Frankie and Johnny (7/8) Movie CLIP - Open Your Robe (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Johnny (Al Pacino) asks Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer) to open her robe.

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: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Garry Marshall
Producers: Nick Abdo, Garry Marshall, Charles Mulvehill, Michael Lloyd, Alexandra Rose
Screenwriter: Terrence McNally

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[MakebyJen]

This movie is so underrated. Al was so sweet in this movie their characters seemed very relatable.

[noeltapper-gray]

I love this film. If feels real, authentic; how relationships are, with ups and downs, but underpinned by genuine love. Wonderful.

[stimeagain]

Yep. I agree. I like him in this movie. She does a great job too conveying her fear of getting involved with him.

[lynngatrell]

Thirty years later, she still looks amazing.😍😍

[llizard...]

This love story is very touching and both of them are just wonderful..

[michaelmaier]

I like how he seems fixated on her eyes even after the robe opens.

[apseudonym]

She is so beautiful it's ridiculous.

[lisanolan]

I absolutely love this movie..makes me cry each time I watch it

[OreadNYC]

I love the way in which Frankie can't or won't let herself look at Johnny while she holds her robe open (even though he's already seen her naked at least once), while he won't take his eyes off her. Even though he's beginning to convince her of his sincerity, she still finds it hard to believe that Johnny's for real (although with her history, who can blame her?)

[marcomares]

Such a testament to what great actors they both are, because when I watch this film I don’t even think about Scarface.

[NiVi]

I love how polite and rational he argues for that peek! 😄

[genzymontana]

Michelle: "don't say it"
Al: "I wasn't gonna say it"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Redwoodtree]

Al has always been incredibly attractive with those big eyes and beautiful smile. And Michelle Pfiffer is dreamy, she is beautiful inside out.

[janjud]

A woman should Always feel beautiful, her partner should just be there to make sure she doesn’t forget.

[tasnimanimanimaa]

I love Michelle she's perfect in this film. I remember critics said she wasn't right for the casting because and I quote, 'she's too beautiful to play a damaged woman'.

[undergroundbasement]

Tony Montana and Elvira Hancock went into the witness protection program after Tony faked his death during the mansion shoot out. He started out as a dishwasher in Miami, rose to the top with the wealth and mansion, then things went bad and he had humbled himself again. At least he still has Elvira and isn't in the fast lane anymore. lol

[marcjacobscontinued]

1:44 Pacino's (Frankie's) mind goes:'Keep on talking baby, keep on talking....'.

[mikedeluca]

As soon as that robe came open, I would've passed out 😵

[m.e.b.]

Al, you can look at me whenever you want. No problem. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[anthonyfrancis]

Michelle and Pacino roll playing. Pacino> please say it. Michelle > say hello to my little kitty kat. Lol