Frankie & Johnny

Original title: Frankie and Johnny

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6.7/10

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Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in Frankie & Johnny (1991)

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Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

36K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
One scene called for actor Al Pacino to be surprised after opening a door. Star Trek VI : Terre inconnue (1991) was filming in a nearby studio, so director Garry Marshall arranged for William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and DeForrest Kelley in full costume, to be on the other side of the door that Pacino opened.

Goofs
At the beginning of the film, the bus driver announces they are 15 minutes from Altoona, PA and that Rockview State Prison is over to the right. Rockview State Prison is about an hour drive away by car and it's about three hours by commercial bus .

Quotes
Johnny: You don't have to be afraid anymore.
Frankie: I am. I'm afraid. I'm afraid to be alone, I'm afraid not to be alone. I'm afraid of what I am, what I'm not, what I might become, what I might never become. I don't want to stay at my job for the rest of my life but I'm afraid to leave. And I'm just tired, you know, I'm just so tired of being afraid.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shout/The Man in the Moon/The Super/Stepping Out/Whore (1991)

Soundtracks
Frankie and Johnny (A Man and a Woman)
Performed and Written by Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby performs courtesy of Sony Music (U.K.)

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Featured review

where there is life, there is love

Love CAN be scary. Especally if you don't expect it. This movie is very good at describing how love can be. Fate can bring two people together. Believe in it. And how perfect the theme song Clair de Lune is. It's worth a listen. Love can happen....only if you believe in it.