Carlito’s Way is a movie directed by Brian De Palma in 1993 and based on the book After Hours by Edwin Torres, first published in 1982. The movie features Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, James Rebhorn, John Leguizamo, Luis Guzmán, and others.
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But the book is worth reading.
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Book by Edwin Torres
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
144
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Carlito's Way
Director: Brian De Palma
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 2h24m
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Year
1982
Pages
277
Book Rate
8.32
S: Goodreads
Book
After Hours
Author: Edwin Torres
Country: USA
First published in: 1982
Length: 277 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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