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{{short description|1993 film directed by Brian De Palma}} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Carlito's Way | image = Carlito's Way.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Brian De Palma]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Martin Bregman]] * Willi Baer * Michael S. Bregman }} | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Carlito's Way (novel)|Carlito's Way]]'' and [[After Hours (novel)|''After Hours'']]|[[Edwin Torres (judge)|Edwin Torres]]}} | screenplay = [[David Koepp]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Al Pacino]] * [[Sean Penn]] * [[Penelope Ann Miller]] }} | music = [[Patrick Doyle]] | cinematography = [[Stephen H. Burum]] | editing = {{Plainlist| * [[Bill Pankow]] * [[Kristina Boden]] }} | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[Trans World Entertainment (film company)|Epic Productions]] * Bregman/Baer Productions }} | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1993|11|12}} | runtime = 144 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $30 million | gross = $64 million<ref name="mojo"/> }} '''''Carlito's Way''''' is a 1993 American [[crime drama film]] directed by [[Brian De Palma]] and written by [[David Koepp]], based on the novels ''[[Carlito's Way (novel)|Carlito's Way]]'' (1975) and ''[[After Hours (novel)|After Hours]]'' (1979) by [[Edwin Torres (judge)|Judge Edwin Torres]]. It stars [[Al Pacino]], [[Sean Penn]], [[Penelope Ann Miller]], [[Luis Guzmán|Luis Guzman]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[Jorge Porcel]], [[Joseph Siravo]] and [[Viggo Mortensen]]. Pacino portrays Carlito Brigante, a [[Nuyorican]] criminal who vows to go straight and to retire in [[Paradise]]. However, his criminal past proves difficult to escape, and he is unwillingly dragged into the same activities that got him imprisoned in the first place. The film is based mainly on ''After Hours'', but it used the title of the first novel to avoid it being confused with [[Martin Scorsese]]'s [[After Hours (film)|1985 film]]. This is the second film collaboration with Pacino and De Palma, after ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983). ''Carlito's Way'' was released on November 12, 1993, by [[Universal Pictures]]. It initially received mixed reviews from critics and lukewarm results at the box office, although general reception to the film has improved in subsequent years. The film has gained a strong [[cult following]], and it is generally considered to be one of De Palma's most enduring films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartlett |first=Nick |date=2022-01-31 |title=The 14 Best Brian De Palma Movies Ranked |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/751849/the-14-best-brian-de-palma-movies-ranked/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228231356/https://www.slashfilm.com/751849/the-14-best-brian-de-palma-movies-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaughan |first=Liam |date=2023-09-19 |title="They're all gonna laugh at you." 10 Most Intense Brian De Palma Movies, Ranked |url=https://collider.com/most-intense-brian-de-palma-movies-ranked/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301004701/https://collider.com/most-intense-brian-de-palma-movies-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Penn and Miller received [[Golden Globe]] nominations for their performances. A [[prequel]] titled ''[[Carlito's Way: Rise to Power]]'', based on the first novel, was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2005. ==Plot== In 1975 [[New York City]], after having served five years of a thirty-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality that has been exploited by his close friend and lawyer Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal at an illegal [[speakeasy]]. Guajiro's suppliers betray and kill him, forcing Carlito to shoot his way out. Carlito takes Guajiro's $30,000 from the botched deal and uses it to buy a stake in a [[nightclub]] that is owned by a gambling addict named Saso, intending to save $75,000 to retire to the [[Caribbean]]. Carlito declines several offers for a business partnership with a hot-headed young gangster from [[the Bronx]] named Benny Blanco. Carlito also rekindles his romance with his former girlfriend Gail, a ballet dancer who moonlights as a stripper. Dave develops a love interest with Benny's girlfriend Steffie, a waitress at the club. Benny's frustration with Carlito's rejections comes to a head, and he confronts Carlito at his table. Carlito publicly humiliates Benny, who reacts by manhandling Steffie. Fueled by his now-extensive use of [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] and [[cocaine]], Dave brazenly pulls out a gun and threatens to kill Benny, but Carlito intervenes. Despite being personally threatened by Benny, Carlito lets him go unharmed, a decision