Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Mario Van Peebles, Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzman, Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen

Director: Brian De Palma

Summary: Includes the crime dramas CARLITO'S WAY and CARLITO'S WAY - RISE TO POWER.

Includes the crime dramas CARLITO'S WAY and CARLITO'S WAY - RISE TO POWER. In CARLITO'S WAY, Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance with his old flame, played by Penelope Ann Miller. Instead he finds himself back in trouble as a result of old-world codes of honour and misguided loyalties. It all takes place in 1975 Manhattan, in and around a nightclub Carlito manages, so there's plenty of classic disco music pulsing on the soundtrack. John Leguizamo plays one of the younger generation of hoodlums out to prove something. Viggo Mortensen and Luis Guzman star as a couple of Carlito's buddies from the old days. Brian De Palma, who directed Pacino a decade earlier in SCARFACE, makes this seem almost like that film's sequel. As expected, there's plenty of elaborate tracking shots and suspenseful set pieces, most memorably a pulse-pounding chase through Grand Central Station. CARLITO'S WAY - RISE TO POWER features an all-star cast in this remake of CARLITO'S WAY. Set in Spanish Harlem, this version stars Jay Hernandez, in a star-making performance, as Carlito, who is on a comet-like ascent to the top of a successful crime ring. But being a kingpin takes a lot of support and the loyalty of a posse of complicated and violent friends, played by seasoned actors Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzman, and the multi-talented Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Year:	1993
Release Date:	January 29, 2007
Runtime:	227 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8247246
Keywords:	Way, English, Two, Power, Rise, To, Drama, Discs, Carlito's
Genre:	Drama