 The book is the basis for the 2019 film "The Irishman", which was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran.Sheeran's supposed confessions to killing Jimmy Hoffa and Joe Gallo have been disputed by "The Lies of the Irishman", an article in "Slate" by Bill Tonelli, and "Jimmy Hoffa and 'The Irishman'