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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 09/16/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 9 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 8 Genres: Crime, Black Comedy, Crime Comedy, Gangster Film See Also: Prizzi's Honor

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, All Movie Guide

Jack Nicholson - Charley Partanna
Kathleen Turner - Irene Walker
Anjelica Huston - Maerose Prizzi
William Hickey - Don Corrado Prizzi
Robert Loggia - Eduardo Prizzi

John Huston's gangster comedy Prizzi's Honor is one of the few films to follow through on both aspects of the genre. The film comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but it would be accurate to say that Prizzi's Honor has never looked better on home video than it does on this release from MGM. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide