Urban paranoia to the nth degree in a dark comedy by Martin Scorsese. Griffin Dunne stars as a bored yuppie whose chance encounter with a girl leads him through a harrowing night of mistaken identity, accidental death, and bloodthirsty mobs. Also ...
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- A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare, courtesy of director Martin Scorsese. Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette star in a "wild, funny and wonderful original" (Judith Crist) Year: 1985 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna BloomRunning Time: 97 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R Age: 085391919209 UPC:&nbs
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Urban paranoia to the nth degree in a dark comedy by Martin Scorsese. Griffin Dunne stars as a bored yuppie whose chance encounter with a girl leads him through a harrowing night of mistaken identity, accidental death, and bloodthirsty mobs. Also stars Rosanna Arquette, John Heard, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, and the great Dick Miller. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary by Scorsese, Dunne, others; deleted scenes; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer.Amazon.com
This well-regarded cult film is a tense Kafka-esque tale concerning what happens to a likable computer guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time in the city that never sleeps--New York. This is a New York infested with bizarre characters vividly brought to life by a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Griffin Dunne's wonderfully controlled comic performance as Paul Hackett is the glue that holds this increasingly surreal film together. Scorsese utilizes a full array of independent and underground film techniques, including special film speed manipulations, angles, and edits, deftly capturing the strange rhythms of an after-hours New York City. Many will find the jokes clever, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Some, however, will find the film an excruciating series of staged circumstances setting up a sadistically cruel dark nightmare of horrors. And there are a few lines of dialogue so poorly written they remind you how unbelievable the thin story really is. But forgive the film these few lapses--overall it's a wild, surreal ride. The most offbeat character is the beehive-sporting, Monkee-obsessed neurotic played to perfection by Teri Garr. And the moment when Griffin Dunne uses his last quarter to play Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is" and dances with Verna Bloom while an angry mob searches SoHo for him is an inspired bit of lunacy. --Christopher J. JarmickSimilarProduct
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