Carlito's Way [Blu-ray]

Director: Brian De Palma

Overview

Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). Carlito renounces his previous ways and takes a job as the manager of a club that Kleinfeld has invested in, planning to save enough money so that he can eventually move to the Caribbean. But no sooner is Carlito back on the streets of New York than his old life claws at him in the form of both old partners (Luis Guzman) and vicious up-and-comers (John Leguizamo). Nevertheless, Carlito stays clean and even restarts his relationship with a dancer named Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), until he is finally led astray by Kleinfeld, who manipulates Carlito into participating in the murder of a Mafia don from whom Kleinfeld has stolen a million dollars. At that point, the race is on to see whether Carlito and Gail can escape his world for good. The film is based on two novels about Carlito written by New York State judge Edwin Torres.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/18/2010
UPC:	0025192046889
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	18,307

Special Features

Deleted Scenes; The Making Of Carlito's Way In-Depth Interviews with the Cast and Crew Reveal Carlito's Journey from Novel to Screen; ; Brian DePalma On Carlito's Way Get an Insider's Perspective with the Director

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Al Pacino	Carlito Brigante
Sean Penn	David Kleinfeld
Penelope Ann Miller	Gail
John Leguizamo	Benny Blanco
Ingrid Rogers	Steffie
Luis Guzman	Pachanga
James Rebhorn	Norwalk
Joseph Siravo	Vinnie Taglialucci
Viggo Mortensen	Lalin
Richard Foronjy	Pete Amadesso
Jorge Porcel	Saso
Frank Minucci	Tony Taglialucci
Adrian Pasdar	Frankie
Elliott Santiago	Knifeman,Knifeman
Paul Mazursky	Judge Feinstein
Bonnie Timmermann	Actor
John Agustin Ortiz	Guajiro,Guajiro
Angel Salazar	Walberto
Al Israel	Rolando
Rick Aviles	Quisqueya
Edmonte Salvato	Battaglia [Big Guy]
Brian Tarantina	Speller
Gene Canfield	Train Conductor
Bo Dietl	Casino Man
Tera Tabrizi	Club Date
Victor Sierra	Kid,Kid
Caesar Cordova	Barber
Jon Seda	Dominican
Ruben Rivera	Dominican,Bartender
Sherie Mambru	Girlfriend
Brenda Hernandez	Girlfriend
Frank Ferrara Sr.	Manzanero
John Hoyt	Club Bouncer
Chuck Zito	Club Bouncer,Bodyguard
Steven Puente	Club Bouncer
Jamie Tirelli	Valentin
Tony Cucci	Club Bouncer
Alfred Sauchelli Jr.	Bodyguard
Owen Hollander	Cab Driver
Anthony Catanese	Bodyguard
Sam Weber	Bodyguard
Vincent Jerosa	Cop
Luke Toma	Cop
Walter T. Meade	Jackson Corrections Officer
Michael Hadge	Diamond Room Man
Sharmagne Leland-St. John	Woman at Grand Central
Richard Council	Diamond Room Man
Lindsey Lombardi	Diamond Room Dancer
Orlando Urdaneta	Bartender
Christopher Bregman	Club Patron
James Bulleit	Louie
Crystal Haney	Estate Party Woman
Joe Conzo	Club Patron
Gregory Misciagno	Italian at Copa
Nelson Vasquez	Blanco Associate
Mel Gorham	Pachanga's Date
Vincent Pastore	Copa Wiseguy
Rocco Sisto	Panama Hatman
Jaime S?nchez	Rudy
John Finn	Duncan
Michael Moran	Party Guest
Marc Anthony	Band Member
Patrick Doyle	Composer

Technical Credits

David Koepp

Edwin Torres

David Koepp	Screenwriter
Willi Baer	Producer
Michael Scott Bregman	Producer,Producer,Producer
Ortwin Freyermuth	Executive Producer
Steven Kirshoff	Special Effects
Louis A. Stroller	Executive Producer
Bonnie Timmermann	Casting
Dick Ziker	Stunts
Edwin Torres	Screenwriter
Willi B?r	Producer
Louis Bertini	Sound Effects
Kristine Bulakowski	Sound Effects
Richard P. Cirincione	Sound Effects
Sara Corrigan	Sound Effects
Lee Dichter	Sound Effects
Isa Alsup	Special Effects
Peter Odabashian	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

By the early '90s, the initial controversy surrounding Brian De Palma' violent remake of Scarface had evaporated and the film had become something of a high-profile cult classic. A re-teaming of the film's director and star Al Pacino, Carlito's Way was marketed as its followup -- and it is, though not necessarily in the way most would expect. While Scarface starred Pacino as a character whose all-encompassing appetite leads him to climb higher and higher in the underworld, in Carlito's Way he plays a world-weary character seeking only to get out. In place of the drug-fueled mania of Tony Montana, Pacino uses silence and knowing looks to convey a miles-deep sadness. It's a masterful performance in a film that has much to recommend it, in particular a handful of deftly-executed set pieces, a tremendous feel for its disco-era setting, and a terrific supporting cast (Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, and especially Sean Penn). But ultimately it's the elegiac mood of the film that stays longest in the memory, as De Palma and company escalate B-movie material into a meditation on aging and fate. Severely underrated at the time, this is a film that just looks better as the years go by. (In fact, Cahiers Du Cinema would later pronounce it the best of the decade.)