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Overview

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Director:
John Landis
Writers (WGA):
Claude Magnier (play)
Michael Barrie (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 April 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
A comedic gangster film?? Yes, & it works! more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
This was the first feature to be shot at the MGM-Disney Studios in Orlando, Florida. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Snaps slams Anthony on the table his hands are on his shoulders, in the next shot his hands are around his neck. more
Quotes:
Lisa Provolone: I'm not a little girl anymore! Look!
[opens robe to reveal nightie]
Snaps: Put that away, I'M YOUR FATHER!
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Movie Connections:
References Rocky (1976) more
Soundtrack:
TEA FOR TWO more

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26 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
A comedic gangster film?? Yes, & it works!, 6 June 2000
Author: Dianna Trent from nj

If you love Sly, if you love comedy, if you love gangster films, then this one's for you! It's got all that & more! Marisa Tomei playing Sly's daughter?? It works! The beautiful Italian import, Ornella Muti playing Sly's wife? It works! Chazz Palminteri playing a hood yet once again? That always works! Whatcha got here is 1 Mob Boss (the ever-elegant Sly) tryin' to go straight 'cuz he promised his dying father (Kirk Douglas's cameo), cops who just won't buy it, bankers who can't stand it, a mix-up with "a little black bag", a search for a husband for Sly's daughter, an annoying accountant who skims $$$ off the top to marry Sly's "other daughter, the one that's not Lisa", & this all happens in ONE MORNING!! Ya gotta feel sorry for the guy! How can he cope? He does it - just as Sly as he can be, too!

Buy this one if you can still find it. It's a comedy of 'great ethnic proportions'!

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