Oscar (1991)

Director:

John Landis

Writers (WGA):

Claude Magnier (play)
Michael Barrie (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

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...

Plot Keywords:

Promise | Reference To Cab Calloway | Scam | Wedding | Mistaken Identity

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone
Ornella Muti	...	Sofia Provolone
Don Ameche	...	Father Clemente
Peter Riegert	...	Aldo
Tim Curry	...	Dr. Thornton Poole
Vincent Spano	...	Anthony Rossano
Marisa Tomei	...	Lisa Provolone
Eddie Bracken	...	Five Spot Charlie
Linda Gray	...	Roxanne
Chazz Palminteri	...	Connie
Kurtwood Smith	...	Lt. Toomey, Chicago PD
Yvonne De Carlo	...	Aunt Rosa
Ken Howard	...	Kirkwood
William Atherton	...	Overton
Martin Ferrero	...	Luigi Finucci

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Silver Screen Partners IV

Trivia:

This film is based on the 1958 French play "Oscar" by Claude Magnier.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Aldo makes reference to Little Anthony and his Imperial. While we take this as an anachronistic reference to the doo-wop group, he could have meant it only as a reference to the car, so it's not wrong for him.

Quotes:

Snaps: [begins choking Anthony] And just how do *you* know *my* daughter?
Anthony: [choking] We met at Club-33.
Snaps: [shouts] In a speakeasy?
Anthony: [choking] It's a very respectable speakeasy.
Snaps: You couldn't even pick one that bought *my* beer!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)

Soundtrack:

FINUCCI BOOGIE

A comedic gangster film?? Yes, & it works!

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'!