"Frankie and Johnny" was well received by film critics. Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical and Comedy Film at the 49th The United States of America Golden Globe Awards. McNally brought some scenes from the play to the screen during the adaptation. At the beginning of the original play, it was in Frankie's apartment. At the beginning of the film, the playwright arranged the lovers on the streets of New York and in the small restaurant where they worked. He then developed the only two protagonists of the original play into two protagonists and eight supporting roles. Cathy Bates said: “As an actor who plays a role in the original drama, it’s quite difficult to completely transition from drama to screen, because you have developed a deep feeling for the role and the script. I’ve heard some directors say they don’t want to Working with the actors in the original drama, they want to start again."
Frankie and Johnny background creation
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Extended Reading
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Name 2022-03-25 09:01:16
The plot is very bland, but the actors' performances are amazing, every detail is accurate and in-depth, and the escaping part is so well shot! Is the inexplicable translation of the title!
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Jazmin 2022-03-19 09:01:07
He understood her at a glance, and knew how to wait for her trust and how to crack her self-protection. The ending was so moving. After staying up all night, I sat on the windowsill and brushed my teeth. With Debussy's moonlight, the sun rose a little and the city woke up little by little. The most beautiful place all night is to welcome the beginning of the morning calmly.
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Johnny: So, how about you? Do you ever want to kill yourself sometimes?
Frankie: Yeah, everybody wants to kill themselves sometime.
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Frankie: Why do you want to kill yourself sometimes?
Johnny: I want to kill myself sometimes when I think that I'm the only person in the world and that part of me that feels that way is trapped inside this body, that only bumps into other bodies, without ever connecting to the only other person in the world trapped inside of them. We have to connect. We just have to.