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6.9/10   89 votes
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Charles Lane (writer)
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Release Date:
January 1990 (USA) more
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Nearly silent comedy filmed in black and white follows a street artist (Charles Lane), who rescues a baby after her father was murdered... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 4 nominations more
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A mostly-silent film in black and white more (3 total)

Cast

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Charles Lane ... Artist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Alpern ... Bookseller
Nicole Alysia ... Child
Edwin Anthony ... Penny Pincher #1

Michael Baskin ... Doorman / Street Cop
Jeffrey Carpentier ... Homeless Native American

Robert Clohessy ... Alley Tough #1
Tanya Cunningham ... Girlfriend
Deena Engle ... Park Mother #1

Ellia English ... Bagwoman

Edie Falco ... Woman in Carriage
Dara Fishman ... Homeless Child #2
Franklin Gordon ... Alley Tough #2
Nell Gutman ... Park Mother #3
Trula Hoosier ... Mother
Tom Hoover ... Portrait Artist
Bobby Howard ... Alley Tough #3
Raymond Jenkins ... Precinct Cop #3
Toni Ann Johnson ... Girlfriend
Chris Kapp ... Homeless Mother

Ed Kershen ... Detective Brooks
Ian Klapper ... Juggler
James Latz ... Police Officer #1
Jan Leder ... Jazz Quartet Member #1
Deena Lesser ... Woman at Library
Elizabeth Lesser ... Pregnant Park Mother
Frank Lesser ... Man at Library
Michael Luciano ... Detective Grasso
Robin McWilliams ... Breakdancer
Joe Menchaca ... Child Customer #4
Jody O'Neil ... Customer #1
Grant Reid ... Homeless Man - during the finale scenes
Herb Reynolds ... Ventriloquist
George Riddick ... Street Partner
Pier Robinson ... Park Mother #4

Bill Sage ... Man in Carriage
Olivia Sklar ... Librarian
Joe Solomon ... Jazz Quartet Member #4
Gina Spellman ... Fine Woman
Turrell Washington ... Homeless Child #1
Darnell Williams ... Father
Sandye Wilson ... Young Woman
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97 min
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Crew or equipment visible: Director/actor Charles Lane giving directions to the other actors in the film. more

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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A mostly-silent film in black and white, 16 March 2001
8/10
Author: David Hoffman from Virginia

Our protagonist is resourceful, tenderhearted, homeless. He finds himself with a baby, someone else's, and suddenly his life shifts focus. The child, thankfully, does not redeem the main character whose actions are a natural extension of who he is-a nameless person. Without home and name doesn't mean without personality, and a life, and the instinct for survival. The main character suddenly has to be concerned for someone other than himself, and this is the charm of the film, charm without sentimentality.

This is an intriguing contrast of the humorous set against the plight of the homeless in NYC; it works, partly because it is so outrageous and comic in its implementation-e.g. the conflict with the other street artist, the use of the bathtub. A gentle, good film whose final moments still resonate in the mind, not because of their greatness, but because of the unexpected but successful shift in focus and technique. It achieves.

Charles Lane as writer, director, and main character has done a very fine job in three areas, none suffering because of the others.

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