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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 09/13/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Crime, Crime Drama, Gangster Film See Also: Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way [Collector's Edition], Carlito's Way [HD DVD], Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way [Collector's Edition], Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). Carlito renounces his previous ways and takes a job as the manager of a club that Kleinfeld has invested in, planning to save enough money so that he can eventually move to the Caribbean. But no sooner is Carlito back on the streets of New York than his old life claws at him in the form of both old partners (Luis Guzman) and vicious up-and-comers (John Leguizamo). Nevertheless, Carlito stays clean and even restarts his relationship with a dancer named Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), until he is finally led astray by Kleinfeld, who manipulates Carlito into participating in the murder of a Mafia don from whom Kleinfeld has stolen a million dollars. At that point, the race is on to see whether Carlito and Gail can escape his world for good. The film is based on two novels about Carlito written by New York State judge Edwin Torres. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Al Pacino - Carlito Brigante
Sean Penn - David Kleinfeld
Penelope Ann Miller - Gail
Luis Guzman - Pachanga
John Leguizamo - Benny Blanco

Carlito's Way gets another expanded release with this Ultimate Edition thanks to the DVD debut of its sequel, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. So what makes this "ultimate" disc better than from the previous Collector's Edition? Try some never-before-seen deleted scenes and a brief featurette on director Brian De Palma for starters. Taken from interview clips left over from the 30-minute making-of carried over from the last edition, the De Palma clips are a nice touch, though the deleted scenes will certainly be a selling point for many consumers. Totaling eight minutes in length, the newly found scenes are satisfying to finally see, even if they probably deserved excising originally. One downside is a scene that talks about Lalin (Viggo Mortensen) getting killed, though good luck understanding it since the majority of it is in non-subtitled Spanish. Still, this kind of inclusion finally feels like fans of the film are getting everything in the vaults -- something that was not felt with the Collector's Edition. Also on the disc is a newly included original promotional featurette along with a photo and poster gallery and the original theatrical trailer -- both of which are carried over from the 2003 release. With an anamorphic 2.35:1 picture and 5.1 Dolby Digital sound, the film has a satisfying presentation that does justice to this underrated gem. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide