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14 June 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other.
Plot:
A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 24 wins
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11 nominations
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(9 articles)
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Anjelica Huston To Be Honored At The Galway Film Fleadh
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(From t5m.com. 12 August 2009, 3:34 AM, PDT)
Anjelica Huston To Be Honored At The Galway Film Fleadh
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The Family Above Everything, In a Masterpiece of Black Comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | Charley Partanna |
 | Kathleen Turner | ... | Irene Walker |
 | Robert Loggia | ... | Eduardo Prizzi |
 | John Randolph | ... | Angelo 'Pop' Partanna |
 | William Hickey | ... | Don Corrado Prizzi |
| Lee Richardson | ... | Dominic Prizzi |
| Michael Lombard | ... | Rosario Filargi 'Finlay' |
 | Anjelica Huston | ... | Maerose Prizzi |
| George Santopietro | ... | Plumber |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Lt. Hanley |
 | CCH Pounder | ... | Peaches Altamont (as C.C.H. Pounder) |
| Ann Selepegno | ... | Amalia Prizzi |
| Vic Polizos | ... | Phil Vittimizzare |
 | Dick O'Neill | ... | Bluestone |
| Sully Boyar | ... | Casco Vascone |
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130 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2004) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) |
Iceland:14 |
Hungary:16 |
Spain:18 |
Finland:K-15 (re rating: 2001) |
France:U |
Singapore:M18 |
West Germany:12 (re-rated) |
West Germany:16 (original rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Spain:13 |
Ireland:15
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Rosanna Arquette, Kathy Bates, Linda Blair, Cher Glenn Close, Geena Davis, Farrah Fawcett, Carrie Fisher, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Goldie Hawn, Barbara Hershey, Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Kelly LeBrock, Heather Locklear, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Ally Sheedy, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Sela Ward and Debra Winger were considered for the part of Maerose.
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Continuity: 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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Quotes:
Maerose Prizzi:
So let's do it.
Charley Partanna: With all the lights on?
Maerose Prizzi: Yeah. Right here. On the Oriental. With all the lights on.
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Charley Partanna: With all the lights on?
Maerose Prizzi: Yeah. Right here. On the Oriental. With all the lights on.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Two's a Mob (1998)
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Soundtrack:
Overture to 'La Gazza ladra'
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In New York, the hit-man Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) is like a son for his godfather Don Corrado Prizzi (William Hickey), a powerful mobster. In a wedding of a member of their family, Charley meets Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner) and he falls in love with her. Irene introduces herself as a tax consultant, but indeed she is a killer hired by the Prizzis for a "contract" in New York. They get married, and later Chaley realizes that she betrayed the Prizzi's, stolen their money in a casino. Charley has to face and decide between his code of honor with the Prizzi's and his love for Irene. "Prizzi's Honor" is in my humble opinion, a masterpiece and certainly one of the best movies of the 80's. The story is very engaging, having a very dark black humor and many plot points. Jack Nicholson, Angelica Huston in a Machiavelian role, Kathleen Turner (gorgeous, sexy and elegant) and William Hickey are amazing. The performance of the magnificent cast and the outstanding direction of John Huston are marvelous. I have seen this movie at least six times, and I do not get tired of watching it. Unfortunately "Prizzi's Honor" has not been released on DVD in Brazil. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "A Honra do Poderoso Prizzi" ("The Honor of the Powerful Prizzi")