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Big Night( 1996)

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In love and life, one big night can change everything.

Overview

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Minnie Driver

      Phyllis

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      Ian Holm

      Pascal

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      Isabella Rossellini

      Gabriella

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      Tony Shalhoub

      Primo

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      Stanley Tucci

      Secondo

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      Caroline Aaron

      Woman in Restaurant

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      Marc Anthony

      Cristiano

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      Allison Janney

      Ann

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      Larry Block

      Man in Restaurant

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      Andre Belgrader

      Stash

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      Peter McRobbie

      Loan Officer

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      Liev Schreiber

      Leo

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      Pasquale Cajano

      Alberto

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      Christine Tucci

      Woman Singer

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      Gene Canfield

      Charlie

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      Tina Bruno

      Ida

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      Peter Appel

      Chubby

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      Jack O'Connell

      Man on Truck

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      Campbell Scott

      Bob

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      Karen Shallo

      Chubby's Wife

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      Alvaleta Guess

      Lenore

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      Tamar Kotoske

      Dean

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      Robert W. Castle

      Father O'Brien

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      Susan Floyd

      Joan

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      Dina Spybey-Waters

      Natalie

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      Seth Jones

      Jameson

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      Hélène Cardona

      Stand-In

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      Michael Del Rio

      Stand-In

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      Harley Kaplan

      Stand-In

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      Daniel Kaufman

      Stand-In

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      Karen Sibrava

      Stand-In

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      Eric van Alstyne

      Stand-In

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      Ken Cheeseman

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      David Wenzel

      Waiter (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

    7
    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Tue Jan 16 2024
    **A forgotten film about naive, deeply believable and human people.** There are certain films where everything depends on the actors' performance, and this is one of them. The dialogues are truly rich, the development of the characters and the ways they interact is highly valued, the plot is reduced to the simplest it can be and almost everything happens in the limited space of the Italian restaurant. It looks like a play, and that even leads me to believe that the film could be an adaptation of a play. Such simplicity and minimalism obviously mean that there was no significant financial ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    4100000.00

    Revenue

    12000000.00

    Keywords

    • immigrant
    • new jersey
    • jazz
    • restaurant
    • food
    • car salesman
    • italian restaurant
    • feast
    • 1950s
    • italian cuisine