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Original title:Luxury Lounge
Category:TV Episode / Crime / Drama
Released:1999–2007
Director:Danny Leiner
Actors:James Gandolfini,Lorraine Bracco,Edie Falco
Writer:David Chase,Matthew Weiner
Duration:55min
Video type:TV Episode

Rating 8.4: Votes 301

1999–2007 James Gandolfini Lorraine Bracco Edie Falco Danny Leiner

Short summary

Artie Bucco is having trouble with his restaurant. His sales are down 40% from the previous year and many of his regular customers have found a new Italian restaurant that is more to their liking. Thinks get worse when investigators from Amex arrive to tell him that credit card numbers are being stolen from the restaurant. When he learns that it's one of Christopher's crew who is involved, it leads to a fight and requires Tony's intervention. Tony blames the whole situation on Christopher who is off to Los Angeles with Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. to see if they can interest Ben Kingsley in starring in their movie. It's pretty apparent that he's not interested but Christopher doesn't get the signals. Christopher is amazed at the swag stars receive and is almost desperate to some of his own. Lauren Bacall proves to be the source, though not in a conventional way.

Christopher refers to Vito as "La Cage aux Fat." La Cage aux Folles is originally a French comedy play later turned into a movie about gay lovers. The American film remake of it is "The Birdcage"(1996).

When Tony denies having anything to do with Rusty's murder, Phil Leotardo says the "deed can then be credited to The Headless Horseman", a reference to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Sleepy Hollow was also referenced in "Cold Cuts", when Tony B says he had been called "Ichabod Crane".

References to past episodes include: Tony reminding Artie about the time his family found refuge and happily dined at Nuovo Vesuvio during a heavy storm, which happened in "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" (S1,E13). Christopher reminds Tony about his "huge sacrifice" made for him - Adriana, in "Long Term Parking" (S5,E12).

The song played during the ending credits is "Recuerdos de la Alhambra," composed by Francisco Tarrega and played by Pepe Romero.

The episode title could a referemce to: Christopher and Little Carmine following Ben Kingsley through a celebrity Luxury Lounge where many free gifts are offered to celebrities. It could refer to a luxury restaurant. Artie's fight for his restaurant against competitors and through hardships is one of the main storylines of the episode. The title could refer to the higher status of free luxury, enjoyed by people such as Tony Soprano and Benny Fazio, that comes to be resented by Artie Bucco who tries to make a living by "honest work," as did his father.

David Chase: A passenger on the plane during the last scene of the episode.

It's the last of Frankie Valli and his character Rusty Millio in the series, one where Valli shared a unique distinction. He was the only celebrity and actor who ever got a chance to play a fictional character in several episodes while references to him in real life figured in at least one episode's plot. Meanwhile, his music was used in several other episodes while one of his songs lent its title to that the title of yet another "Sopranos" show. Only Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin came close in the series to reaching the high level of respect accorded to "Jersey Boy" Frankie Valli.

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Author: Vozilkree

This sixth season is heating up so no wonder Artie is spending less time in the kitchen as his restaurant is suffering. John Ventimiglia is wonderful as Artie and shows an amazing range as he wises off to Tony, becomes jealous of his new hostess, and even shockingly beats up one of Tony's guys. Tony is still his friend through it all and even gives him advice that is hurtful but true. Tony also lets Christopher go to California for a meeting. Christopher is still plugging away with a bad script and Little Carmine finds himself equally as clueless in the world of film. Ben Kingsley is hilarious as himself constantly bothered by Christopher who goes completely off the wagon and even slugs Lauren Bacall, in a wonderful cameo. You can also say farewell to Rusty who gets blown away in his car by two of Tony's hit men from Italy. Tony even wisely denies putting the hit out as we also see Phil's anger at Vito brewing. Very well acted and directed episode. I just hope the momentum continues because so far this season has had it all.

Author: Tisicai

In the second season of The Sopranos, Christopher's passion for movies and screen writing led him to a memorable encounter with Jon Favreau which showed how rotten the film business can be at times and anticipated HBO's hit comedy Entourage by four years. Luxury Lounge treads similar waters with equally exhilarating results, providing further proof of the show's great choice of guest stars.