that alienates him from his friend and bodyguard Pachanga. Dave, who stole $1 million in a payoff from his client, [[American Mafia|Mafia]] boss Anthony "Tony T" Taglialucci, is coerced into providing his [[yacht]] to help Taglialucci break out of the [[Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center|Rikers Island prison barge]]. Dave begs for Carlito's assistance in the prison break, and Carlito reluctantly agrees. That night, Carlito, Dave and Taglialucci's son Frankie sail to a floating [[buoy]] outside of the barge where Taglialucci is waiting. As they pull Taglialucci aboard, Dave kills him and Frankie, then dumps their bodies in the [[East River]], claiming that they would have killed him anyway. Knowing that mob retaliation is imminent, Carlito immediately severs his ties with Dave and decides to leave town with Gail. The next day, Dave is hospitalized after a mob hitman stabs him several times. The police apprehend Carlito and take him to the office of District Attorney Norwalk, where he learns that Dave has already agreed to [[perjury|perjure]] himself should Carlito be tried again. Despite being threatened with charges of being an accomplice to the Taglialucci murders, Carlito refuses to betray Dave. In the hospital, Carlito visits Dave, who confesses to selling him out. Having noticed a suspicious man dressed in a police uniform waiting in the lobby, Carlito secretly unloads Dave's revolver and leaves. The man is Taglialucci's other son Vinnie seeking vengeance for his brother and father. After sending away the officer who is guarding Dave, Vinnie enters Dave's room and shoots him dead. Carlito buys train tickets to [[Miami]] for himself and Gail, now pregnant with their child. When he visits his club to get the stashed money, he is met by a [[East Harlem Purple Gang|group of East Harlem Italian gangsters]] led by Vinnie. The Italians plan to kill Carlito, but he manages to slip out through a secret exit. The Italians pursue him through the city's subway system and into [[Grand Central Terminal]], where they engage in a gunfight. Carlito kills all of his pursuers except Vinnie, who the police shoot and kill. As Carlito runs to catch the train where Gail and Pachanga are waiting for him, Benny ambushes him and fatally shoots him several times with a [[suppressor|silenced gun]]. Pachanga admits to Carlito that he is now working for Benny, but the latter shoots him as well. Carlito hands a tearful Gail the money and tells her to escape with their unborn child and start a new life. As he dies, Carlito stares at a billboard with a Caribbean beach and a picture of a woman. The billboard comes to life in his mind, and the woman, now Gail, starts dancing. ==Cast== * [[Al Pacino]] as Carlito Brigante (called "Charlie" by Gail). Pacino came to ''Carlito's Way'' directly from his Oscar-winning role in ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]''.<ref name="press pack p4"/> To get into the character, he accompanied Torres through East [[Harlem]] to absorb the sights and atmosphere.<ref name="Torres"/> Pacino first envisioned Carlito with a [[ponytail]], but after visiting Harlem, he quickly realized that such a hairstyle was uncommon among the local men. The beard was Pacino's idea. The black leather coat fit into the period setting.<ref name="hot dog p30"/> * [[Sean Penn]] as Dave Kleinfeld. For the pivotal role of Carlito's sleazy lawyer and best friend, Penn was lured back from early retirement by the challenge of playing the corrupt lawyer. Taking the role meant that he could finance his movie ''[[The Crossing Guard]]'' and work with Pacino.<ref name="hot dog p33"/> De Palma and Penn discussed what 1970s mob lawyers looked like. Penn shaved the hair on the front of his forehead to give the appearance of a receding hairline. He permed the rest.<ref name="De Palma"/> [[Alan Dershowitz]], believing that Penn was attempting to look like him, threatened the filmmakers with a [[defamation]] lawsuit.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sean Penn: His Life and Times |last=Kelly |first=Richard T. |year=2005 |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |location=Edinburgh, Scotland |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBb3v9GZMPQC&q=%22sean+Penn%22%2C+%22Alan+Dershowitz%22+%22carlito%27s+way%22&pg=PA273 |access-date=January 15, 2011 |isbn=9781841957395 |archive-date=September 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911183949/https://books.google.com/books?id=gBb3v9GZMPQC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22sean+Penn%22,+%22Alan+Dershowitz%22+%22carlito%27s+way%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22sean%20Penn%22%2C%20%22Alan%20Dershowitz%22%20%22carlito%27s%20way%22&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Penelope Ann Miller]] as Gail. Casting for Gail proved difficult because of the character's striptease scenes. The character needed someone who was both a talented dancer and actor.