Robert Iler, aka Tony Soprano’s son A.J., said it best tonight at Tribeca’s 25th anniversary of The Sopranos get-together: “Now my friends are going to shitty high school reunions and I’m going to cool stuff like this.” Tribeca premiered the Alex Gibney-directed HBO documentary, Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos, to a packed Beacon Theatre on the upper west side of Manhattan.What Star Wars means to a Star Wars fan, this documentary is a love letter and an ultimate prized watch for Sopranos fans.

Filled not just with old audition tapes and the backstory of David Chase’s inspiration (it’s all about Momma), but it gave the warts and all: How HBO CEO Chris Albrecht held an intervention for James Gandolfini with the cast in the exec’s NYC apartment (who would skip work and battle his own demons); the actor telling the suit “Fire me!” Also, why wasn’t there a complete season 7?

It’s revealed by Chase that by doing Seasons 6A and 6B, HBO ducked out from giving the cast pay raises (Gandolifni once paid each cast member $30K apiece.) Twelve of the castmembers appeared onstage after the screening of the documentary to a huge standing ovation at the Beacon Theatre on the upper west side of Manhattan.

They appeaed alongside creator David Chase, EPs Terrence Winter and Matt Weiner, and Gibney. Here’s some of the memories and tears that were shared tonight from the family reunion.” Annabella Sciorra (Gloria Trillo, one of Tony’s mistresses): The actress mentioned how she learned after the fact that Chase wanted her for Dr.

All In The Family: ‘Sopranos’ Cast Brings Down The House At 25th Anniversary Reunion & Alex Gibney ‘Wise Guy’ Docu Tribeca Premiere

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