Proshai, Livushka

Episode aired Mar 4, 2001
TV-MA
57m

IMDb RATING

8.6/10

8.7K

YOUR RATING

James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Robert Iler, Suzanne Shepherd, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)

Crime Drama

An unexpected death brings the whole family together one more time, and old tensions resurface while at the funeral.An unexpected death brings the whole family together one more time, and old tensions resurface while at the funeral.An unexpected death brings the whole family together one more time, and old tensions resurface while at the funeral.

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IMDb RATING

8.6/10

8.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

User reviews12

Featured review

4/10

HORRIBLE EPISODE!

I'm binging Sopranos because I never saw the series live and now I'm able. The first season was hard to get through due to the slow character building, the long glances, the silence between dialog...but the second season got exciting and pulled me in!

But OMG, season 3 has sucked so far! And this episode was the worst BY FAR! The writing, the acting, the editing (especially Livia's scenes) was just bad! Was the show drawing such an audience that the execs thought they could walk through the season and still draw an audience?

It's got to get better or I'm done! Season 6 seems like a far stretch to reach!

Trivia
Nancy Marchand passed away before the third season began filming. Writer David Chase decided there should be one final conversation with Tony before Livia dies. Dialogue from previous episodes was pieced together for Livia's half of the conversation, and state-of-the-art CGI effects were used to place old footage of her face on a body double. The effect cost about $250,000, and took two weeks to put together. Chase was inspired by seeing the same effect used in Gladiator (2000) with Oliver Reed. Unfortunately, this was a difficult process and the part of Livia's hair moves from one side of her head to another and the lighting on her face doesn't match the light of the room or the other characters in the room with her.

Goofs
When Tony talks to (CGI) Livia about the airline tickets, Livia's hairstyle changes from shot to shot. Her hair is parted on the right side in the first few shots, then the left side, then there's no clear part, back on the right side when she is waving her handkerchief at Tony and finally back on the left side when Tony is leaving.