<ref name="De Palma"/> * [[John Leguizamo]] as Benny Blanco, "from the Bronx", an up-and-coming gangster who is determined to exceed Carlito's reputation but lacks any sense of ethics.<ref name="press pack p6">''Carlito's Way'' Press Pack, p. 6.</ref> * [[Luis Guzmán]] as Pachanga. In Koepp's first draft of the screenplay, Pachanga spoke in a very heavy slang style. Following rumbles from the Latino cast and crew, Koepp toned this down.<ref name="Koepp"/> * [[Ángel Salazar]] as Walberto * [[Jorge Porcel]] as Reinaldo "Ron" Saso * [[Al Israel]] as Rolando Rivas * Ingrid Rogers as Steffie * [[James Rebhorn]] as District Attorney Bill Norwalk * [[John Finn]] as Detective Duncan * [[Michael P. Moran]] as Party Guest * [[Joseph Siravo]] as Vincent Taglialucci * Frank Minucci as Tony "Tony T" Taglialucci * [[Rocco Sisto]] as Panama Hatman * [[Adrian Pasdar]] as Frank Taglialucci * [[Richard Foronjy]] as Pete Amadesso * [[Vincent Pastore]] as Copa Wiseguy * [[Viggo Mortensen]] as Lalin Miasso * [[John Ortiz|John Augstin Ortiz]] as Guajiro * [[Jaime Sánchez (actor)|Jaime Sánchez]] as Rudy ==Production== Pacino first heard about the character Carlito Brigante in a [[YMCA]] gym in New York City in 1973. Pacino was working out for his movie ''[[Serpico]]'' when he met [[New York Supreme Court|New York State Supreme Court]] Judge [[Edwin Torres (judge)|Edwin Torres]] (the author who was writing the novels ''Carlito's Way'' and ''After Hours''). When the novels were completed, Pacino read them and liked them, especially the character of Carlito.<ref name="hot dog p30">''Hot Dog'' magazine, August 2000, p. 30.</ref> Inspiration for the novels came from Torres's background: the East Harlem [[barrio]] where he was born and its atmosphere of [[gangs]], drugs and [[poverty]].<ref name="press pack p2">''Carlito's Way'' Press Pack, p. 2.</ref> In 1989, Pacino faced a $6 million lawsuit from [[film producer|producer]] [[Elliott Kastner]]. Kastner claimed that Pacino had reneged on an agreement to star in his version of a Carlito movie with [[Marlon Brando]] as criminal lawyer David Kleinfeld. The suit was dropped, and the project was abandoned.<ref name="hot dog p30" /> Pacino went to producer [[Martin Bregman]] with the intention of getting a Carlito Brigante film made and showed him an early draft of a screenplay, which Bregman rejected.<ref name="Bregman">{{cite video |people=Martin Bregman |title=The Making of Carlito's Way |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |date=2004}}</ref> Both Bregman and Pacino agreed that the character of Brigante would provide a suitable showcase for Pacino's talents.<ref name="Bregman" /> Bregman approached screenwriter David Koepp, who had just finished writing the script for Bregman's forthcoming ''[[The Shadow (1994 film)|The Shadow]],'' and asked him to write the script for ''Carlito's Way''.<ref name="press pack p4">''Carlito's Way'' Press Pack, p. 4.</ref> The decision came that the screenplay would be based on the second novel ''After Hours''. At this stage, Carlito would be closer to Pacino's age.<ref name="Torres">{{cite video |people=Edwin Torres |title=The Making of Carlito's Way |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |date=2004}}</ref> Although based primarily on the second novel, the title ''Carlito's Way'' remained,<ref name="Torres" /> mainly because of the existence of [[Martin Scorsese]]'s movie ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]''. Bregman worked closely with Koepp for two years to develop the [[shooting script]] for ''Carlito's Way''.<ref name="press pack p4" /> Koepp wrestled with the [[voice-over]] throughout the writing process. Initially, the voice-over was to take place in the hospital, but De Palma suggested the train station platform.<ref name="Koepp">{{cite video |people=David Koepp |title=The Making of Carlito's Way |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |date=2004}}</ref> The hospital scenes were written 25 to 30 times because the actors had trouble with the sequence, with Pacino thinking that Carlito would not even go to the hospital. With one final re-write, Koepp managed to make the scene work to Pacino's satisfaction. In the novels, Kleinfeld does not die, but De Palma has a huge sense of justice and retribution. He could not have Carlito killed off and have Kleinfeld live.<ref name="Koepp" /> At one point, ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' director [[John Mackenzie (director)|John Mackenzie]] was linked to the film. When ''Carlito's Way'' and its sequel ''After Hours'' were [[optioned]], Martin Bregman had [[Abel Ferrara]] in mind. However, when Bregman and Ferrara parted ways, De Palma was recruited. Bregman explained that this decision was not about "getting the old team back together", but rather making use of the best talent available.