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The Sopranos · S0 · E3

Alec Baldwin Interviews David Chase Part I

  • TV-MA
  • Aug 3, 2009
  • 22 min

Cut to the Chase has Alec asking David about his dreams and aspirations earlier in life, what his influences were, and what ultimately got him to do The Sopranos. Alec gets David to talk a bit about the advantages to doing a mob story through a television series, where he got his real life references from for the show, the nerves behind competing alongside Analyze This, and even a little bit of an argument that was stirred up amongst staff while writing the College episode in the first season.

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Cut to the Chase has Alec asking David about his dreams and aspirations earlier in life, what his influences were, and what ultimately got him to do The Sopranos. Alec gets David to talk a bit about the advantages to doing a mob story through a television series, where he got his real life references from for the show, the nerves behind competing alongside Analyze This, and even a little bit of an argument that was stirred up amongst staff while writing the College episode in the first season.

Specials

14 episodes
  1. 1Supper with The Sopranos Part I

    37 minAug 3, 2009

    Featuring Executive Producer/Creator David Chase, Executive Producer/Writer Terence Winter, Director Allen Coulter and Cast Members Aida Turturro, Dominic Chianese, and Robert Iler.

  2. 2Supper with The Sopranos Part II

    39 minAug 3, 2009

    Featuring Executive Producer/Writer Matthew Weiner, Director Alan Taylor, Executive Producer Ilene S. Landress and Cast Members Edie Falco and Steven Van Zandt.

  3. 3Alec Baldwin Interviews David Chase Part I

    22 minAug 3, 2009Now viewing

    Cut to the Chase has Alec asking David about his dreams and aspirations earlier in life, what his influences were, and what ultimately got him to do The Sopranos. Alec gets David to talk a bit about the advantages to doing a mob story through a television series, where he got his real life references from for the show, the nerves behind competing alongside Analyze This, and even a little bit of an argument that was stirred up amongst staff while writing the College episode in the first season.

  4. 4Alec Baldwin Interviews David Chase Part II

    23 minAug 3, 2009

    Anatomy of the Mob continues with the rest of the 45 minute interview between Alec and David. This focuses more on talking about casting decisions, the continuing development of the characters throughout the series, why certain ends were met for certain characters and how it affected the people behind the scenes, the stigma of using so many people from famous mob films, and more.

  5. 5Defining a Television Landmark

    46 minNov 4, 2014

    This featurette is about how the award-winning drama helped to change the entire landscape of television. Defining a Television Landmark is composed of never-seen-before interviews with the cast and crew. Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and renowned actor Jeff Daniels were also interviewed for the documentary, along with the late James Gandolfini and series creator David Chase.

  6. 6‘The Sopranos’ Cast Reunites for 20th Anniversary

    46 minJan 9, 2019

    Exclusive 47-minute interview with the cast of “The Sopranos” including Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt, John Ventimiglia and others as they reflect on the impact the long-running show had on American television.

  7. 7David Chase Interview

    77 minJan 14, 2019

    Exclusive video interview with Sopranos creator David Chase by Peter Bogdanovich

  8. 8Featurette: Family Life

    4 minJan 15, 2019

    Behind the scenes on the set of the Sopranos.

  9. 9Featurette: Meet Tony Soprano

    3 minJan 16, 2019

    Behind the scenes on the set of the Sopranos.

  10. 10Featurette: The Real Deal

    5 minJan 21, 2019

    Interviews with various figures about the series.

  11. 11Featurette: A Sit-Down with The Sopranos

    13 minJan 22, 2019

    Interviews with the cast of The Sopranos

  12. 12Featurette: Behind-the-Scenes at Silvercup Studios

    4 minJan 23, 2019

    A featurette showing the cast and crew behind the scenes at SilverCup Studios

  13. 13Making Cleaver

    9 minJan 28, 2019

    A short on the making of the show within a show, Christopher Moltisanti's (Michael Imperioli) Cleaver.

  14. 14The Music of The Sopranos

    17 minJan 29, 2019

    Documentary on the music from the series.