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Overview

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6.4/10   9,206 votes
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Director:
Garry Marshall
Writers (WGA):
Terrence McNally (play)
Terrence McNally (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 October 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
You never choose love. Love chooses you.
Plot:
Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a cafe beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Al Pacino ... Johnny

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Frankie

Hector Elizondo ... Nick

Nathan Lane ... Tim

Kate Nelligan ... Cora
Jane Morris ... Nedda

Greg Lewis ... Tino
Al Fann ... Luther

Ele Keats ... Artemis
Fernando López ... Jorge

Glenn Plummer ... Peter

Tim Hopper ... Lester
Harvey Miller ... Mr. Rosen
Sean O'Bryan ... Bobby
Goldie McLaughlin ... Waitress Helen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Frankie & Johnny (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In a scene at the beginning, Frankie is on a bus reading a magazine. On the front cover is Penny Marshall, the sister of director Garry Marshall. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer come home after their first date. They begin to make the bed. Al Pacino starts to take his jacket off. When he jumps on the bed to bite her butt, his jacket is completely on, and he must take it off again. more
Quotes:
Johnny: I think we should get married and have kids.
Frankie: [hysterical] I don't like kids!
Johnny: I don't believe that.
Frankie: [pause] I can't have any! Are you happy now?
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Movie Connections:
References Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) more
Soundtrack:
UNTIL YOU LET GO more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Love this film, 7 May 2004
10/10
Author: (thisforestpath@hotmail.com) from Montclair, NJ

I watch this movie over and over and never tire of it. Each time I notice more nuance. A great exploration of despair and hope, of class consciousness, and true eartly aliveness. Poignant and honest.

Michelle plays a depressed soul, beaten down who has given up completely. And Pacino is a beaten down battered ex-con, who somehow, has held onto "the dream". Nathan Lane is great - It's romantic, poignant, funny, sad, ecstatic. I love the last scene so much. What more can I say?? Don't miss this film - it's a treat.

Nancy Mehegan, Montclair, NJ

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