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Prizzi's Honor

( Catalog Number ID3109CC )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

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Two TV Spots

Prizzi's Honor
1985 - 130 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Black comedy about a thick hitman who falls for a woman who turns out to be in the same business. The romance hits a snag when "The Boss" hires each to rub out the other.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Richard Condon's delicious black comedy was lovingly translated to the screen by legendary director John Huston in one of his last movies. The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to bending laws and breaking skulls. Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson), a Prizzi hit man, is not quite so honorable, at least where affairs of the heart are concerned. While attending a mob wedding, he throws over his longtime sweetheart Maerose Prizzi (Anjelica Huston) in favor of gorgeous Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner). Supposedly a tax consultant, Irene is actually a paid killer like Charley and this endears her to him all the more. But when it turns out that Irene has betrayed the Prizzis, Charley finds himself on the horns of a dilemma: does he kill Irene or marry her Fortuitously, Irene helps Charley make up his mind by attempting to kill him. The film's strongest suit is its matter-of-fact approach to Charley and Irene's profession; in the movie's most memorable scene, the two lovers calmly discuss their dinner plans while disposing of the corpse of their latest victim. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Prizzi's Honor won Best Supporting Actress for Huston's daughter Anjelica, playing the "art imitates life" role of Nicholson's cast-off girl friend. The win made Anjelica, John, and Walter Huston the only three generations of one family all to win Oscars. --- Hal Erickson

This wickedly post-modern gangster film about a dull-witted Mafia hitman who falls for a slightly smarter version of himself is distinguished by the bleakly comic dialogue by Janet Roach, an exquisitely droll performance by Angelica Huston, and an amusingly gravelly-voiced turn by William Hickey as a deceptively vicious don. Based on an irony-rich novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate), Prizzi's Honor was craftily directed by Hollywood veteran John Huston and lusciously photographed by Andrej Bartkowiak. The movie so charms us that we almost forget that these are mobsters whose livelihood depends on others' misfortune, a point cleverly driven home when the married mobsters are hired to kill each other. Jack Nicholson alternately hams and charms his way through the role, while Kathleen Turner is in fine full-throated form as the noir-ish femme fatale. The film carries a subversive subtext about American business practices that hints at Condon's and Huston's deeper purpose, but it is so well disguised by Huston's light touch with the dark material that Prizzi's Honor effortlessly transcends its sinister undertones. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Prizzi's Honor

Jack Nicholson - Charley Partanna
Kathleen Turner - Irene Walker
Anjelica Huston - Maerose Prizzi
William Hickey - Don Corrado Prizzi
Robert Loggia - Eduardo Prizzi
John Randolph - Angelo "Pop" Partanna
Lee Richardson - Dominic Prizzi
Michael Lombard - Filargi "Finlay"
Lawrence Tierney - Lieutenant Hanley
Joseph Ruskin - Marxie Heller
Ann Selepegno - Amalia Prizzi
Beth Raines - Airport Clerk
Dick O'Neill - Bluestone
Vic Polizos - Phil Vittimizzare
Skip O'Brien - Bartender
C.C.H. Pounder - Peaches Altamont
Antonia Vasquez - Theresa Prizzi
Theodore Theoharous - Priest
Murray Staff - Gallagher
Stanley Tucci - Soldier
Michael Tuck - Anchorman Fred
Michael Sabin - Charley at 17
Themi Sapountzakis - Policeman
George Santopietro - Plumber
Tom Signorelli - Photographer
Ray Serra - Bocca
Teddi Siddall - Beulah
Marlene Williams - Mrs. Calhane
Bill Brecht - Cigar Smoker
Sully Boyar - Casco Vascone
Dominic Barto - Presto Ciglione
John Calvani - Don's Bodyguard
Scott Campbell - Groom at Mexican Chapel
Kenneth Cervi - Bodyguard
Erasmus C. Alfano - Cigar Smoker
Luis Accinelli - Man at Mexican Wedding
Tomasino Baratta - Opera Singer
Seth Allen - Gomsky
Jonathan L. Arland - Man at Mexican Wedding
Thomas Lomonaco - Cigar Smoker
Alexandra Ivanoff - Soprano in Church
Ray Iannicelli - Photographer
Reuben Gonzalez - Man at Mexican Wedding
Debra Kelly - Bride at Mexican Chapel
Joe Kopmar - Cigar Smoker
Enzo Citarelli - Priest
Peter D'Arcy - Cigar Smoker
John Codiglia - Policeman
Danielle Frederick - Woman at Mexican Wedding
Henry Fehren - Bishop
Michael Fischetti - Kiely

