Big Night [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Big Night (1996) / (Digc Dol Dub Sub Ws)

Overview

Exquisite food plays a key role in this warm comedy/drama about two Italian immigrant brothers in 1950s New Jersey whose small restaurant is in deep financial trouble. Unwisely, they take the advice of a rival, who talks them into putting on an elaborate dinner for well-known bandleader Louis Prima.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/31/2023
UPC:	0191329238127
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	4,574

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stanley Tucci	Secondo,Woman Singer
Isabella Rossellini	Gabriella
Tony Shalhoub	Primo
Minnie Driver	Phyllis
Ian Holm	Pascal
Marc Anthony	Cristiano
Campbell Scott	Bob
Allison Janney	Ann
Liev Schreiber	Leo
Pasquale Cajano	Alberto
Gene Canfield	Charlie
Tina Bruno	Ida
Peter Appel	Chubby
Karen Shallo	Chubby's Wife
Alvaleta Guess	Lenore
Tamar Kotoske	Dean
Andre Belgrader	Stash
Robert W. Castle	Father O'Brien
Susan Floyd	Joan
Dina Spybey	Natalie
Seth Jones	Jameson
Larry Block	Man in Restaurant
Caroline Aaron	Woman in Restaurant
Peter McRobbie	Loan Officer
Jack O'Connell	Man on Truck

Technical Credits

Stanley Tucci

Joseph Tropiano

George Aguilar	Stunts
Connie Brink	Special Effects
Jonathan Filley	Producer
David Kirkpatrick	Executive Producer
Keith Samples	Executive Producer
Stanley Tucci	Screenwriter
Joseph Tropiano	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

By the end of Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott's Big Night, you might have the desire to cook like an artist, or at least the desire to promptly head to the nearest authentic Italian restaurant. Tucci and Tony Shalhoub are perfect as the film's sibling restaurateurs forced to confront the reality of a failed American dream. Tucci wrote the script with his cousin Joseph Tropiano, cooking up a wonderfully emotional, personal story full of real characters with real problems. Though the film tells a small story, there are big themes: loyalty, trust, and the need to value integrity over vulgar expedience. Tucci holds the proceedings together, but like the climactic feast itself, the movie is populated with rich supporting moments: Isabella Rosellini, Minnie Driver, Ian Holm and even co-director Scott turn up to add color to the character-driven script.