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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Brian De Palma |
| Stars: |
Al Pacino |
| Actors: |
Adrian Pasdar |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Law/Lawyers · Organized Crime · Love Story · Enemies · Drugs · Crime |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Includes Downloadable Movie Ticket |
| UPC: |
025192145926 |
| Release Date: |
1993 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 25min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Ultimate Edition, 2hr 25min Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (September 20, 2005) UPC: 025192852725 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 24min Release Company: Movies Unlimited (April 13, 1994) |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
David Koepp |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/12/1993, p.40-1, Owen Gleiberman): "...A smoother piece of filmmaking than SCARFACE....It's fun to see Sean Penn ham it up again....His energetic performance keeps you watching..." |
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| Details: |
Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance with his old flame, played by Penelope Ann Miller. Instead he finds himself back in trouble as a result of old-world codes of honor and misguided loyalties. It all takes place in 1975 Manhattan, in and around a nightclub Carlito manages, so there's plenty of classic disco music pulsing on the soundtrack. John Leguizamo plays one of the younger generation of hoodlums out to prove something. Viggo Mortensen and Luis Guzman star as a couple of Carlito's buddies from the old days. Brian De Palma, who directed Pacino a decade earlier in SCARFACE, makes this seem almost like that film's sequel. As expected, there's plenty of elaborate tracking shots and suspenseful set pieces, most memorably a pulse-pounding chase thr... |
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