Frankie and Johnny (7/8) Movie CLIP - Open Your Robe (1991) HD

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Terrence McNally's stage play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair
de Lune was a two-character piece. which starred Kathy Bates
and F. Murray Abraham on Broadway. Garry Marshall's film
version of the McNally play streamlines the title to Frankie and
lohnny, expands the dramatis personae to include at least à
dozen fascinating characters, and "glamorizes" the decidedly
unglamorous Frankie and Johnny in the forms of Michelle Pfeifter
and Al Pacino (their first co-starring stint since Scarface).
Purists carped at the changes, but overall the film is likeable
enough to transcend these carps. While serving an l8-month
sentence on a forgery charge, lohnny (Al Pacino) discovers the
joys of cooking and classical literature. Upon his release, he is
hired by gruif but good-hearted New York diner owner Nick
(played by Garry Marshall 'regular" Hector Elizondo). Also
working for Nick is a waitress named Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer).
When Johnny expresses interest in Frankie, she keeps him at
arn's length, her mistrust of men stemming from an
unmentioned but obviously traumatic experience in her past.
Eventually, however, Frankie and Johnny do get together, their
curious relationship setting the stage for a dramatic denouement
wherein both lovers bare their souls. The bulk of the original
is concentrated in the film's final minutes; the