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The Sopranos

1999
  • Drama
  • Crime
  • United States
American saxophonist Ravi Coltrane playing his soprano saxophone during his opening show at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City on March 7, 2023. This image is dedicated to my friend Tom Porter who introduced me to Jazz.
Image: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Sopranos , writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: Like 1999's other screen touchstone, American Beauty, the HBO series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there's the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.

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Show facts

Premiered
1999-01-10
Ended
2007-06-10
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Network
HBO
Country
United States
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Rating
8.9

Source: TVMaze · about our sources

Cast

  • James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
  • Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
  • Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
  • Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
  • Tony Sirico as Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
  • Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
  • Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi

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