Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)

Frankie and Johnny is a 1991 American drama film directed by Garry Marshall, and starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in their first film together since Scarface 1983. Hctor Elizondo, Nathan Lane and Kate Nelligan appeared in supporting roles. The original score was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.

Johnny Pacino is a middleaged man, just released from prison whos looking for a job. Hes hired as a shortorder cook in a local diner where he meets Frankie, a pretty but emotionally damaged waitress who is trying to move on with her life after getting out of a marriage to a physically and emotionally abusive man just a couple years prior to the start of the film. Her only friends seem to be her friendly gay neighbor Tim Lane and her fellow waitresses at the diner. Johnny attempts to win Frankies heart but quickly realizes it will be quite a challenge in this truetolife romantic dramedy.Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country was filming in a nearby studio, and Garry Marshall arranged for the actors William Shatner James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy Spock to appear fully costumed, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene in order to elicit genuine surprise from Al Pacino when he opened it. ........

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