<ref name="hot dog p30" /> De Palma reluctantly read the script, but as soon as [[Spanish-speaking]] characters became evident, he feared that it would be ''Scarface'' again.<ref name="De Palma">{{cite video |people=Brian De Palma |title=The Making of Carlito's Way |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |date=2004}}</ref> He said that he did not want to make another Spanish-speaking [[gangster movie]].<ref name="hot dog p30" /> When De Palma finally did read it all the way through, he realized that it was not what he thought it was. De Palma liked the script and envisioned it as a [[film noir|noir]] movie.<ref name="press pack p4" /> Bregman supervised casting throughout the various stages of [[pre-production]], and carefully selected the creative team who would make the film a reality. This included [[production designer]] Richard Sylbert, [[film editor|editor]] [[Bill Pankow]], [[costume designer]] Aude Bronson-Howard and [[director of photography]] Stephen Burum.<ref name="press pack p7">''Carlito's Way'' Press Pack", p. 7.</ref> Initially, filming began on March 22, 1993, although the first scheduled shoot, the [[Grand Central Terminal|Grand Central Station]] climax, had to be changed when Pacino arrived on crutches. Instead, the tension-building [[Billiard hall|pool-hall]] sequence, where Carlito accompanies his young cousin Guajiro on an ill-fated drug deal, started the production.<ref name="hot dog p33">''Hot Dog'' magazine, August 2000, p. 33.</ref> Because the film was heavily character-based and featured little action, the early pool sequence had to be elaborate and set up right. A huge amount of time was spent setting it up and filming it.<ref name="De Palma" /> After the [[film studio]] had viewed a cut of the pool hall sequence, a note was passed onto the crew stating that they felt that the scene was too long. De Palma spent more time adding to the sequence, and made it work with the help of editor Bill Pankow.<ref name="Koepp" /> Apart from the poster sequence, which was shot in Florida, the entire movie was filmed on location in New York. De Palma roamed [[Manhattan]] searching for suitable visual locations. A tenement on 115th Street became the site of Carlito's homecoming: the barrio scene. The courtroom, in which Carlito thanks the prosecutor, was shot in Judge Torres's workplace, the State Supreme Court Building at [[New York County Courthouse|60 Centre Street]].<ref name="hot dog p33" /> The Club Paradise was initially in a West Side brownstone as the model for the book's premises. However, this was considered too cramped for filming. A multi-level bistro club designed by De Palma took shape at the [[Kaufman Astoria Studios]] in [[Long Island City]], in a style of 1970s [[Art Deco|art-deco]] [[disco]].<ref name="press pack p8">''Carlito's Way'' Press Pack", p. 8.</ref> Tony Taglialucci's escape from [[Rikers Island]], a night shoot mid-river, was considered impossible. Instead, the production used a [[Brooklyn]] shipyard where Kleinfeld's boat was lowered into an empty lock into which river water was pumped. Smoke machines and towers of space lights were installed. For a climactic finale, De Palma staged a chase from the platform of the [[Harlem-125th Street (Metro-North)]] station to the escalators of Grand Central Terminal. For the shoot, trains were re-routed and timed for Pacino and his pursuers to dart from car to hurtling car.<ref name="press pack p8" /> The length of the [[escalator]] scene during the climactic gunfight at Grand Central Station caused a headache for editor Pankow. He had to piece together the sequences so that the audience would be so tied up in the action that they would not be thinking about how long the escalator was running.<ref>{{cite video |people=Bill Pankow |title=The Making of Carlito's Way |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |date=2004}}</ref> {{clear}} ==Reception== ''Carlito's Way'' wrapped on July 20, 1993, and was released on November 3, 1993.<ref name="hot dog p34">''Hot Dog'' magazine, August 2000, p. 34.</ref> Critical response to the theatrical release was somewhat lukewarm. The film was criticized for re-treading old ground,<ref name="reverseshot">{{cite web |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |date=21 November 2006|title=Carlito's Way – Reverse Shot |publisher=www.reverseshot.com |url=http://www.reverseshot.com/article/carlitos_way |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=March 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330233746/http://www.reverseshot.com/article/carlitos_way |url-status=live}}</ref> mainly De Palma's own ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' and ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |title=Review by Berardinelli |publisher=www.reelviews.net |year=1993 |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/carlitos.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519175425/https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/carlitos.