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Prizzi's Honor (1985)

R   |    |  Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Two professional assassins fall in love.

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Awards

Won 1 Oscar.

Another 26 wins & 24 nominations.

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22 November 2005 | paul2001sw-1
6
| Not really sure what it wants to be
So many films glorify the mafia, even those like 'Goodfellas' which pull no punches still allow a residue of glamour to stick to their portrayal of the wise-guy life. So 'Prizzi's Honor', which ridicules its protagonists and shows them to be anything but wise, is a welcome sort of mafia film. Unfortunately, although it's reasonably entertaining, the film ultimately doesn't wholly succeed in any respect; too daft to work as black comedy, too slow to work as riotous farce, to humorously conceived to work as tragic drama. Jack Nicholson is good as the dumb hit man Charley, but the plot leaves us unsure whether we should laugh at him or cry with him, and in the end I felt inclined to do neither. Personally, I prefer Jim Jarmusch's 'Ghost Dog', another offbeat look at organised crime.

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John Huston was in very poor health with emphysema when he directed this movie. He required the use of an oxygen tank on the set to help him breathe.

Quotes

Eduardo Prizzi: "Dominic put out a contract on me..."
Dominic Prizzi: He's a fuckin' liar!
Eduardo Prizzi: You wanna hear the letter? Then listen, don't talk. There's about a 130 million dollars here, maybe more. We gotta renegotiate before we get it back. Just shut up and listen. Go on, sit down. ...

Goofs

Irene Walker's red car often has the wax on various panels. When we first see the car the left-hand door is an unusual matt color while the rest of the car is buffed to a shiny finish. You can even see swirl marks in the door at it stops. Later when we see the car again we see it from the front left. The door is clearly polished this time but the front left wing isn't. Probably an attempt to hide the crew from reflecting in the cars bodywork.

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Le Villi
Composer Giacomo Puccini

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Details

Release Date:

14 June 1985

Language

English, Italian

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

3 Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,234,537 16 June 1985

Gross USA:

$26,657,534

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,657,534

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