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Big Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Campbell Scott released in USA on 20 september 1996 with Minnie Driver
Big Night (1996)
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Add to a movie listBig Night is a 1996 American motion picture drama with comedic overtones directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci.
Produced by David Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Filley for the Samuel Goldwyn Company, the film met with critical acclaim both in the United States and internationally. It was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival and the "Grand Special Prize" at the Deauville Film Festival.
Scott and Tucci won the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director. Tucci and Joseph Tropiano won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Tucci heads the cast, with Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver and Isabella Rossellini.
Synopsis
On the New Jersey Shore in the 1950s, two Italian immigrant brothers from Abruzzo own and operate a restaurant called "Paradise." One brother, Primo (Tony Shalhoub), is a brilliant, perfectionist chef who chafes under their few customers' expectations of "Americanized" Italian food. Their uncle's offer for them to return to Rome to help with his restaurant is growing in appeal to Primo. The younger brother, Secondo (Tucci), is the restaurant manager, a man enamored of the possibilities presented by their new endeavor and life in America. Despite Secondo's efforts and Primo's magnificent food, their restaurant is failing.Actors
Minnie Driver
(Phyllis)
Marc Anthony
(Cristiano)
Ian Holm
(Pascal)
Isabella Rossellini
(Gabriella)
Tony Shalhoub
(Primo)
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