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="roger ebert">{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Roger Ebert review |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |work=rogerebert.com |date=December 11, 1993 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19931112/REVIEWS/311120302/1023 |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=April 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423133217/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19931112%2FREVIEWS%2F311120302%2F1023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' stated in his review that the film is one of De Palma's finest, with some of the best set-pieces he has done.<ref name="roger ebert" /> [[Patrick Doyle]] was praised for his scoring of the film [[soundtrack]], which was described as "elegiac" and "hauntingly beautiful", which "displays Doyle as one of the major talents of modern film scoring".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way score |publisher=www.soundtrack-express.com |url=http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/carlito.htm |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703230909/http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/carlito.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film has an approval rating of 84% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 50 reviews, with a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] of 7.20/10. The site's consensus states: "''Carlito's Way'' reunites De Palma and Pacino for a more wistful take on the crime epic, delivering a stylish thriller with a beating heart beneath its pyrotechnic performances and set pieces."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way (1993) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carlitos_way/ |access-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523154418/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carlitos_way/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' criticized the film for Pacino's "Rican" accent that slips into his "Southern drawl from ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]''", "De Palma's erratic pacing and derivative shootouts" and "what might have been if ''Carlito's Way'' had forged new ground and not gone down smokin' in the shadow of ''Scarface''".<ref name="RS">{{cite web |last=Travers |first=Peter |title=Rolling Stone review |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947281/review/5947282/carlitos_way |access-date=April 16, 2008 |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417111947/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947281/review/5947282/carlitos_way |url-status=dead}}</ref> On the syndicated ''[[Siskel & Ebert]]'' television show, Ebert gave the film a thumbs up, while [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave it a thumbs down.<ref name="RS" /> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described the film as "a competent and solidly unsurprising urban-underworld thriller", and as "okay entertainment", but went on to say that the plot would have worked better "as a lean-and-mean ''[[Miami Vice]]'' episode".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |title=Entertainment Weekly review |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308638,00.html |access-date=April 16, 2008 |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110122918/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308638,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bregman was surprised by some of the negative reviews, but stated that some of the same reviewers have since "retracted" their views on further discussions of the film.<ref name="Bregman"/> A few weeks before the film's premiere, De Palma told the crew not to get their hopes up about the film's reception. He correctly predicted that Pacino, having just won an Oscar, would be criticized; Koepp, having just done ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', would "suck"; Penn would be "brilliant" because he had not done anything for a while; and De Palma, having not been forgiven for ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'', would not quite be embraced.<ref name="Koepp"/> ''Carlito's Way'' premiered with an opening weekend [[box office]], taking in over $9 million. At the end of its theatrical run, the film had grossed more than $37 million in the United States and Canada, and $27 million overseas, for a $64 million total.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carlitosway.htm |title=Carlito's Way (1993) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 15, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104511/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carlitosway.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller both received [[Golden Globe]] nominations for their respective roles as Kleinfeld and Gail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards |work=IMDb |url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0106519/awards |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108151614/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106519/awards |url-status=live}}</ref> More recent appreciation of the film was highlighted when the French publication ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'' named it as one of the three best films of the 1990s, along with ''[[The Bridges of Madison County (film)|The Bridges of Madison County]]'' and ''[[Goodbye South, Goodbye]]''.<ref name="reverseshot"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Villella |first=Fiona A. |title=A Revelation: Carlito's Way |publisher=www.sensesofcinema.com |url=http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/carlito.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225214131/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/carlito.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result |- |[[Chicago Film Critics Association|CFCA Award]] |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Sean Penn]] |{{nom}} |- |[[David di Donatello Awards]] |[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]] |[[Al Pacino]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Award]]s |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] |Sean Penn |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]] |[[Penelope Ann Miller]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Nastro d'Argento]] |[[Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing|Best Male Dubbing]] |[[Giancarlo Giannini]] {{small|(for dubbing Al Pacino in the Italian version)}} |{{won}} |- |} ==Music== [[Patrick Doyle]] composed the original score, while musical supervisor [[Jellybean Benitez]] supplemented the [[soundtrack]] with elements of [[Salsa music|salsa]], [[Merengue music|merengue]] and other authentic styles.<ref name="press pack p7"/> ===Score=== {{Infobox album | name = Carlito's Way: Original Motion Picture Score | type = film | artist = Patrick Doyle | cover = Carlito's Way Score Cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1993 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Soundtrack]] | length = | label = Varese Sarabande | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/carlitos-way-music-from-the-motion-picture--mw0002219539|title=Carlito's Way [Music from the Motion Picture] Original Soundtrack|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Music Week]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-22.pdf|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=January 22, 1994|page=13|access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref> }} {{Track listing | title1 = Carlito's Way | length1 = 05:17 | title2 = Carlito and Gail | length2 = 04:05 | title3 = The Cafe | length3 = 01:59 | title4 = Laline | length4 = 02:36 | title5 = You're Over, Man | length5 = 02:09 | title6 = Where's My Cheesecake? | length6 = 02:12 | title7 = The Buoy | length7 = 04:04 | title8 = The Elevator | length8 = 01:45 | title9 = There's an Angle Here | length9 = 02:18 | title10 = Grand Central | length10 = 10:08 | title11 = Remember Me | length11 = 04:52 }} ===Soundtrack=== {{Infobox album | name = Carlito's Way: Music From The Motion Picture | type = Soundtrack | artist = Various Artists | cover = | caption = | alt = | released = November 9, 1993 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Soundtrack]] | length = | label = Sony | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Track listing | extra_column = Artist | title1 = [[I Love Music (The O'Jays song)#Rozalla version|I Love Music]] | extra1 = [[Rozalla]] | length1 = 4:52 | title2 = [[Rock the Boat (The Hues Corporation song)|Rock the Boat]] | extra2 = [[The Hues Corporation]] | length2 = 3:09 | title3 = [[That's the Way (I Like It)]] | extra3 = [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] | length3 = 3:06 | title4 = [[Rock Your Baby]] | extra4 = [[Ed Terry]] | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = Parece Mentira | extra5 = [[Marc Anthony]] | length5 = 5:26 | title6 = [[Back Stabbers (song)|Back Stabbers]] | extra6 = [[The O'Jays]] | length6 = 3:09 | title7 = [[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]] | extra7 = [[MFSB]] | length7 = 3:38 | title8 = [[Got to Be Real]] | extra8 = [[Cheryl Lynn]] | length8 = 5:07 | title9 = [[Lady Marmalade]] | extra9 = [[Labelle]] | length9 = 3:57 | title10 = [[Pillow Talk (song)|Pillow Talk]] | extra10 = Sinoa | length10 = 3:49 | title11 = El Watusi | extra11 = [[Ray Barretto]] | length11 = 2:40 | title12 = [[Oye Como Va]] | extra12 = [[Santana (band)|Santana]] | length12 = 4:17 | title13 = [[You Are So Beautiful]] | extra13 = [[Billy Preston]] | length13 = 4:50 }} ==Releases== The film was released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] in [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|fullscreen]] and [[widescreen]] versions.