Prizzi's Honor

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Prizzi's Honor
Image:Prizzis honor.jpg original movie poster
Directed by	John Huston
Produced by	John Foreman
Written by	Richard Condon Janet Roach
Starring	Jack Nicholson Kathleen Turner Robert Loggia Anjelica Huston
Music by	Giacomo Puccini Alex North
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by	Kaja Fehr Rudi Fehr
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	June 13, 1985 (U.S. release)
Running time	130 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 black comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. It stars Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, Anjelica Huston, Lawrence Tierney and CCH Pounder.

The movie was adapted by Richard Condon and Janet Roach from Condon's novel. It was directed by John Huston.

[edit] Awards

It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anjelica Huston), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (William Hickey), Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing (Kaja Fehr and Rudi Fehr), Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

[edit] External links

• Prizzi's Honor at the Internet Movie Database
• Prizzi's Honor at the TCM Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Romancing the Stone	Golden Globe: Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy 1986	Succeeded by Hannah and Her Sisters

v • d • e Films directed by John Huston

The Maltese Falcon • In This Our Life • Across the Pacific • Report from the Aleutians • The Battle of San Pietro • Let There Be Light • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre • Key Largo • We Were Strangers • The Asphalt Jungle • The Red Badge of Courage • The African Queen • Moulin Rouge • Beat the Devil • Moby Dick • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison • The Barbarian and the Geisha • The Roots of Heaven • The Unforgiven • The Misfits • Freud the Secret Passion • The List of Adrian Messenger • The Night of the Iguana • The Bible: In The Beginning • Reflections in a Golden Eye • Casino Royale • Sinful Davey • A Walk with Love and Death • The Kremlin Letter • Fat City • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean • The Mackintosh Man • The Man Who Would Be King • Wise Blood • Phobia • Victory • Annie • Under the Volcano • Prizzi's Honor • The Dead

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