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HoffaAs a producer and actor De Vito has the energy necessary to make things come alive. As a director, his energy swamps his projects. This ambitious biopic, written by Mamet with expletives going off like machine-gun bullets, is possibly authentic in tone but seems strangely hollow. Nicholson plays Hoffa, the man who became the teamster union boss, then disappeared mysteriously in 1975, probably courtesy of the Mafia. The sprawling story follows Hoffa from the Depression days until his union's rise to power with two million trucker members. The portrait is almost sympathetic, despite the revelations of Hoffa's corruption, use of intimidation and dubious connections. One senses that the director identified with the power and drive of the labour leader.
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