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> For the LaserDisc version, this would be a [[THX]] certified release.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-new-home-games/154334172/ |title=New Home Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106213359/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-new-home-games/154334172/ |date=April 15, 1994 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |page=153 |publisher=[[Newsday (Nassau Edition)]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It was eventually released on [[DVD]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way at Amazon |work=www.amazon.co.uk |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carlitos-Way-Al-Pacino/dp/B0001IMCRU |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409132228/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carlitos-Way-Al-Pacino/dp/B0001IMCRU |url-status=live}}</ref> with an Ultimate Edition in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way at DVD Times |work=www.dvdtimes.co.uk |url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=57777 |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-date=March 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322035433/http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=57777 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Ultimate Edition DVD includes deleted scenes, an interview with De Palma, a "making-of" documentary, and more.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barsanti |first=Chris |title=Film Critic DVD review |work=Filmcritic.com |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Carlitos-Way |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416010053/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Carlitos-Way |archive-date=April 16, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, an [[HD DVD]] version was released that features the same bonus material as the Ultimate Edition.<ref>{{cite web |title=HD DVD review at High-Def Digest |work=High-Def Digest |url=http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1035/carlitosway.html |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-date=March 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309091048/http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1035/carlitosway.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released on [[Blu-ray]] on May 18, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Carlitos-Way-Blu-ray/9963/ |title=Carlito's Way Blu-ray Release Date May 18, 2010 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227044156/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Carlitos-Way-Blu-ray/9963/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ==Prequel== {{Main|Carlito's Way: Rise to Power}} A prequel based on [[Edwin Torres (judge)|Edwin Torres]]'s first novel was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2005, with the title ''Carlito's Way: Rise to Power''. Critically panned, the film nevertheless received Torres's blessing as an accurate adaptation of the first novel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way Rise to Power |work=Highdefdigest.com |url=http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1036/carlitoswayrisetopower.html |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-date=March 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323134633/http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1036/carlitoswayrisetopower.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * Universal Pictures, ''Carlito's Way'' "Press Pack," 1993. * Highbury Entertainment, "The Making Of ''Carlito's Way,''" ''[[Hotdog Magazine]],'' 2000. ==External links== {{Wikiquote|Carlito's Way}} * {{IMDb title|0106519}} * {{TCMDb title|70316}} * {{Letterboxd film|carlitos-way}} * {{Mojo title|carlitosway}} * {{Rotten-tomatoes|carlitos_way}} {{Brian De Palma Films}} {{David Koepp}} [[Category:Carlito's Way]] [[Category:1993 films]] [[Category:1993 crime drama films]] [[Category:1990s American films]] [[Category:1990s English-language films]] [[Category:American crime drama films]] [[Category:American films about revenge]] [[Category:Films set in New York City]] [[Category:Films about the American Mafia]] [[Category:Films about drugs]] [[Category:Films about murderers]] [[Category:Films based on American crime novels]] [[Category:Films based on multiple works of a series]] [[Category:Films directed by Brian De Palma]] [[Category:Films produced by Martin Bregman]] [[Category:Films scored by Patrick Doyle]] [[Category:Films set in 1975]] [[Category:Films set on the New York City Subway]] [[Category:Films shot in New York City]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by David Koepp]] [[Category:Universal Pictures films]] [[Category:English-language crime drama films]]
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