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Last Exit to Brooklyn

  • 19891989
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Jennifer Jason Leigh in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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.
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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
6.3K
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  • Director
    • Uli Edel
  • Writers
    • Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
    • Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Stephen Lang
    • Burt Young
Top credits
  • Director
    • Uli Edel
  • Writers
    • Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
    • Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Stephen Lang
    • Burt Young
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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    Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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    Stephen Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Peter Dobson in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
    Stephen Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Peter Dobson in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
    Stephen Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Peter Dobson in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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    Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Tralalaas Tralala
    Stephen Lang
    Stephen Lang
    • Harry Blackas Harry Black
    Burt Young
    Burt Young
    • Big Joeas Big Joe
    Peter Dobson
    Peter Dobson
    • Vinnieas Vinnie
    Jerry Orbach
    Jerry Orbach
    • Boyceas Boyce
    Stephen Baldwin
    Stephen Baldwin
    • Salas Sal
    Jason Andrews
    • Tonyas Tony
    James Lorinz
    James Lorinz
    • Freddyas Freddy
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Alas Al
    Maia Danziger
    Maia Danziger
    • Mary Blackas Mary Black
    Camille Saviola
    Camille Saviola
    • Ellaas Ella
    Ricki Lake
    Ricki Lake
    • Donnaas Donna
    Cameron Johann
    Cameron Johann
    • Spookas Spook
    John Costelloe
    John Costelloe
    • Tommyas Tommy
    Christopher Murney
    Christopher Murney
    • Paulieas Paulie
    Frank Acciarito
    • Eddieas Eddie
    • (as Frank Acciarto)
    Lisa Passero
    • Teresaas Teresa
    Mike Cicchetti
    • Brickowskias Brickowski
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Hubert Selby Jr.(book)
      • Desmond Nakano(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Ralph 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."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Bird on a Wire/Last Exit to Brooklyn/Back to the Future Part III/Cadillac Man/Longtime Companion (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Be Ba-ba Le-ba
      Written and Performed by Helen Humes

      Courtesy of CEMA Special Markets/EMI Records, Inc.

    User reviews62

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    Top review
    9/10
    The Opposite of Pleasantville
    Did you ever notice that if you were to show a film to after dinner friends, all too often what you bring out is a work that might not make a list of your personal top ten favorite movies? This is one of those films. Very postwar early 50's, but a 1950's Donna Reed would have been lost in. It truly is the opposite of Pleasantville.

    Hubert Selby's dark vision of the common man is woven around several characters in a Brooklyn neighborhood. A factory worker called Big Joe is played by Burt Young. Instinctively brutal yet pathetically naive, he wanders through his Brooklyn neighborhood functioning at the most elemental level reinforced only by an inherited value system to which he is single-mindedly loyal. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays a whore whose timeline for thoughts of her future stretches out only several hours. She gets by in life rolling drunks whose tolerance for liquor is less than hers, or giving sex to those who outlast her. A soldier soon to be shipped out takes her to Manhattan for his last few stateside days and falls in love with her. Tralala (Leigh's character) recognizes the attendant lust but has no clue about the implications of his love. As she sees him off, the Lieutenant hands her an envelope. Tra's face lights up as her vision of the order in life (she gives him sex, he has a good time, he gives her money) seems to have been reaffirmed. When the envelope turns out to contain a lengthy love letter she doesn't become angry or disappointed, just confused.

    In addition to Leigh and Young, powerful performances are turned in by Jerry Orbach (the corrupt union boss), Stephen Lang (the closet homosexual strike-line foreman), Stephen Baldwin (a street punk), Ricki Lake (Big Joe's very pregnant daughter), and Alexis Arquette (the teen-age transvestite).

    The soundtrack is excellent and unobtrusive and Uli Edel's direction insightful. You need a strong stomach to watch it and quite a bit of dedication to find it, but it's well worth the effort.
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    • Oct 25, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 4, 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • West Germany
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Allied Filmmakers
      • Bavaria Film
      • Constantin Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,730,005
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $186,489
      • May 6, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,730,005
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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