Directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
Written by Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci
Cinematography by Ken Kelsch

Marc Anthony as Cristiano Tony Shalhoub as Primo Stanley Tucci as Secondo Andre Belgrader as Stash Minnie Driver as Phyllis Peter McRobbie as Loan Officer Isabella Rossellini as Gabriella Liev Schreiber as Leo Pasquale Cajano as Alberto N. Pisani Ian Holm as Pascal Allison Janney as Ann Campbell Scott as Bob

Running Time: 107 min.
Release Date: Sep. '96

Overall Call:
Big Night is a tribute to simplicity. The story of two conflicting brothers trying desperately to succeed with their restaurant that they both believe in, but have different ideas of how to accomplish their goal. One wants to compromise to keep the establishment afloat and one will not hear of it. All this leads up to the grand finally of the Big Night when it's make it or break it. The acting is all very good and the humor is consistent throughout, always simple and funny. If you have a passion for food and appreciate a slow evenly paced film please check it out. It is equivalent to sitting down and really enjoying a meal and each facet of it - the surroundings, the food presentation, the mixture of taste and consistencies and fulfillment including the final dinner mint (the films dinner mint is the final scene; an actor's dream).

Reasons For Recommendation:
+ Simplicity at its finest
+ Solid acting and story telling
+ Consistent wit through out