Cinematography:
Ken KelschComposer:
Gary DeMicheleCast:
Marc Anthony, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Caroline Aaron, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Schreiber, Christine Tucci, Ian Holm, Allison Janney (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Primo and Secondo Pilaggi are Italian immigrants who settle on the New Jersey shore and open a restaurant, the Paradise, hoping to strike it rich. Primo, the elder brother, is a master chef from the Old World who is concerned only with quality and authenticity in the kitchen. Secondo, the younger brother and business manager, is all too eager to compromise if it means more customers and more cash. Teetering on the brink of failure, the brothers learn that the famed Italian-American musician Louis Prima is performing in the area and they contrive to host a dinner in his honor. Hoping that a big night built around a celebrity like Prima will get them publicity, the brothers pool all their talent, energy and every cent they have to plan a sumptuous banquet of unsurpassed ambition. What follows is a culinary adventure that will teach them a lot about themselves, each other, and their different definitions of life, love and success. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marc Anthony
USA
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Tony Shalhoub
USA
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Stanley Tucci
USA
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Caroline Aaron
USA
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Minnie Driver
UK
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Isabella Rossellini
Italy
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Liev Schreiber
USA
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Christine Tucci
USA
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Ian Holm
UK
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Allison Janney
USA
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Campbell Scott
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Dina Waters
USA
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Ken Cheeseman
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Peter McRobbie
UK
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Sleepers (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Zelig (1983)
Gene Canfield
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
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Scent of a Woman (1992)
Peter Appel
USA
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Sleepers (1996)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Larry Block
USA
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Pasquale Cajano
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Jack O'Connell
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Seth Jones
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