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Overview
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Release Date:
26 April 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's a comedy of criminal proportions!
Plot:
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman...
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Awards:
3 nominations
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A nearly perfect comedy.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sylvester Stallone | ... | Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone | |
| Ornella Muti | ... | Sofia Provolone | |
| Don Ameche | ... | Father Clemente | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Aldo | |
| Tim Curry | ... | Dr. Thornton Poole | |
| Vincent Spano | ... | Anthony Rossano | |
| Marisa Tomei | ... | Lisa Provolone | |
| Eddie Bracken | ... | Five Spot Charlie | |
| Linda Gray | ... | Roxanne | |
| Chazz Palminteri | ... | Connie | |
| Kurtwood Smith | ... | Lt. Toomey, Chicago PD | |
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Aunt Rosa | |
| Ken Howard | ... | Kirkwood | |
| William Atherton | ... | Overton | |
| Martin Ferrero | ... | Luigi Finucci |
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Australia:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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One night, after filming wrapped, a fire destroyed destroyed several sets, many of the actors' trailers (among them Tim Curry's), all of the costumes, and 21 valuable vintage cars. Production was halted for two weeks while they were remaking all of the costumes. A Universal security guard hired to guard the cars later admitted to setting the fire.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Aldo makes reference to Little Anthony and his Imperial. While we take this as an anachronistic reference to the doo-wop group, he could have meant it only as a reference to the car, so it's not wrong for him.
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Soundtrack:
TEA FOR TWO
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| Switch bag twice. | allbusiness |
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Excellent timing, a fantastic cast, great soundtrack... actually, everything about this movie is terrific. It centers around mixed (and missed) messages, so a lot of it depends upon timing and straight delivery. These are accomplished in a major way.
The main center of the comedy, the valise, gets treated in a way that gets a bit old, but overall, I can't get tired of this movie. Stallone does such fantastic comedy and has such an exquisite sense of timing and delivery, it's a wonder anybody lets him do action movies. He missed his calling. Look for Ornella Muti (Princess Aura from "Flash Gordon") as the superb, dignified, and fiery-tempered Sophia, as Snaps' wife and source of fear for the entire cast, and Tim Curry as Dr. Poole, in a genius turn as a mild-mannered professor discovering love for the first time. It's a fairly obscure movie, but if you get the chance to see it, do treat yourself.