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14 June 1985 (USA)
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Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other.
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A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 24 wins
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11 nominations
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(9 articles)
Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
(From t5m.com. 12 August 2009, 3:34 AM, PDT)
Anjelica Huston To Be Honored At The Galway Film Fleadh
(From iCelebz. 30 June 2009, 1:09 AM, PDT)
(From t5m.com. 12 August 2009, 3:34 AM, PDT)
Anjelica Huston To Be Honored At The Galway Film Fleadh
(From iCelebz. 30 June 2009, 1:09 AM, PDT)
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"The Godfather" Gone Stark Raving Mad.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | Charley Partanna |
 | Kathleen Turner | ... | Irene Walker |
 | Robert Loggia | ... | Eduardo Prizzi |
 | John Randolph | ... | Angelo 'Pop' Partanna |
 | William Hickey | ... | Don Corrado Prizzi |
| Lee Richardson | ... | Dominic Prizzi |
| Michael Lombard | ... | Rosario Filargi 'Finlay' |
 | Anjelica Huston | ... | Maerose Prizzi |
| George Santopietro | ... | Plumber |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Lt. Hanley |
 | CCH Pounder | ... | Peaches Altamont (as C.C.H. Pounder) |
| Ann Selepegno | ... | Amalia Prizzi |
| Vic Polizos | ... | Phil Vittimizzare |
 | Dick O'Neill | ... | Bluestone |
| Sully Boyar | ... | Casco Vascone |
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130 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2004) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) |
Iceland:14 |
Hungary:16 |
Spain:18 |
Finland:K-15 (re rating: 2001) |
France:U |
Singapore:M18 |
West Germany:12 (re-rated) |
West Germany:16 (original rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Spain:13 |
Ireland:15
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Julie Bovasso taught Jack Nicholson how to speak "Brooklynese". Researching the role, he hung out in lowlife dives in Brooklyn.
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Continuity: Irene Walker's red car often has the wax on various panels. When we first see the car the left-hand door is an unusual matt color while the rest of the car is buffed to a shiny finish. You can even see swirl marks in the door at it stops. Later when we see the car again we see it from the front left. The door is clearly polished this time but the front left wing isn't. Probably an attempt to hide the crew from reflecting in the cars bodywork.
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Quotes:
Maerose Prizzi:
So let's do it.
Charley Partanna: With all the lights on?
Maerose Prizzi: Yeah. Right here. On the Oriental. With all the lights on.
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Charley Partanna: With all the lights on?
Maerose Prizzi: Yeah. Right here. On the Oriental. With all the lights on.
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Spoofed in Two's a Mob (1998)
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Soundtrack:
O mio Babbino caro
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"Prizzi's Honor" is one of those strange charmers that thrives on dark comedy and whacked situations. Mafia hit-man Jack Nicholson (Oscar-nominated) meets the super-erotic Kathleen Turner at a wedding and of course ends up dumping girlfriend Anjelica Huston (in a well-deserved Oscar-winning turn). The fact that Huston is the daughter of one of Nicholson's associates only makes the plot thicken. What Nicholson does not know is that Turner is really an assassin herself. Will he find out that his lover by night is really a hit-woman by day? And will he learn in time that the two have actually been hired to kill each other? Also along for the ride are scene-stealers Robert Loggia and William Hickey (who received an Oscar nod as the family's don). "Prizzi's Honor" was the final venture for legendary director John Huston (who was near death when he was Oscar-nominated for this). That little tidbit does not change the fact that "Prizzi's Honor" is really a strange experience that does not completely succeed. It is a movie that serves its purpose, but the ending does not justify the means used to get there. The Oscar-nominated screenplay makes itself out to be much more intelligent than it really is and ultimately Nicholson and Turner have to carry the production. Still a good movie, but over-rated and even a bit disappointing when all is said and done. 4 stars out of 5.