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Dominican Rep. Big Night
- Original title
- Big Night
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Stanley Tucci
Ian Holm
Tony Shalhoub
Minnie Driver
Isabella Rossellini
Allison Janney- Hope Davis
Campbell Scott
Marc Anthony- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1950s. Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- In this witty drama, a pair of brothers debate integrity versus compromise as they try to succeed in the restaurant business. Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and Secondo (Stanley Tucci) have journeyed from Italy to New Jersey in the mid-1950s, determined to make a killing with an authentic Italian restaurant, The Paradise. But their food is a bit too authentic; Primo may prepare a superb risotto, but most of his customers are wondering why they can't get a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs. Secondo tries to convince his brother not to berate the customers for requesting more "American" dishes, but Primo stands firm. Meanwhile, Pascal (Ian Holm), another local restaurateur, is doing great business with "Italian style" food the brothers wouldn't bother to spit on. Despite Primo's refusal to change his recipes to cater to lowbrow tastes, Secondo goes to Pascal begging for advice. With The Paradise on its last legs, Pascal offers to help -- Louis Prima, the famous Italian-American bandleader, is coming to town, and Pascal is to arrange a banquet in his honor. He'll stage the banquet at The Paradise and cut them in for the profits, but only if Primo will allow Pascal to draw up the menu and follow his recipes.
- Awards
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1996: Sundance: Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award1996: Satellite Awards: Nominadted for Best Actor Comedy (Stanley Tucci)1996: Critics' Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Film1996: New York Film Critics Circle: Best First Film. 2 Nominations1996: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Screenplay1996: Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Screenplay. 4 Nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"By the end of the movie, we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer, in a film of great wisdom and delight."
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"The real feast is in the mix of characters, each so finely and unschmaltzily delineated in a script so confident and controlled that even the most passing of participants comes alive."
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"A robustly imaginative sleeper"
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"[It] is extremely well directed, making for a smartly made, delightfully acted period piece whose sensibility neatly straddles art films and the mainstream"
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"As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting"
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"Both a delightful story and a great food movie that ranks with Like Water for Chocolate' or 'Babette's Feast.'''
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