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Carlito's Way

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Carlito's Way (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 26  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Martin Bregman, Michael Scott Bregman, Willi Baer
Screenwriter: David Koepp

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 6, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
  • Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Making-of - 1. THE MAKING OF CARLITO'S WAY
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos

DVD-ROM:

  • Weblink: Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50 Value)

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06/24/06
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A lengthy cat-and-mouse chase scene at the film's climax practically surpasses Hitchcock and even gives Scorsese's GoodFellas a run for its money.

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09/23/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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04/07/06
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4/5

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03/27/06
Cole Smithey
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4.5/5

A great story told by a master filmmaker; sterling actors playing some truly fascinating characters; and a bunch of cinematic set-pieces that are worthy of repeat viewings.

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10/05/05
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic
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3/5

Stronger in its suspense and action elements than in its dramatic moments.

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09/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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2/5

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07/07/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

The film is a redundancy and only those who have played Brian De Palma's other movies so much they've memorized the dialogue are going to be interested. Al Pacino portrays a reformed gangster trying to break away from his earlier lifestyle. Needless to sa

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10/14/04
Douglas Pratt
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De Palma and Pacino tread some very familiar ground . . . But while it all feels a bit recycled at times, it still works

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05/08/04
Brian Mckay
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01/29/04
Spence D.
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01/18/04
Michael Dequina
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3/5

Not one of Pacino's best.

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12/19/03
John Urbancich
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
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Charts the efforts of a Puerto Rican drug-dealer just released from prison to put the life of crime behind him

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07/19/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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a tragic, boozy lament

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05/26/03
Chris Barsanti
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly
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A great gangster saga from the showman Brian DePalma.

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01/29/03
Blake Davis
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01/27/03
Mark Palermo
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12/04/02
Rob Vaux
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11/08/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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