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Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexu... Read allSet in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
6.1K
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- Director
- Writers
- Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
- Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
- Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
- Stars
- See more at IMDbPro
- Awards
- 6 wins & 1 nomination
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- Eddieas Eddie
- (as Frank Acciarto)
- Director
- Writers
- Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
- Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
Storyline
Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel set in early 1950s Brooklyn. During a bitter strike by workers against a local factory, a gallery of struggling characters are crushed by their squalid surroundings and selves: an unhappily married union strike leader discovers he is gay; a jaded prostitute falls in love with one of her clients, a naive young sailor; a union negotiator attempts to peacefully resolve the strike while desperately hiding the fact that he's a communist ; the family of a striking factory worker cannot cope with the fact that their teenage daughter is illegitimately pregnant. —Serdar Yegulalp <syegul@ix.netcom.com>
- Taglines
- The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie.
- Genre
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaRalph Bakshi had made a previous attempt to direct the film, a production he was to co-produce with Steve Krantz and author Hubert Selby Jr. Actor Robert De Niro accepted a major role in the film. However, the project fell apart when Bakshi and Krantz had a falling out. Bakshi and Selby became friends, and, according to Bakshi, they "tried a few other screenplays after that on other subjects, but I could not shake Last Exit from my mind."
- SoundtracksBe Ba-ba Le-ba
Written and Performed by Helen Humes
Courtesy of CEMA Special Markets/EMI Records, Inc.
Top review
Violent slice-of-life that lingers in the memory
Working class life in 1950's Brooklyn is disrupted by a strike.
One of these films that seems about nothing in the explaining (the ups and downs of the roughhouse working-class), but is a very powerful piece in the watching and highly recommended.
The film reminded me of an X rated version of American Graffiti where people go about their ordinary lives, but somehow, we become fascinated. While actually shot in West German (when there was one) there are too many real NY character actors for us to notice.
There is fair amount of stupidity and leaching. The male hustler and the whore stick in your mind longer, but the working class morals of all the characters are well observed. Certain scenes actually play no real role in the plot, but add to the feel of time and place.
A lot of people will be shocked by this movie. It is brutally frank and at times violent, but it is never just put there for entertainment. This is an adult picture dealing with adult themes and adult lives. I found it quite hard to watch at times myself, but I think it is an important film and no insult to the classic Selby book which inspired it.
One of these films that seems about nothing in the explaining (the ups and downs of the roughhouse working-class), but is a very powerful piece in the watching and highly recommended.
The film reminded me of an X rated version of American Graffiti where people go about their ordinary lives, but somehow, we become fascinated. While actually shot in West German (when there was one) there are too many real NY character actors for us to notice.
There is fair amount of stupidity and leaching. The male hustler and the whore stick in your mind longer, but the working class morals of all the characters are well observed. Certain scenes actually play no real role in the plot, but add to the feel of time and place.
A lot of people will be shocked by this movie. It is brutally frank and at times violent, but it is never just put there for entertainment. This is an adult picture dealing with adult themes and adult lives. I found it quite hard to watch at times myself, but I think it is an important film and no insult to the classic Selby book which inspired it.
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- Pedro_H
- Apr 17, 2003
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,730,005
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $186,489
- May 6, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $1,730,005
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