Carlito's Way. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1982 book, After Hours
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After Hours
Edwin Torres, 1982
movie vs book
Brian De Palma, 1993

In 1975 New York, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar.


Carlito's Way. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1982 book
VS3
Carlito's Way
Edwin Torres, 1982
movie vs book
Brian De Palma, 1993

In 1975 New York, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar.