Carlito's Way
Summary: A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Runtime: 2 h 24 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 30,000,000
Domestic: $ 36,948,322
International: $ 26,900,000
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1970s fashion1970s new york360 degree panambushamerican gangsteramerican mafiaanti heroanti semitismapostrophe in titleassassinationassassination attemptbaseball batbaseball bat used as a weaponbased on novelbeaten to deathbeatingberettaberetta 92beretta 92fberetta cheetahbetrayalbetrayedbillboardblack and white sceneblackmailblondeblonde womanbloodblood splatterbludgeoningboatboyfriend girlfriend relationshipbrief female full frontal nuditybrowning hi power pistolbuoycareer criminalcarried on a stretchercashchampagnecharacter's point of view camera shotchasechasedcigar smokingcigar smoking gangstercitycocainecocaine addictcocaine addictioncocaine traffickingcocaine usecokeheadcorrupt lawyercorrupt prison guardcosa nostracourtroomcourtroom scenecrime bosscriminal underworldcrooked lawyerdance studiodancerdancingdancing in a night clubdeathdeath of gangsterdeath of herodeath of protagonistdeath of title characterdiscodisco agedisco clubdisco dancingdisco musicdiscothequedisguised as a police officerdisguised as policedistrict attorneydoublecrossdrug dealdrug deal gone baddrug deal gone wrongdrug dealerdrug usedrugsdumping a dead body in a riverdutch angleeast riverel trainelevated trainelevatorends with deathentrepreneurescalatorethnic slurex conex convictex drug dealerex lover ex lover relationshipex lovers back togetherexotic dancerextortionfalling down stairsfat mafiosofemale full frontal nudityfemale nudityfemale rear nudityfirst person narrativeflashbackfoot chaseformer loverformer loversfriend turned foeganglandgangland crimegangland executiongangland hitgangland murdergangstergangster as protagonistgangster boyfriendgangster killedgangster murders fellow gangstergangster's songirl wears pantiesgirlfriend is secretly a strippergo go dancergrand central stationgrand central station manhattan new york citygungunfighthandgunharlemharlem manhattanharlem manhattan new york cityharlem new yorkheadshothispanic communityhispanic gangsterhit on the headhit with a baseball bathit with a pool cuehospitalinformantinformerinterracial romanceinterracial sexitalian americanitalian gangsterjail escapejailbreakjewjewishjewish americanjewish lawyerjewish mankissknife in the chestlast standlatin musiclatinos versus italianslawyerleather jacketlong takelove interestm1911 pistolmafiamafia bossmafia donmafiosimafiosomain character shotman uses a wheelchairman wears eyeglassesmanhattanmanhattan new yorkmanhattan new york citymob bossmob hitmob hitmanmob lawyermob violencemobstermoneymurdermurdered escaping from prisonmurdered gangsternarration from the graveneo noirnew yorknew york citynew york subwaynew yorkernightclubnightclub ownerobesityold flameone last jobopening action sceneorganized crimeout of ammunitionoutdoor sexparaplegicpartypistolplaying poolpole dancingpolicepool cuepool cue as a weaponpool hallpool partypoolhall shootoutpregnant girlfriendprisonprison breakprison escapeprison guardprofanityprotagonist killedpsychopathpuerto ricanpuerto rican americanpuerto rican manpunctuation in titlepushed down stairsracial slurrailway stationreference to green haven correctional facility new yorkreference to heroinreference to j. p. morganreference to rikers island prison bargereference to sing sing prisonreference to sing sing prison new yorkreference to the bahamasreference to the bronx new yorkreference to the bronx new york cityreformed characterreformed criminalreformed gangsterrekindle old flameremoving bullets from a gunrevengerevolverriker's island correctional facility new york cityrikers islandrikers island new york cityrival gangsterrivalrysafesecret passagewaysecretly removing bullets from a gunsex in a bathroomsex in a bathroom stallsex in a toiletsex in bathroom stallsex in bedsex in publicsex in restroom stallsex in the bathroomsex in toiletsex sceneshootoutshootout at a train stationshootout in a hospitalshot and killedshot deadshot in the chestshot in the faceshot in the headshot to deathshot with a silenced gunshystersilenced gunsilenced pistolsilencersilencer pistolsleazy lawyersmith & wesson model 10smith and wesson revolversnitchsnorting cocainespanish harlemspanish harlem manhattan new york cityspeaking spanishstabbedstabbed in the cheststabbingsteadicamstretcherstrip clubstrippersubjective camerasubwaysurprise endingtape recordertaxithreatened with a gunthreatened with a knifethroat slittingthrown down a staircasethrown down stairstimeframe 1970stopless dancingtough guytragic eventtraintwo word titleunderworldunplanned pregnancyunwanted pregnancyunwed pregnancyurban settingvengeancevillain turns goodviolencevoice over narrationwearing a sound wirewearing a wirewheelchairwiredwiretapwoman snorts cocaineyacht
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