Another clever little touch in the movie:
When Hoffa anoints Fitzsimmons at a Teamsters convention in Miami, the scene opens with an aerial view of the city. The music that plays is "Melancholy Serenade," which was the theme from "The Jackie Gleason Show." Gleason relocated to Miami toward the end of his career.
TB, I immediately recognized that theme. Pretty cool.
As we do, we watch the Trilogy time after time and each time notice things we never noticed before. I've watched the Irishman several times now and I'm starting to notice some things. One is Frank's daughter Peggy's wary glance at Bufalino and his cohorts even at the baptism. Then, many years later as a woman, she is dancing with Hoffa and again glancing warily over his shoulder at Bufalino, Provenzano, and Salerno. I love that kind of continuity in these saga type movies.
