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Release Date:
26 June 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Billy Brown just got out of jail. Now he's going to serve some real time. He's going home.Plot:
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Gallo to topline Coppola's Tetro (From ioncinema. 7 March 2008)
Critic Forgives Gallo for Cancer Hex
(From WENN. 7 February 2005)
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Buffalo '66 is an amazing and original film: well scripted, scored, cast, directed, and acted by Vincent Gallo. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vincent Gallo | ... | Billy Brown | |
| Christina Ricci | ... | Layla | |
| Ben Gazzara | ... | Jimmy Brown | |
| Mickey Rourke | ... | The Bookie | |
| Rosanna Arquette | ... | Wendy Balsam | |
| Jan-Michael Vincent | ... | Sonny | |
| Anjelica Huston | ... | Jan Brown | |
| Kevin Pollak | ... | TV Sportscaster | |
| Alex Karras | ... | TV Sportscaster | |
| John Sansone | ... | Little Billy | |
| Manny Fried | ... | The Donut Clerk | |
| John Rummel | ... | Don Shanks | |
| Bob Wahl | ... | Scott Woods | |
| Penny Wolfgang | ... | The Judge | |
| Anthony Mydcarz | ... | The Motel Clerk |
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Rated R for language, strong violent images and scenes involving nudity.Parents Guide:
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110 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | France:U | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIBFun Stuff
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Gallo decided to shoot on reversal stock (the equivalent of color transparency film - expensive both to buy and process), without even knowing if it was going to be developed. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After Billy grabs the bread off the table, it is back on the serving plate in a different shot. moreQuotes:
Goon, aka Rocky: What, you think I'm retarded or something?Billy Brown: Yeah Goon, sometimes I really think you are.
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With Smiles & Smiles & Smiles moreFAQ
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Buffalo '66 was really original in terms of both plot and style. At moments, the story of Billy Brown's life is so terribly tragic and bizarre, you almost have to break the tension by cracking a laugh. In the film, Vincent Gallo's ex-jail bird character, Billy Brown, kidnaps a young tap-dancer named Layla, played by Christina Ricci, to pose as his wife on his visit back home to his dysfunctional family. The colors are beautifully bold and somehow elegant by being so far past tacky. The film is really great.
The story is actually based somewhat on Vincent Gallo's own traumatic life. The Sinatra song that the Billy Brown's father sings to Layla in the bedroom is actually a tape of Vincent Gallo's father, Vincent Gallo, Sr. I read in an interview that Vincent Gallo has scripted another movie he hopes to direct and feature in. He is trying to get enough money to do it all himself. I am curious to see how it turns out, since this film was allegedly wound so tightly around scraps of his own life.