Crew for Prizzi's Honor

John Huston - Director
John C. Foreman - Producer
Richard Condon - Screenwriter
Janet Roach - Screenwriter
Andrzej Bartkowiak - Cinematographer
Alex North - Composer (Music Score)
Kaja Fehr - Editor
Rudi Fehr - Editor
Dennis Washington - Production Designer
Tracy Bousman - Art Director
Michael Helmy - Art Director
Charles Truhan - Set Designer
Bruce Weintraub - Set Designer
Donfeld - Costume Designer
Don Feld - Costume Designer
E. Thomas Case - Makeup
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Connie Brink - Special Effects
Alixe Gordin - Casting
Donald C. Klune - Production Manager

Awards for Prizzi's Honor

Best Actor (nom) Jack Nicholson 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Janet Roach 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Richard Condon 1985 Academy
Best Costume Design (nom) Donfeld 1985 Academy
Best Director (nom) John Huston 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Rudi Fehr 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Kaja Fehr 1985 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) William Hickey 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (win) Huston, Anjelica 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) 1985 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (win) Jack Nicholson 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (win) John Huston 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) Anjelica Huston 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Janet Roach 1986 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) (win) Jack Nicholson 1986 Golden Globe
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) (win) Kathleen Turner 1986 Golden Globe
Best Director (win) John Huston 1986 Golden Globe
Best Film (Musical or Comedy) (win) John Huston 1986 Golden Globe

Feature Details

Title: Prizzi's Honor
Feature Release Date: 1985
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 130 Minutes
Chapters: 67
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 25 Feb 1998
Catalog Number: ID3109CC
UPC: 014381310962
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
Publisher: Image Entertainment

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID3109CC
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner and Anjelica Huston in...

Prizzi's Honor

( Catalog Number ID3109CC )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
An Informative Still Frame Filmography of Director John Huston
Isolated Music and Effects Channel
Two TV Spots

Prizzi's Honor
1985 - 130 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Black comedy about a thick hitman who falls for a woman who turns out to be in the same business. The romance hits a snag when "The Boss" hires each to rub out the other.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Richard Condon's delicious black comedy was lovingly translated to the screen by legendary director John Huston in one of his last movies. The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to bending laws and breaking skulls. Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson), a Prizzi hit man, is not quite so honorable, at least where affairs of the heart are concerned. While attending a mob wedding, he throws over his longtime sweetheart Maerose Prizzi (Anjelica Huston) in favor of gorgeous Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner). Supposedly a tax consultant, Irene is actually a paid killer like Charley and this endears her to him all the more. But when it turns out that Irene has betrayed the Prizzis, Charley finds himself on the horns of a dilemma: does he kill Irene or marry her Fortuitously, Irene helps Charley make up his mind by attempting to kill him. The film's strongest suit is its matter-of-fact approach to Charley and Irene's profession; in the movie's most memorable scene, the two lovers calmly discuss their dinner plans while disposing of the corpse of their latest victim. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Prizzi's Honor won Best Supporting Actress for Huston's daughter Anjelica, playing the "art imitates life" role of Nicholson's cast-off girl friend. The win made Anjelica, John, and Walter Huston the only three generations of one family all to win Oscars. --- Hal Erickson

