(27 Jun 2013) SHOTLIST(including transcript):-
AP Television
New York, June 27, 2013
1. Tilt down, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
2. Wide, funeral procession
3. Zoom, mourners entering church
4. Wide, Michael Gandolfini (son) walks with mourners
5. Wide, actor John Ventimiglia (left) , who played "Artie Bucco" on "The Sopranos," hugs actor Steve Schrippa (right), who played "Bobby Baccalieri"
6. Pan right, Alec Baldwin
7. Wide, actor Michael Imperioli, who played "Christopher Moltisanti" on "The Sopranos," hugs actress Lorraine Bracco, who played "Dr. Jennifer Melfi"
8. Tracking shot, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie arrives
9. Wide, Christie climbs steps
10. Wide, Christie hugs mourner
11. SOUNDBITE (English) George Loros/Actor (played "Ray Curto" on "The Sopranos"):
"It was bliss, it was heaven on earth. It was incredible because of James. You could feel James' presence. You could feel James throughout, and that's a huge place."
12. Wide, actress Aida Tutturo exits church
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Albanese/Actor (played "Uncle Pat Blundetto" on "The Sopranos"):
"Well it was a beautiful ceremony, he was a beautiful guy. I worked with him many times. He was a joy to work with, a great actor, a great man and a great human being and a great humanitarian. It was a joy working with him, that's all I can say. I loved the guy."
14. Wide, actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who played "Meadow Soprano" on "The Sopranos," exits church
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Sirico/Actor (played "Paulie Walnuts" on "The Sopranos"):
"He was a great actor and he was a great guy. We lost a treasure. He's got a new baby, she'll grow up and have to be told who he was by her mom. It's sad, sad."
16. Zoom out, mourners
STORYLINE
'SOPRANOS' STAR JAMES GANDOLFINI REMEMBERED AT FUNERAL
The creator of "The Sopranos" said at James Gandolfini's funeral that the actor brought the traits of a sad boy, "amazed and confused," to the role of Tony Soprano.
"You were a good boy," David Chase said Thursday (27 JUNE 2013) at the ceremony at New York's Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine.
One of four speakers at the funeral, Chase gave his remarks in the form of a letter to Gandolfini, in the present tense. The actor's widow, Deborah Lin Gandolfini, and two family friends, were also speakers at the ceremony.
Chase remembered that Gandolfini once told him that "You know what I want to be? A man. That's all. I want to be a man." Chase said he marveled upon hearing that, since Gandolfini represented a man so many others wanted to be.
Paradoxically, Chase said he always felt he was seeing a young boy.
"A sad boy, amazed and confused," he said. "You could see it in your eyes. That's why you were a great actor."
The 51-year-old actor best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the HBO series died of a heart attack last week while vacationing with his son in Italy.
Celebrities and fellow actors were in the audience, along with members of the public who wanted to salute Gandolfini's work.
Some 1,500 seats had been set up.
"It was bliss, it was heaven on earth," said actor George Loros, who played the character Ray Curto on 'The Sopranos.' "It was incredible because of James. You could feel James' presence. You could feel James throughout, and that's a huge place."
Fellow actor Tony Sirico, who played one of Gandolfini's mob captains named Paulie Walnuts, put in words what many in the audience must have been thinking.
"He was a great actor and he was a great guy," he said. "We lost a treasure. He's got a new baby, she'll grow up and have to be told who he was by her mom. It's sad, sad."
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