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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   2,134 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Daniel Reitz (play)
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Release Date:
9 August 2001 (Israel) more
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Hear any good stories lately? more
Plot:
Charlie takes an odyssey through grief during a fall weekend in New York City. His encounters are planned... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations more
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(3 articles)
User Comments:
A true gem. more (73 total)
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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Dan Futterman ... Charlie
Samuel Ball ... Dean

Lothaire Bluteau ... Bill

Alan Cumming ... Brett
Josh Hamilton ... Matt

Matt Keeslar ... Chris

James Simon ... Sam
Megan Dodds ... Deedee

Gabriel Olds ... Ron

Barbara Sukowa ... Clara - The Married Woman
Gerry Bamman ... Don
Scott Denny ... Ken

Pamela Shaw ... Judy - The Photo Lady
David Wheir ... Gary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Christopher Bradley ... Efraim - The Window Couple
Cheryl Brubaker ... Pam (as Cheryl Brubacker)
Marylouise Burke ... Yvette - The Poodle Lady

David T. Catapano ... Frat Guy
Rich Clayton ... Cashier
Joe Danisi ... Vin - One Night Stands
Paul Dawson ... The Bloodied Man
Sanjiv Jhaveri ... Cassandra's Helper

Brian Keane ... Neil, The Window Couple

Bill Sage ... Chuck
Paige Turco ... Cassandra

Melinda Wade ... Nadine - One Night Stands
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Urban Folk Tales (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violent and sexual content, including related dialogue, and for language and some drug use.
Runtime:
103 min | Argentina:106 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Matt is describing his encounter with Clara, she eats the cherry the moment he gives her the drink, but in subsequent shots, the cherry is still floating on the surface of the drink. more
Quotes:
Charlie: Distract me, man. Take me out of my own head for two minutes. more
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References Women in Love (1969) more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A true gem., 10 July 2002
10/10
Author: veestar614 (veestar614@aol.com) from kansas

I recently saw this movie and let me say this, WOW. I was blown away by the whole thing! I was shocked at the end especially. Director Jon Shear did a terrific job, and i am appauled that he recieved little or no recognition for this movie. It was powerful, totally redeeming the silly and love-stricken gay films of recent memory, (Beautiful Thing, Get Real and the like,). It gave the gay film industry and not to mention society a new face. Dan Futterman, (Bless him,) did an about-face on his career with this movie, as did Samuel Ball, Matt Keeslar, and Alan Cumming. If i could, id award ALL of those in this film. The depth, power and heat of Urbania are its real stunning feats. It plays as a hetero-flick, (at the beginning, i thought Charlie was straight,) and engulfs us in heart-warming and loving flash-backs. But towards the climax, the film reveals its true colors. Gay characters have never been played with such villanous or sinister-esque qualities. It is a slap in the face for those who think the homosexual community is weak and "sissified." Futterman's brilliance for villany upheld the main idea and the motive behind Charlie's actions. I was shaken when the movie was over, shaken in a good way. If this movie had gone through mainstream release,(which it should have,) homosexuals would be seen in another light. A more darker light which would bring heterosexuals closer to accepting the gay community as the people they are. ****, (four stars out of four) -a shocking, brilliant, and redeeming work of art-

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