Frankie and Johnny (1/8) Movie CLIP - Johnny's Got a Job (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Nick (Hector Elizondo) hires Johnny (Al Pacino) with the help of his niece Artemis (Ele Keats).

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Terrence McNally's stage play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune was a two-character piece, which starred Kathy Bates and F. Murray Abraham on Broadway. Garry Marshall's film version of the McNally play streamlines the title to Frankie and Johnny, expands the dramatis personae to include at least a dozen fascinating characters, and "glamorizes" the decidedly unglamorous Frankie and Johnny in the forms of Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino (their first co-starring stint since Scarface). Purists carped at the changes, but overall the film is likeable enough to transcend these carps. While serving an 18-month sentence on a forgery charge, Johnny (Al Pacino) discovers the joys of cooking and classical literature. Upon his release, he is hired by gruff but good-hearted New York diner owner Nick (played by Garry Marshall "regular" Hector Elizondo). Also working for Nick is a waitress named Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer). When Johnny expresses interest in Frankie, she keeps him at arm's length, her mistrust of men stemming from an unmentioned but obviously traumatic experience in her past. Eventually, however, Frankie and Johnny do get together, their curious relationship setting the stage for a dramatic denouement wherein both lovers bare their souls. The bulk of the original McNally play is concentrated in the film's final 20 minutes; the rest of the picture is a kaleidoscope of comic and poignant vignettes and quick-sketch character studies. Of the newly minted characters, the standout is Nathan Lane in the traditional "gay best friend/severest critic" role: he plays the character so effectively that one forgets he's essentially a cliché. As for the stars, Al Pacino is ideally cast as Johnny, but Michelle Pfeiffer, superb though she is, seems a bit ill at ease as the emotionally tattered Frankie; she totally wins the audience's hearts, however, in the film's memorable bowling-alley sequence. Smoothing over the rough spots in Frankie and Johnny is the evocative musical score by Marvin Hamlisch.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1991)
Cast: Hector Elizondo, Al Pacino, Ele Keats, Jane Morris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Garry Marshall
Producers: Nick Abdo, Garry Marshall, Charles Mulvehill, Michael Lloyd, Alexandra Rose
Screenwriter: Terrence McNally

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[TonyMontana-pgto]

Pacino’s face is timeless. It’s as easy to picture him in a renaissance painting as it is in a fashion magazine.

[nina]

"I like his face" Well daaa its Al Pacino 🤩🤩🤩

[theshoot]

After leaving Tony Montana, she got herself a job as a waitress in a diner. Little did she know, Tony survived the massacre and changed his life around. They rediscovered their love again. In a New York minute, everything can change.

[PackCorey]

Won't argue with you on that! If I ever become a film director/screenwriter in Hollywood, my sole mission in life would be to bring back the 70's, 80's, and 90's style of making movies back to Hollywood. Less CGI and more hand-drawn animation and Animatronics! Less focus on action and blood and more focus on story and suspense! Less pornographic sex scenes and more romantic sex scenes! Less stereotypical characters and more characters we can relate, too! It's time to go back!

[THEMENSLAUGHTER]

Al Pacino: I got a job today!
Random guy: Who gives a shit.

[irishsingersongwritertessp]

One of my favourite movies. Lovely to see All do a bit of comedy. I fell in love with him.

[janbrunzell]

Hector Elizondo is an all time favorite of mine. Looove him.

[versatilejams]

Not a fan of romantic comedies. But it's Al Pacino. Crazy this was filmed so close to Godfather 3. And Terrence Trent D'Arby did the theme.

[KiutzuDoitsu]

I wish getting a job would be that easy...

[hieuto]

Spoky or Booky or something is very cute. And she got Al Pacino a job.

[mjsliberiandiana]

See how well Greeks and Italians cooperate ? 🤣😅😍 always brothers 🇮🇹🇬🇷💞

[ಕನ್ನಡಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು]

"I like your face" is the criterion for hiring. Cool!

[Kardasi]

01:44 Behind Pucki, the great Football Team, Greek Champions and Double Winners 2018/19 “PAOK THESSALONIKI” ⚫️⚪️

[jacobbelone]

I can’t take it seriously everytime I see them together I immediately think of scarface 😂

[sleepydank]

love the artwork on the restaurant wall

[asagara]

Any film made between the 70's and early 2000's did a splendid job at the pacing and dialouge and charectors and acting.now everything is rushed, corny and sex.

[edifysalim]

This is like lefty when entering the door only, he’s asking for a job this time

[LogoAttitude]

This was the first feature film Garry Marshall directed for Paramount Pictures.

Before moving onto film directing, Marshall had created or developed many sitcoms for Paramount's television division, including The Odd Couple and the Happy Days franchise.

Marshall would subsequently direct Dear God and Runaway Bride for Paramount, the latter a co-production with Touchstone Pictures (and one of the few Touchstone productions to get ratings below PG-13 in many countries, including PG in the US, making it tame compared to much of Touchstone's fare, the brand having been created by Disney for more mature movies; Disney has also owned ABC, the network that aired most of Marshall's series for Paramount Television, since 1996).

[davemustaki]

This movie was scarface serpico Donnie brasco even a bit of Carlitos way rolled into one in different angles of course

[prosimian]

That Greek guy is literally Simeon from GTA V