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Format: Laserdisc
Apr 1994
Rated R
Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
Sound: Stereo, Surround, HiFi
Closed Captioned
145 min.
UPC: 096894163068 |
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Movie Description
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 Guzmán 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 through Grand Central Station. It's adapted from two novels by New York Supreme Court Judge Edwin Torres based on his childhood in East Harlem.
Synopsis
Drug kingpin Carlito Brigante vows to go straight when he is released from prison. As a host of vengeful former cronies and young thugs out to prove themselves come after him, somehow he must find a way to hold on to his newfound integrity.
Film Notes
"Carlito's Way" was adapted by David Koepp ("Jurassic Park") from two novels by author Edwin Torres, a native of New York's barrio and long-time Justice of the New York State Supreme Court.
When asked about the source material for his novels Torres says: "There are no more rules -- that's the theme of `Carlito's Way,'... No moral standards. I've talked with guys I knew, knocked-around guys who have done time for homicide, and they're shocked and outraged at some of the things that happen today." Torres has seen both sides of the law; he's witnessed street crime as well as corruption among higher-ups.
Some scenes are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Shot in New York City and Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens in DeLuxe color, Technicolor processing, Eastman color film, and Panavision, with the original aspect ratio: 2.35:1.
DTS in Selected Theatres.
Soundtrack available on 550 Music/Epic Soundtrax.
Bill Capucilli was the standin for Al Pacino.
Main title design and digital compositing by R/Greenberg Associates West. Optical effects by The Effects House, visual effects by Pacific Data Image.
Additional credits: Nicholas Meyers (music editor), The Hit Factory (original score recording facility), and Anthony Ortiz (recordist).
Other songs featured in the film: "Pillow Talk," "Parece Mentira," and "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)."
Feature film debut for Ingrid Rogers who plays Steffie.
Copyright 1993 Universal City Studios.
Industry Reviews
"...Pacino brings vast entertainment value to [the film]....[Penn gives a] strange, jarringly intense performance..."
New York Times - p.C19 - Janet Maslin
"...A fierce Pacino performance...and a trio of big action sequences as exciting as anything seen on screen..."
Sight and Sound - p.49-50 - John Harkness
"...Rich with irony and keen in its attention to detail. Handsomely made, expertly directed and colorfully acted....Brian De Palma is in top form with CARLITO'S WAY..."
Variety - Leonard Klady
"...A smoother piece of filmmaking than SCARFACE....It's fun to see Sean Penn ham it up again....His energetic performance keeps you watching..."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (11/12/1993)
"...Brian De Palma in his best films is a muscular director who relishes over-the-top behavior, and here he paints a gallery of colorful gangsters and lowlifes..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (11/12/1993)
"...Pacino is the sexiest he's ever been as the Puerto Rican crook, but it's Penn who really steals the show..."
Total Film - Dan Jolin (10/01/2000)
"Penn's spectacularly flashy supporting role marked his best work in a decade."
USA Today - Mike Clark (03/16/2004)
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