Watch: The Many Saints of Newark: What It Adds to The Sopranos

The Many Saints of Newark goes back to 1967 to show the world that made Tony Soprano, and to answer, and complicate, the show's oldest question: whose fault is he? Watch the video above, then read what the film adds.

Written by David Chase and directed by Alan Taylor, the prequel centers Dickie Moltisanti, Christopher's father, played by Alessandro Nivola, with Michael Gandolfini stepping into his father's role as teenage Tony. Its gifts to the series are texture: Johnny Boy and Junior's Newark, Livia in her terrifying prime, and the revelation-rich final act that reframes a death Sopranos fans thought they understood. The film divided audiences, but its last insight is pure Chase: Tony's tragedy isn't that a devil corrupted him. It's that he watched goodness fail, up close, and chose the other inheritance.

Quick answer: Many Saints shows Dickie Moltisanti as Tony's idol and true template, and reframes the family's founding wounds, Livia included.

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