“Prizzi’s Honor” is a black comedy spoofing the many Mafia films to have been made in Hollywood over the years. Director John Huston (“Key Largo” 1948) gives us a fun look into the goings-on in a New York Mob crime family from a wonderful screenplay by Richard Condon and Janet Roach. It was adapted from the 1982 novel of the same name by Condon.
The talented cast delivered great performances including Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Angelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, Vic Polizos, Dick O’Neill, Sully Boyar, Joseph Ruskin, Raymond Sierra, and Stanley Tucci in his motion picture debut.
The film was nominated for eight Oscars, winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Angelica Huston, daughter of the director. Ironically, back in 1948, Angelica’s grandfather, Walter Huston, won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre,” also directed by John Huston, who won for Best Director. As far as we know, the trio are the only three generations of Oscars winners in history. John Huston also has the rare distinction of directing both his father and daughter in their Academy Award winning roles.
The very watchable “Prizzi’s Honor” was successful at the box office for ABC Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox. This was Huston’s second-to-last film he directed.
Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
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My Review
“Prizzi’s Honor” is a black comedy spoofing the many Mafia films to have been made in Hollywood over the years. Director John Huston (“Key Largo” 1948) gives us a fun look into the goings-on in a New York Mob crime family from a wonderful screenplay by Richard Condon and Janet Roach. It was adapted from the 1982 novel of the same name by Condon.
The talented cast delivered great performances including Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Angelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, Vic Polizos, Dick O’Neill, Sully Boyar, Joseph Ruskin, Raymond Sierra, and Stanley Tucci in his motion picture debut.
The film was nominated for eight Oscars, winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Angelica Huston, daughter of the director. Ironically, back in 1948, Angelica’s grandfather, Walter Huston, won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre,” also directed by John Huston, who won for Best Director. As far as we know, the trio are the only three generations of Oscars winners in history. John Huston also has the rare distinction of directing both his father and daughter in their Academy Award winning roles.
The very watchable “Prizzi’s Honor” was successful at the box office for ABC Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox. This was Huston’s second-to-last film he directed.