Carlito's Way overview

Carlitos Way

Synopsis:

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).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Brian De Palma
  • Studio: Universal
  • Year: 1993
  • Run Time: 141 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, drug content, sexuality and language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Crime
  • Filmed in: Color

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