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'Carlito's Way' reference

posted 8 months ago by MichaelJPollock (651)
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**Spoilers for both films**

At the very end, when Lefty (Al Pacino) stashes his belongings in a small drawer for his wife to find before walking to his own execution for having vouched for Donnie (Depp), you can see an 'El Paraiso' club match book (upper left side of frame) and a lighter with the colours of the famous Caribbean poster Carlito daydreams to in Carlito's Way...
Screen cap here: https://ibb.co/1MM9TXY

[–] Elvisp23 (324) 8 months ago

Nice spot

[–] DancingintheDark (1298) 8 months ago

That’s a hell of a good catch, well done!
Posted this message on your Carlito’s Way posting as well but it is doubly deserving of recognition imo.

[–] MichaelJPollock (651) 8 months ago

Haha! Thanks. You know, I think I must have seen this film -and Carlito's Way- a dozen times since they came out, and only just recently noticed that nod from Mike Newell.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72794) 8 months ago

Wow, good eyes there Michael.
I love both movies and have seen them repeatedly but never noticed this.