Big Night_ The - DVD

Deliciously passionate look at two Italian brothers who immigrate to New Jersey, where they open a small restaurant. But chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo's (Stanley Tucci) enterprise verges on disaster, until a rival restaurateur promises singer Louis Prima and his band will stop in for dinner. Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Schreiber, and Allison Janney co-star; co-directed by Tucci and Campbell Scott. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles English, French.

It's bedlam in the boudoir when Bob Hope sets his comedic sights on 18th-century Italy. Hope plays Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor who is suddenly drafted to temporarily impersonate the great and passionate lover, Casanova (an unbilled Vincent Price). Pippo thinks he has the masquerade all sewn up - totally unaware that, due to the real Casanova's shaky financial situation, he is now locked into the role by the romancer's scheming, greed

Featuring Cary Grant in his screen debut, This is the Night is a sparkling comedy of sexual innuendo and amorous infidelity. Claire (Thelma Todd) plots to rendezvous with her lover Gerald (Roland Young) in Venice for the weekend. When her husband Stephen (Grant) returns home unexpectedly, plans are hastily rearranged for a group outing joined by Gerald's pal Bunny (Charlie Ruggles) and Germaine (Lily Damita), a penniless woman hired to