Reel 4607I

Eight Oscar nominations went to John Huston's 1985 comedy of manners, marriage and murder among mobsters. Richard Condon and Janet Roach adapted the offbeat screenplay from Condon's novel about the Brooklyn-based Prizzi crime clan, and what happens when its chief enforcer, middle-aged Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson), is swept off his feet by a California beauty named Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner). Even the revelation that Irene is a highly successful hit woman (whose embezzler husband he has just bumped off) gives Charley only momentary pause: "Do I ice her? Do I marry her? Which wunna dese?" With the blessing of the Godfather, they wed and settle into domestic bliss—until each is contracted, by a different Prizzi, to rub out the other. Rated R for violence, strong language and sexual situations. Eduardo Prizzi: Robert Loggia. Angelo "Pop" Partanna: John Randolph. Don Corrado Prizzi: William Hickey. Maerose Prizzi: Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress). Dominic Prizzi: Lee Richardson. Filargi: Michael Lombard. Hanley: Lawrence Tierney. Maxie: Joseph Ruskin. Amalia Prizzi: Ann Selepegnp.