This wickedly post-modern gangster film about a dull-witted Mafia hitman who falls for a slightly smarter version of himself is distinguished by the bleakly comic dialogue by Janet Roach, an exquisitely droll performance by Angelica Huston, and an amusingly gravelly-voiced turn by William Hickey as a deceptively vicious don. Based on an irony-rich novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate), Prizzi's Honor was craftily directed by Hollywood veteran John Huston and lusciously photographed by Andrej Bartkowiak. The movie so charms us that we almost forget that these are mobsters whose livelihood depends on others' misfortune, a point cleverly driven home when the married mobsters are hired to kill each other. Jack Nicholson alternately hams and charms his way through the role, while Kathleen Turner is in fine full-throated form as the noir-ish femme fatale. The film carries a subversive subtext about American business practices that hints at Condon's and Huston's deeper purpose, but it is so well disguised by Huston's light touch with the dark material that Prizzi's Honor effortlessly transcends its sinister undertones. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Prizzi's Honor

Jack Nicholson - Charley Partanna
Kathleen Turner - Irene Walker
Anjelica Huston - Maerose Prizzi
William Hickey - Don Corrado Prizzi
Robert Loggia - Eduardo Prizzi
John Randolph - Angelo "Pop" Partanna
Lee Richardson - Dominic Prizzi
Michael Lombard - Filargi "Finlay"
Lawrence Tierney - Lieutenant Hanley
Joseph Ruskin - Marxie Heller
Ann Selepegno - Amalia Prizzi
Beth Raines - Airport Clerk
Dick O'Neill - Bluestone
Vic Polizos - Phil Vittimizzare
Skip O'Brien - Bartender
C.C.H. Pounder - Peaches Altamont
Antonia Vasquez - Theresa Prizzi
Theodore Theoharous - Priest
Murray Staff - Gallagher
Stanley Tucci - Soldier
Michael Tuck - Anchorman Fred
Michael Sabin - Charley at 17
Themi Sapountzakis - Policeman
George Santopietro - Plumber
Tom Signorelli - Photographer
Ray Serra - Bocca
Teddi Siddall - Beulah
Marlene Williams - Mrs. Calhane
Bill Brecht - Cigar Smoker
Sully Boyar - Casco Vascone
Dominic Barto - Presto Ciglione
John Calvani - Don's Bodyguard
Scott Campbell - Groom at Mexican Chapel
Kenneth Cervi - Bodyguard
Erasmus C. Alfano - Cigar Smoker
Luis Accinelli - Man at Mexican Wedding
Tomasino Baratta - Opera Singer
Seth Allen - Gomsky
Jonathan L. Arland - Man at Mexican Wedding
Thomas Lomonaco - Cigar Smoker
Alexandra Ivanoff - Soprano in Church
Ray Iannicelli - Photographer
Reuben Gonzalez - Man at Mexican Wedding
Debra Kelly - Bride at Mexican Chapel
Joe Kopmar - Cigar Smoker
Enzo Citarelli - Priest
Peter D'Arcy - Cigar Smoker
John Codiglia - Policeman
Danielle Frederick - Woman at Mexican Wedding
Henry Fehren - Bishop
Michael Fischetti - Kiely

Crew for Prizzi's Honor

John Huston - Director
John C. Foreman - Producer
Richard Condon - Screenwriter
Janet Roach - Screenwriter
Andrzej Bartkowiak - Cinematographer
Alex North - Composer (Music Score)
Kaja Fehr - Editor
Rudi Fehr - Editor
Dennis Washington - Production Designer
Tracy Bousman - Art Director
Michael Helmy - Art Director
Charles Truhan - Set Designer
Bruce Weintraub - Set Designer
Donfeld - Costume Designer
Don Feld - Costume Designer
E. Thomas Case - Makeup
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Connie Brink - Special Effects
Alixe Gordin - Casting
Donald C. Klune - Production Manager

Awards for Prizzi's Honor

Best Actor (nom) Jack Nicholson 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Janet Roach 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Richard Condon 1985 Academy
Best Costume Design (nom) Donfeld 1985 Academy
Best Director (nom) John Huston 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Rudi Fehr 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Kaja Fehr 1985 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) William Hickey 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (win) Huston, Anjelica 1985 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) 1985 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (win) Jack Nicholson 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (win) John Huston 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) Anjelica Huston 1985 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Janet Roach 1986 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) (win) Jack Nicholson 1986 Golden Globe
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) (win) Kathleen Turner 1986 Golden Globe
Best Director (win) John Huston 1986 Golden Globe
Best Film (Musical or Comedy) (win) John Huston 1986 Golden Globe

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