Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is a Puerto Rican drug-lord who has been released from prison and is convinced he will begin a new life and remove himself from the violence of his criminal past. Filmed by thriller-master, Brian De Palma, “Carlito’s Way” is both a fiery and fast-paced gangster film and a powerful study of an individual attempting to come to terms with the failures of his past. Pacino is outstanding as Carlito, and so is Sean Penn, as a coke-snorting lawyer who is enamoured by Carlito’s past but ignorant of the dangers involved. This film is a more baroque and expansive treatment of the themes De Palma explored in his earlier “Scarface”. This is an adult gangster movie. The disco-tinged score (the movie is set in the late-seventies), is by Jellybean Benitez and features some great Latin and salsa disco music.
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ACMI Identifier
306366
Language
English
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)