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Blue in the Face (1995)

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User Rating: 6.4/10 (3,823 votes)
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Overview

Writers:
Paul Auster (situations) and
Wayne Wang (situations)
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Release Date:
13 October 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Welcome to the planet Brooklyn. more
Plot:
Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke presents a series of improvisational situations strung together... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
What a pity... more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Lou Reed ... Man with Strange Glasses

Michael J. Fox ... Pete Maloney

Roseanne ... Dot
Mel Gorham ... Violet

Jim Jarmusch ... Bob

Lily Tomlin ... Waffle Eater

Jared Harris ... Jimmy Rose

Giancarlo Esposito ... Tommy Finelli

Malik Yoba ... Watch Man

José Zúñiga ... Jerry (as Jose Zuniga)
Victor Argo ... Vinnie

Stephen Gevedon ... Dennis
The John Lurie National Orchestra ... Street Band

Madonna ... Singing Telegram
Sharif Rashed ... Purse Snatcher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Brooklyn Boogie (UK)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Company:
Miramax Films more

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Trivia:
Filmed in just five days, using the same set and much of the same cast as Smoke (1995). The premise of the film came to directors Wayne Wang and Paul Auster while watching an improvisation session between Harvey Keitel et. al. to help them get into character for filming Smoke (1995). They decided that the improvisations were so funny that they would spend a few days after shooting Smoke just filming film is almost entirely improvised. Auster and Wang claim to have "borrowed" the idea of shooting another movie on the back of an existing one from Roger Corman who often used to shoot movies very quickly on leftover sets from other productions. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Dot bolts the store door to talk with Auggie, then leaves without unlocking it. more
Quotes:
Man with Strange Glasses: I don't know anyone in New York who doesn't say 'I'm leaving'. I've been thinking of leaving New York for... uh... thirty-five years now. more
Movie Connections:
References Clerks. (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Brooklyn Movements more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
What a pity..., 21 August 2006
3/10
Author: jorda-manaut from France

I saw this film twice. As a cinema lover, I perfectly know what Paul Auster and, most of all, the actors, wanted to show in this movie. It's just a global view of Brooklyn: what's good or funny or bad up there. The story is alright. But that's not what disappointed me when I saw it. What really bugged me was the way some characters were depicted. The female characters,for example, ( Violeta !!) are really dire. They are a summation of all "female" defaults: yelling, crying, spoiled, selfish, and so on. What a pity...Though there are some funny scenes, I must admit (especially the shots featuring Lou Reed). There are also pretty great shots showing John Lurie (one of the best actors ever) playing with his jazz band.

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