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    Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

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    Jack Nicholson enjoys himself enormously as Charley Partanna, a hitman for the powerful Prizzi family, a leading New York Mafia family.

    Charley falls for gorgeous ‘tax consultant’ Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner) at a Mob wedding – only to discover she is, in fact, in the same line of business as him. She represents the interests of a rival Mafia family, which places Charley in a classic head-versus-heart dilemma.

    A complicated series of events triggered by a wronged Prizzi princess (Anjelica Huston, the director’s daughter, in an engagingly offbeat performance) leads Charley and Irene to become each other’s targets in the outrageous finale.

    Speaking exaggerated gangsterese and looking like his One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest character after the lobotomy, Nicholson gives a daring, funny performance, while Turner is the perfect foil.

    Director John Huston’s wonderful movie features superb turns from the whole cast.

    Charley Partanna
    Jack Nicholson
    Irene Walker
    Kathleen Turner
    Eduardo Prizzi
    Robert Loggia
    Angelo ‘Pop’ Partanna
    John Randolph
    Don Corrado Prizzi
    William Hickey
    Dominic Prizzi
    Lee Richardson
    Rosario Filargi ‘Finlay’
    Michael Lombard
    Maerose Prizzi
    Anjelica Huston
    Lt. Hanley
    Lawrence Tierney
    Peaches Altamont
    CCH Pounder
    Amalia Prizzi
    Ann Selepegno
    Phil Vittimizzare
    Vic Polizos
    Bluestone
    Dick O’Neill
    Casco Vascone
    Sully Boyar

    Director
    John Huston

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