With Little Carmine willing to produce his gangster-horror movie, Chrissy heads out to L.A. to meet with Ben Kingsley, his scary work in Sexy Beast making him the ideal choice for the role of the mob boss. Sadly, Sir Ben isn't impressed, leaving Chris with nothing to but drink and do drugs again. Oh, and mug Lauren Bacall just for the sake of it. Back in Jersey, things get bad for Artie Bucco as he discovers one of Chris's pals has been using his new waitress to run a credit card scam. When things threaten to turn bloody, Tony has to step in once again.

Juxtaposing two story lines, Luxury Lounge alternates between sincerely touching in the Artie section and cruelly satirical in the Hollywood plot batch. The latter part is particularly appealing on account of Kingsley and Bacall's willingness to get their hands (and mouths) dirty, Kingsley especially having a great time making fun of his Englishness. Then again, his casting probably wasn't accidental: perhaps David Chase read Roger Ebert's famous review of Sexy Beast, which ended with the following sentence describing British crooks: "These are hard people. They could have the Sopranos for dinner, throw up and have them again." Judging from Sir Ben's hugely enjoyable self-mockery and cracking final line (it's just one priceless word), Ebert had a point, although the man who played Don Logan never actually meets Tony. Maybe he found him too hard to swallow.

Author: Orll

Chris is going to Hollywood with a mafia script and his colleague they want to get Ben Kingsley to play mafia boss, but he is not too interested. Yet he gets them into Luxury lounge that interests Chris so he even robs Lauren Bacall. And Artie deals with fraud in his restaurant and beats on of Tony's guys up.

A more light episode, besides the killing of a cute bunny. I wish they didn't kill so many animals in this show, and yes yes I know no animal was killed.

The Hollywood story was pretty funny, especially the robbing of Lauren bacall. Her and Ben Kingsley were great star guests. And Ben Kingsley dealing with Chris interested in the luxury lounge was hilarious.

Author: Onaxan

This season and really, this episode reflects the incompetence of the new writers. Or am I missing something? There are so many threads that should have been carried through from season 5. The Soprano's edgy writing of the previous 5 seasons just isn't here. For instance, Pussy's story ran for half of the first season and ended in the whacking of the rat in the last episode of the second season right after a brilliant dream sequence that Chase was so famous for. OK, that said, wouldn't you think that Adriana's mother would be kind of wondering what happened to her? What does Tony B's mother think happened to her son? Wouldn't you think that Jimmy's taking down Johnny Sack which "would have gotten all the way to Big Carmine had he lived" also taken down also have taken down Phil Leotardo who is on parole? I like Artie Buco as much as the next person but a whole episode on the failing restaurant and the credit card scam with all these questions left unanswered is perplexing. The old Tony Soprano would have taxed Benny for pulling this scam in Artie's place. I know Tony has changed and that's OK but give us die-hard Soprano's fans something to hope for. Please, Christopher and his sponsor would have not even gotten to LAX after hitting Lauren Bacall and hitting another car. The whole plot with him and Little Carmine in Hollywood wasn't even funny, it is getting so stupid it is annoying. If they are going to pull us into a plot, continue it for goodness sakes. So, Vito disappears (one plot that carried over), what is going on with Junior? I will keep watching, if for no other reason than to find out of this concludes in wrapping this all together and making a fool of me. But some continuity with the plots they are developing please.

Author: Qwert

The Sopranos

A classic take on the most beloved genre which clearly suggests the crazy love it received from the audience but also left a long lasting impression on critics and awards shows where it took away five justified Golden Globes to its home. The Sopranos is a character driven series about a family that basically runs the whole town, just illegally.

The writing is adaptive, gripping and ground-breaking on terms of its structure that is so eerily easy as it slips away from the audience like some jelly; it is sweet, nutritious and immensely pleasing. It is rich on technical aspects like its metaphorical cinematography, sharp sound effects and up beating songs along with palpable background score. The series is shot beautifully, each and every color sparks up neatly; especially the visuals that are taken in sunny days are amazing.

The performance by the cast is plausible since the effort is clearly visible but Gandolfini, Bracco, Falco and Imperioli stands alone due to their easiness in their acts. Gandolfini; at the heart of it, oozes power and the aegis nature which is what helps makers keep the audience rooting for the character.

