Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way
by Brian De Palma

Carlito's Way
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Actor: Al Pacino, Ingrid Rogers, John Leguizamo, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Penn
Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Judith Stevens
Producer: Louis A. Stroller
Producer: Martin Bregman
Producer: Michael Bregman
Producer: Ortwin Freyermuth
Writer: David Koepp
Writer: Edwin Torres
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-05-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

Movie Reviews of Carlito's Way

Movie Review: Underrated film noir
Summary: 4 Stars

Beautifully photographed, this is an essential Pacino film along with Panic in Needle Park 1971, Scarface 1983, And Justice For All 1979, and the Godfather 1972.
Here in Carlito's Way there are enough memorable characters and performances to make this film worth owning. Presented in widescreen 2.35 aspect ratio this film looks good. Good music, disco and latin, the best of the 1970's.
Here New York is shown in all its glorious decadence.

Summary of Carlito's Way

Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognizable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not commercially successful and never rises to the level of greatness, it is a genuinely compelling movie graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh
Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognizable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not commercially successful and never rises to the level of greatness, it is a genuinely compelling movie graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh

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