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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.

Overview

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Director:
Michael Bregman
Writers (WGA):
Michael Bregman (screenplay)
Edwin Torres (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 December 2005 (Iceland) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Who Needs Theaters, Anyway?
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 October 2005)

User Comments:
Dreadful more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carlito's Way: The Beginning (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence, sexual content and drug material.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Rogue Pictures more

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Trivia:
The movie is based on one of Edwin Torres' book series on the criminal life of Carlito Brigante. This is based after the first book in the series "Carlito's Way". Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993) took the first books title because at the time it was decided that they would not take the title of the second book "After Hours" to avoid confusion with the Martin Scorsese -directed movie of the same name (After Hours (1985)). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The posters in the barbershop include modern day haircuts. 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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Movie Connections:
Follows Carlito's Way (1993) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Dreadful, 3 December 2008
Author: bign0ah87 from Fiji

A complete and utter slap to the face to DePalma and Pacino.

Do I need to even explain the plot? A rise from slums to riches in the ghetto streets of Harlem....yawn! Boring! What makes Carlitos Way a truly amazing movie was the sheer fact of storytelling and characters that explain how he got to where he was.

Shame on whoever greenlit this project.

Prequel? No.

Story? No.

Sean Puff Piffy Dadd farty licky? No..

Pass. Better movies out there. Go rent Number 23 with Jim Carrey. Trust me..you'll lauh harder.

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