Prizzi's Honor
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| Prizzi's Honor | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | John Foreman |
| Written by | Richard Condon Janet Roach |
| Starring | Jack Nicholson Kathleen Turner Robert Loggia Anjelica Huston William Hickey Lawrence Tierney CCH Pounder |
| Music by | Giacomo Puccini Alex North |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Editing by | Kaja Fehr Rudi Fehr |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 13, 1985 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 130 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $26,700,000 |
| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 black comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. It stars Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia and Anjelica Huston.
The movie was adapted by Richard Condon and Janet Roach from Condon's novel. It was directed by John Huston. The original music score was composed by Giacomo Puccini and Alex North.
[edit] Plot
The film begins at a wedding, Don Corrodo's granddaughter getting married. Don Corrado is the elderly, frail boss of the Prizzi family in Brooklyn and he is played by William Hickey. During the wedding, Charley Partanna, a dim witted hit man played by Jack Nicholson spots a beautiful blonde, played by Kathleen Turner, and asks a photographer to get information on the blonde. Then during the party, Charley spots the blonde and asks her to dance with him, it revealed that the blonde's name is Irene Walker, a Polish tax consultant. Then Irene got a call and she left Charley while dancing. As Charley was looking for Irene, Charley bumps into his old girlfriend, Maerose Prizzi, played by John Huston's daughter, Anjelica Huston granddaughter of Don Corrado. Maerose has left her family and her family claims that she is dishonoring her family, the only one that feels comfortable is with Charley. After the wedding, Charley returns home and he is still thinking about Irene, while thinking about her, two detectives came to his apartment and said that someone has whacked a guy named Sal Netturbino, and they got Charley downtown. Then Charley's father, Angelo Partanna, close of Don Corrado, played by John Randolph, bailed Charley out of prison and Angelo claimed that the Prizzi hired an outside assassin to clean out Sal. Then Charley returned to his home again and tried to find out where Irene went. Then Irene called Charley, and Charley asks her for a date but she said she's out in Los Angeles, then Charley said that he can come to Los Angeles and take her and she agrees. Then Charley and Irene meet each in a bar and they make small cit-chats, but they fall for each other. Charley then gets a call from the Prizzi's back in Brooklyn, that they need to whack a guy named Marxie Heller, that cheated the Prizzi's out of $720,000, so Charley goes to Los Angeles to clean out Heller. Then after whacking Heller, Charley waited for Heller's wife, then once Heller's wife came and the wife was none-other then Irene Walker.
[edit] Awards
It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anjelica Huston), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (William Hickey), Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing (Kaja Fehr and Rudi Fehr), Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
[edit] External links
- Prizzi's Honor at the Internet Movie Database
- Prizzi's Honor at Allmovie
- Prizzi's Honor at the TCM Movie Database
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| Preceded by Romancing the Stone |
Golden Globe: Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy 1986 |
Succeeded by Hannah and Her Sisters |
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