Frankie and Johnny (5/8) Movie CLIP - Does It Have To Be Tonight? (1991) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:\r
Johnny (Al Pacino) shows Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer) the flower market, his secret place.\r
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FILM DESCRIPTION:\r
Terrence McNallys 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 Marshalls 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 arms 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 films 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 hes 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 audiences hearts, however, in the films memorable bowling-alley sequence. Smoothing over the rough spots in Frankie and Johnny is the evocative musical score by Marvin Hamlisch.\r
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CREDITS:\r
TM & © Paramount (1991)\r
Cast: Al Pacino, Blanche Bronte, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lorna Thayer\r
Director: Garry Marshall\r
Producers: Nick Abdo, Garry Marshall, Charles Mulvehill, Michael Lloyd, Alexandra Rose\r
Screenwriter: Terrence McNally\r
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