book. It's not particualrly popular, in part because I published it like a decade too late (at least that's the lie I tell myself.) https://www.amazon.com/Fuhgettaboutit-shrink-analyzes-characters-Sopranos/dp/1535463325

I'll send you an EPUB version if you want to read it.

Hey anytime. There's also another book too.

I've added one of the meals from the first book to my repertoire and my wife loves it. It's so easy too. Here it is. Note that there's two instruction sets, "For 4" and "For 50" 'madon.

Here's how I do it and it turns out perfectly.

-Cut three big peppers in half (green/red/yellow preferably), cut the halves into thick slices.

-Cut a bag of baby potatoes in half.

-Cut one onion in half, cut the halves into thick slices.

-Preheat oven to 450

-Cover cookie sheet in aluminum foil

-Mix and spread everything into a thin layer on cookie sheet.

-Sprinkle with black pepper

-Lightly drizzle olive oil over all of it

-Put in oven for 25 minutes

-Take it out of the oven, place 10-12 Italian sausages on top and let it cook for another 12 minutes.

-Rotate sausages, let it cook for another 10 minutes or until sausages are brown.

Makes a good breakfast, lunch for work, or supper. Two sausages and a scoop full of veggies makes for a good meal.

hey maybe you can find your shirt here ;) hope it helps!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VGTKKK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004VGTKKK&linkCode=as2&tag=webmarket04-20&linkId=OIILFR3N5XIG6VRR

Twisted head, actually, and 10 years ago he wrote a book titled Twisted Head about growing up Italian in the 1960's Bronx, that actually looks pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Head-Carl-Capotorto/dp/0767928628

I enjoyed this one... http://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Men-Creative-Revolution-Sopranos/dp/0143125699

Lots of interesting stuff on Chase and also a lot of inside baseball info about the TV industry if you're into that kind of thing.

It's a cool idea. I like it. Are you going to use The Sopranos Cookbook? Or just approximate recipes?

https://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Family-Cookbook-Compiled-Artie/dp/0446530573

This makes me happy: https://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Family-Cookbook-Compiled-Artie/dp/0446530573/ref=nodl_

It is indeed Burroughs' voice, reading from his "The Road to the Western Lands." The music was made by Bill Laswell under the moniker Material. Amazon has a few good customer reviews of the album.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S37T5H1/ref=dp_cerb_1

Quite expensive. And they were free...

I don't think they ever specified what coolers he was ordering and how much they were going to sell them for did they?

I thought the point was that nobody really knows how much coolers cost, so they could charge inflated prices, and people would assume they were getting a good deal (on account of them being obviously stolen)?

In The Gospel According to Tony Soprano the author writes that Tony wears a St. Jerome medal.

I did a quick google the book is 'Twsited Head: An Italian American Memoir.'

The synopsis is:-

All the usual Italian-American stories are here—Sunday dinners, being an altar boy, Grandma's gravy, the controlling father and the family's pizza parlor—but Capotorto (whose name is Italian for twisted head) adds his own spin to the genre: he describes growing up gay in the Bronx of the 1970s. Capotorto's humorous prose comes to life when he describes his disco-era lifestyle, whether it be dancing the hustle or, as he's primping for the Saturday night disco, overhearing his mom gossiping about Rock Hudson having an affair with Jim Nabors. He describes how he first fought his feelings and then, later, embraced a gay lifestyle despite the misgivings of his stern father. Capotorto, a playwright and actor, does a great job describing the relationship between his parents (his father is traditional, his mother loving yet powerless) and himself and his four sisters, who all struggle to find their way. In the end, Capotorto skillfully weaves stories that are both comic and tragic to capture a family caught between the Old and New worlds.

https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Head-Italian-American-Memoir-ebook/dp/B001GSTON4

For anyone interested:

(The Sopranos: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] + Digital HD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5QX1FO/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_B7uxub0K72NJG)

Here it is in Amazon.

The Sopranos: The Complete Series BD + Digital HD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5QX1FO/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_g9-Xtb1GPD9XP

Yea, I used to post some of these a while back under a different (my real) name. I was getting some weird messages from people so I started a new account. I published this like a decade after the show ended, so it never really took off. I've done a bunch of books analyzing TV characters. Just kind of a fun hobby really.
http://sopranosanalysis.blogspot.co.nz/

https://www.amazon.com/Fuhgettaboutit-shrink-analyzes-characters-Sopranos/dp/1535463325

I need to go ahead and buy this Soprano Family Cookbook! https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0446530573/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=all

http://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Men-Creative-Revolution-Sopranos/dp/0143125699

There were some biographies on the main characters in [the coffee table book] (https://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Book-Complete-Collectors-HBO/dp/1933821183) - I don't have my copy of the book with me at the moment but that seems a likely source for that kind of esoteric detail.

The Sopranos Cookbook as compiled by Artie Bucco

> sopranos cookbook

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sopranos-Family-Cookbook-Compiled/dp/0446530573

There's two of them: 1 2

There are two Soprano family cookbooks, one "compiled by" Artie and the other by Carmela.

Some of the recipes are available on various blogs and pdfs of both books in their entirety are out there if you look.

I tired his way once. It was okay. Just seems the butter prevents the noodles from absorbing or sticking to the sauce properly.

Still need to try his egg recipe. Also found this at Goodwill for $1 a few days ago. Gonna have to give some of those a try too.

I went to order it off of Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Family-Cookbook-Compiled-Artie/dp/0446530573), and then I saw that the scumbag Henry Hill had also made a mob cookbook; https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Guy-Cookbook-Favorite-Goodfella/dp/0451207068/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q4NZQGNH0RHE11RJTM71