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Silvio Manfred Dante is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Steven Van Zandt. He is the consigliere and right-hand man to Tony Soprano in the DiMeo crime family . John Magaro portrays a young Silvio Dante in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark .
Christopher's line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" is from Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run," a pop culture reference made more apropos by the presence of Steven Van Zandt (as Silvio Dante), longtime guitarist in Springsteen's E Street Band. Van Zandt also sings backing vocals on the "Born To Run" track.
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante; Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri; Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano; Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva; Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano; Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta; Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack; Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri; Joe Pantoliano as Ralph ...
This also marks the first recast appearances of Angie Bonpensiero (Pussy's wife) and Gabriella Dante (Silvio's wife). Previously, both of these characters (although only implied as their wives) appeared very briefly in the season one episodes " The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti " and " Nobody Knows Anything ", played by different actresses.
Adriana then turns up the Bon Jovi song "You Give Love a Bad Name" as "paisan pride." When Adriana asks what "experts" Christopher discussed the Visiting Day demo with, he names Hesh and also Silvio, who he says used to own "rock clubs in Asbury". Steven Van Zandt is a Springsteen side-man and a key figure in the Asbury music scene.
Silvio Dante reacts to the repeated news of Vito's death by responding that Carlo Gervasi is a "regular Jimmy Olsen," a reference to Superman's photographer friend at the Daily Planet. Tony tells Silvio that "Joe Bananas" fought a Mafia war with Carlo Gambino of retribution killings for seven years.
"To Save Us All from Satan's Power" is the 36th episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the 10th of the show's third season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess , and directed by Jack Bender , and originally aired on April 29, 2001.
Paulie tells Silvio he watched On the Waterfront in HD and was impressed, saying "Karl Malden's nose hairs looked like BX cables". The baseball game Paulie watches near the end of the episode is a Boston Red Sox – New York Yankees game played at Yankee Stadium on September 4, 2002, and won by the Yankees, 3–1.