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Carlito's Way

  • 19931993
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  • 2h 24m
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7.9/10
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Al Pacino in Carlito's Way (1993)
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A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
221K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,214
211
    • Brian De Palma
    • Edwin Torres(novels "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours")
    • David Koepp(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Sean Penn
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    • Brian De Palma
    • Edwin Torres(novels "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours")
    • David Koepp(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Sean Penn
    • Penelope Ann Miller
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 389User reviews
    • 111Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Carlito
    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Kleinfeld
    Penelope Ann Miller
    Penelope Ann Miller
    • Gail
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Benny Blanco
    Ingrid Rogers
    Ingrid Rogers
    • Steffie
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Pachanga
    • (as Luis Guzman)
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • Norwalk
    Joseph Siravo
    • Vinnie Taglialucci
    Viggo Mortensen
    Viggo Mortensen
    • Lalin
    Richard Foronjy
    Richard Foronjy
    • Pete Amadesso
    Jorge Porcel
    Jorge Porcel
    • Saso (Ron)
    Frank Minucci
    • Tony Taglialucci
    Adrian Pasdar
    Adrian Pasdar
    • Frankie
    John Ortiz
    John Ortiz
    • Guajiro
    • (as John Augstin Ortiz)
    Ángel Salazar
    Ángel Salazar
    • Walberto
    Al Israel
    Al Israel
    • Rolando
    Rick Aviles
    Rick Aviles
    • Quisqueya
    Jaime Sánchez
    Jaime Sánchez
    • Rudy
    • (as Jaime Sanchez)
      • Brian De Palma
      • Edwin Torres(novels "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours")
      • David Koepp(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Al Pacino had difficulty with his scenes with Jorge Porcel, who played Saso, the club owner. The actor, although he made 50 films in Argentina, spoke no English and learned his lines phonetically.
    • Goofs
      (at around 45 mins) A major scene in the film involves a meeting between lawyer David Kleinfeld and his client, Mob boss Tony Taglialucci, which takes place at the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, a prison barge docked on the south shore of the Bronx. However, the movie takes place in 1975. The New York City Department of Corrections did not start using prison barges until 1988, and the Bain Correctional Center only came into operation in 1992. (It was brand new when the movie was made.)
    • Quotes

      Carlito: [voiceover and closing narration] Sorry boys, all the stitches in the world can't sew me together again. Lay down... lay down. Gonna stretch me out in Fernandez funeral home on Hun and Ninth street. Always knew I'd make a stop there, but a lot later than a whole gang of people thought... Last of the Moh-Ricans... well maybe not the last. Gail's gonna be a good mom... New improved Carlito Brigante... Hope she uses the money to get out. No room in this city for big hearts like hers... Sorry baby, I tried the best I could, honest... Can't come with me on this trip, Loaf. Getting the shakes now, last call for drinks, bars closing down... Sun's out, where are we going for breakfast? Don't wanna go far. Rough night, tired baby... Tired...

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Flesh and Bone/RoboCop 3/Look Who's Talking Now/A Home of Our Own/The War Room (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Parece mentira
      Written by Pedro Flores

      Performed by Marc Anthony (as Marc Antony)

      Produced by Jellybean Benítez (uncredited)

      Courtesy of Soho Sounds

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    9/10
    As good as it gets, a must for any fan of Scarface (1983).
    Carlito's Way (1993), is a brilliant cinematic work. Pacino's performance as Carlito Berganzi displays the duplicity and subsequent torment between his reformed spirit, and the endless seduction of the street, embodied more specifically as his reputation,legacy,those who know him, of him, and those whom he allows in his innermost circle. Sean Penn is phenomenal as the lawyer representing Carlito, his metamorphosis into character is testament to his depth of talent. Penelope Ann Miller, as the long-suffering love of Carlito's life is dramatically and visually enchanting. The casting is perfect. The supporting cast superb, perfectly augmenting the film. The script is alive with literary devices, the story line(s), characters, dialogue, themes, sub-texts,etc., make this an almost endlessly watchable film. Of this genre, Its all there, action, suspense, violence, confrontations, chases, prerequisite street and wise guy character profiling with the right dialogue to make it work. Directed, executed and rendered a cinema great. Carlito's Way is atypical of the gangster genre, although it adheres to certain basics. It is also a love story, not boy meets girl, ad nauseum, but real, destined soul mates, wrenched apart and thrown back together five years later by some abberation of fate. As one experiences spiritual,moral disintegration, the other the anti-thesis. Carlito's Way is a mix of genre's veiled with diligent artistic discretion. I even see certain thematic similarities to Casablanca. Watching Carlito's Way I had the feeling that De Palma wanted to resurrect and redeem poor old Tony Montana, Scarface (1983). Perhaps it was self-redemption, or a means to a great film with a second view or maybe the fun of bringing back that great ensemble of talent, based on a similar theme. A sequel of sorts, not to diminish either film in anyway. Released exactly ten years after Scarface, the comparisons are more than obvious. Ten years later, De Palma and Pacino. Oliver Stone missing, but another great script. In Carlito's Way, Pacino again plays a Hispanic drug lord. Now Puerto Rican in New York City, before Cuban in Miami. Now drug lord repentant, whereas in Scarface, drug lord vehemently unrepentant and devoid of remorse, from beginning to surrealistic end. Instead of classic gangster genre prerequisites employed in Scarface, such as, coming from the bottom, rising in status, trust and favour in the eyes of the mob boss, eventually killing him, and gaining his empire his woman(Michelle Pfeiffer). Love? Its not in the equation- Carlito only wants to unite with his TRUE LOVE. To redeem himself in her eyes, after causing her the heartbreak of losing him forever.(Which it would have been, if not for the quirk of intervention by Carlito's coke addicted, sociopathic lawyer). Carlito seeks solely to prove to his love that he is truly changed, honest, sincere, and even has a plan whereupon they can live happily ever after. Carlito and his girl are likeable. Upon viewing this film one is compelled to empathy, wanting them to escape insurmountable odds (the almost onmniprescent serpent-like "street"), finding and deserving of happiness as long as they may live. However, it is though The Angel of Death has been hidden somewhere in every frame of De Palma's film, casting a shadow, waiting patiently to put his hand upon...

    Even the ancillary characters from Scarface are brought back in legions for Carlito's Way. Carlito's Way is Scarface with "feelings". Which is another similarity in the two films, "feelings" is the Achille's Heel of both Carlito Berganzi and Tony Montana. I also believe both films were vastly underrated and overlooked by the mainstream media, but upon populist vote, they are both widely esteemed as "classic". I'd give Carlito's Way (1993) nine out of ten. If I saw a ten, it would be a life changing event.
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      • November 12, 1993 (United States)
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      • Dock Lane, Kings Point, Long Island, New York, USA
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      • Universal Pictures
      • Epic Productions
      • Bregman/Baer Productions
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