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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   14,692 votes
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Writer:
John Patrick Shanley (written by)
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Release Date:
18 December 1987 (USA) more
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Life. Family. Love.
Plot:
A widowed Brooklyn book-keeper is torn between her fiancé and his brother. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 12 nominations more
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(47 articles)
DGA to honour Norman Jewison
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Norman Jewison Will Get DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
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Beautiful, romantic more (113 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cher ... Loretta Castorini

Nicolas Cage ... Ronny Cammareri
Vincent Gardenia ... Cosmo Castorini

Olympia Dukakis ... Rose Castorini

Danny Aiello ... Mr. Johnny Cammareri
Julie Bovasso ... Rita Cappomaggi

John Mahoney ... Perry
Louis Guss ... Raymond Cappomaggi
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. ... Old Man (as Feodor Chaliapin)
Anita Gillette ... Mona
Leonardo Cimino ... Felix
Paula Trueman ... Lucy
Nada Despotovich ... Chrissy

Joe Grifasi ... Shy Waiter
Gina DeAngeles ... Old Crone
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Bride and the Wolf (USA) (original script title)
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102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Olympia Dukakis is only 15 years older than her on-screen daughter Cher. more
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Continuity: When Ronny and Loretta are talking about love outside Ronny's apartment after seeing La Boheme, Ronny is looking to the side. When they cut away, he's looking up. When they cut back, he's looking to the side again. more
Quotes:
Johnny: [Bobo shows up with the dessert cart] Would you like some dessert?
Loretta Castorini: [looks at the cart] You know I really shouldn't.
Johnny: Will you marry me?
Loretta Castorini: Bobo, take the cart away.
Bobo: Veddy good, miss.
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La Bohème more

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20 out of 24 people found the following review useful.
Beautiful, romantic, 8 September 2000
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Wonderful romance comedy drama about an Italian widow (Cher) who's planning to marry a man she's comfortable with (Danny Aiello) until she falls for his headstrong, angry brother (Nicholas Cage). The script is sharp with plenty of great lines, the acting is wonderful, the accents (I've been told) are letter perfect and the cinematography is beautiful. New York has never looked so good on the screen. A must-see primarily for Cher and Olympia Dukakis--they're both fantastic and richly deserved the Oscars they got. A beautiful, funny film. A must see!

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