Factual error: Penelope Ann Miller's stripper character does a striptease to Cheryl Lynn's disco hit "Got To Be Real," which was released in 1979. There's only one problem - the movie's set in 1975.
Carlito's Way (1993)
Plot summary
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller
A Puerto Rican ex-con (Al Pacino) pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend (Sean Penn). Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a nightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust.
Pachanga: Sometime it bes that way, papi.
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