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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) -- In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Michael Bregman (screenplay)
Edwin Torres (novel)
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Release Date:
1 December 2005 (Iceland) more
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Plot:
In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem. full summary | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carlito's Way 2: Rise to Power (USA) (working title)
Carlito's Way: The Beginning (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence, sexual content and drug material.
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100 min
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Trivia:
Luis Guzmán, who plays Nacho, also played Pachanga in Carlito's Way. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Since the move is set in the mid- to late-60s, Malcolm X Boulevard would not have existed and would only be known as Lenox Avenue. Lenox Avenue was subtitled Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Carlito Brigante: Sooner or later, a thug will tell his tale. We all want to go on record. So let's hear it for all the hoods. The Jews out of Brownsville, the blacks on Lennox Avenue, the Italians from Mulberry Street, the Irish in Hell's Kitchen. Like that. Meanwhile...
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Follows Carlito's Way (1993) more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
This film is really low quality., 14 January 2008
1/10
Author: mohsin_i from London, England

I have to say this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. They had a pretty good storyline to go on, but than the messed it up so badly. First of all the cast is all wrong, where did that van peeble(crap actor btw) and puff daddy come from??? It looks like Carlito has come from the hood, and used to hang about with some real idiots. This film doesn't do "Carlitos Way" any justice. Im so happy that the sequel "Carlito's Way" came out first, if I had seen this rubbish first, I would have never given the pacino version a chance. And anyway, pacino is supposed to have read this story, thought it's crap and did the sequel instead. Carlito's Way: Rise to Power - 1 out of 10. Carlito's Way - 9 out of 10.

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