Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels Carlito's Way (1975) and After Hours (1979) by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo, and Viggo Mortensen.
Plot
In 1975 New York, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar. Guajiro's suppliers betray and kill him, forcing Carlito to shoot his way out. Later, Carlito takes Guajiro's $30,000 from the botched deal and uses it to buy into a nightclub owned by a gambling addict named Saso, intending to save $75,000 to retire to the Caribbean.
Cast
- Adrian Pasdar
- Al Israel
- Al Pacino
- Ángel Salazar
- Frank Minucci
- Ingrid Rogers
- Jaime Sánchez
- James Rebhorn
- John Finn
- John Hoyt
- John Leguizamo
- John Ortiz
- Jon Seda
- Jorge Porcel
- Joseph Siravo
- Luis Guzmán
- Marc Anthony
- Orlando Urdaneta
- Paul Mazursky
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Richard Foronjy
- Rick Aviles
- Sean Penn
- Viggo Mortensen
- Vincent Pastore
More details
| author | David Koepp Edwin Torres |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Brian De Palma |
| editor | Bill Pankow Kristina Boden |
| events | organized crime revenge |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | american mafia assassination attempt ballet dancer break out bronx business partner buy in caribbean claim cocaine district attorney drug deal east harlem purple gang east river float gamble grand central terminal group of east harlem italian gangsters guard island prison kill love interest mafia boss miami new life new york nightclub prison break prison sentence rikers island prison barge serve silence silenced gun steal suppressor train ticket vernon c. bain correctional center wait |
| musicBy | Patrick Doyle |
| producer | Martin Bregman |
| productionCompany | Bregman/Baer Productions Epic Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | dance mafia |