Big Night poster

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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      Stanley Tucci

      Secondo

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      Tony Shalhoub

      Primo

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      Minnie Driver

      Phyllis

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      Allison Janney

      Ann

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      Ian Holm

      Pascal

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      Isabella Rossellini

      Gabriella

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      Marc Anthony

      Cristiano

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      Larry Block

      Man in Restaurant

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      Caroline Aaron

      Woman 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 N. Pisani

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      Christine Tucci

      Woman Singer

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      Gene Canfield

      Charlie

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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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      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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      Robert W. Castle

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      Hélène Cardona

    25. cast image

      Ken Cheeseman

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      David Wenzel

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      Tina Bruno

      Ida

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      Karen Shallo

      Chubby's Wife

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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