Based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses (which is also, oddly, what the film is titled on-screen) by Charles Brandt, The Irishman has received complaints from critics claiming that the The film is based on a book by ‎Charles Brandt, "I Heard You Paint Houses," which details interviews and confessions that Sheeran once reportedly made to Brandt before he died. Scorsese and De The True Story of ‘The Irishman’: I Heard You Paint Tangled Tales The movie hits Netflix on Wednesday. Here’s a guide to who’s who, which events are real and whether to believe its claim about .

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