The relationship between Gandolfini and Bracco is the highlight of the series due its fragile tone which is soothing to experience as it lights up the series in a whole new way. Pragmatic conversations, three dimensional character, gut-wrenching politics, brawny dialogues and brilliant execution are the high points of the feature that makes it one of the best series.

Season 06

This sixth and final chapter is way too mature and intelligent even for its own standards and with manipulative bluffs and characters being played like puppets, the writers, the makers and the actors are literally giving their all in.

Luxury Lounge

The flashy business with a bling fame and pathos catastrophe that it casts is aptly depicted on both the sides of the coin; food or Hollywood, but again it is dipped into iterating the entire character development and the closure that it demands within 50 minutes.

Author: Hidden Winter

The scene in the actual "Luxury Lounge" is dizzying, poor Christopher, you feel his sense of longing and feel less sympathy towards Lauren then is due. Michael Imperioli is just priceless as an actor. Seeing him fall off the wagon was like watching a friend.

Sir Ben was great as himself and set this tone then emanates. We also celebrated that Artie finally stood up for himself, alas it was short lived and he shriveled back to his place in the kitchen. Both Artie and Christopher's stories are complex and you can't help to route for them, from episode to episode.

"They just give you all this stuff for free?" -Christopher

Author: Zulkishicage

The Sopranos go to Hollywood... again! The wiseguys grieve that they haven't been able to track down Vito yet, especially Phil Leotardo who gives a haunting Joe-Pesci-in-GoodFellas-like speech about how he wants to kill Vito. While the family deals with these issues, Tony grants Christopher the permission to travel to Hollywood with Little Carmine to promote their new upcoming movie 'Cleaver' about the mobster killed who comes back to life to reek vengeance on his boss that Christopher violently forced a second-rate screenwriter from his rehab support group to write. They pitch the idea to actor, Sir Ben Kingsley, who they agree was stunning in Sexy Beast (my sentiments exactly) to play the mob boss in the picture. Kingsley isn't interested, but the guys get to meet Lauren Bacall who they later beat up and rob after an awards ceremony to get their hands on her expensive gift basket. Back in New Jersey, Artie Bucco and Benny Fazio get in a tiff, that ends with Benny putting Artie's hand in hot tomato sauce. Also, Tony finally has two Italian guys from Naples whack Rusty Millio (Frankie Valli) in a crafty hit scene that was one of the highest points of the episode. This episode was half-entertaining, half-not. I loved the whole Hollywood thing, but I hated the Artie sub-plot. The last time they did the Artie sub-plot thing was Season 4's horrendous episode 'Everybody Hurts' which was by far the worst episode of the series. Artie is just a character that bothers me because he is so pathetic and stupid, but doesn't exude comedy with this. His scenes were boring, except when Benny burnt the crap out of his hand which resulted in Artie crying like a little baby. This episode was half good, half not-so-good, the second weakest episode of the season thus far. My Rating: 8/10.

HOW I RANKED OTHER EPISODES THIS SEASON Episode 71: 'Live Free or Die' - 9/10 ; Episode 70: 'Mr. and Mrs. Sacrimoni's Request' - 8.5/10 ; Episode 69: 'The Fleshy Part of the Thigh' - 8/10 ; Episode 68: - 'Mayham' - 9/10 ; Episode 67: 'Join the Club' - 7.5/10 ; Episode 66: - 'Members Only' - 8.5/10.

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	James Gandolfini	-	Tony Soprano
	Lorraine Bracco	-	Dr. Jennifer Melfi (credit only)
	Edie Falco	-	Carmela Soprano
	Michael Imperioli	-	Christopher Moltisanti
	Dominic Chianese	-	Junior Soprano (credit only)
	Steven Van Zandt	-	Silvio Dante
	Tony Sirico	-	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
	Robert Iler	-	A.J. Soprano (credit only)
	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	-	Meadow Soprano (credit only)
	Aida Turturro	-	Janice Soprano (credit only)
	Steve Schirripa	-	Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri (as Steven R. Schirripa)
	Frank Vincent	-	Phil Leotardo
	John Ventimiglia	-	Artie Bucco
	Ray Abruzzo	-	Carmine Lupertazzi Jr.
	Kathrine Narducci	-	Charmaine Bucco (as Katherine Narducci)

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