Blue in the Face ( Brooklyn Boogie )

Blue in the Face (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Brooklyn Boogie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Stockholm Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Paul Auster
Wayne Wang

Written By:
Paul Auster
Wayne Wang

Actors:
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
Mira Sorvino ..... Young Lady
Keith David ..... Jackie Robinson
Peggy Gormley ..... Sue the Waitress
Harvey Keitel ..... Auggie Wren
Chief Bey ..... Brooklyn Resident
Ian Frazier ..... Brooklyn Resident
Sasalina Gambino ..... Brooklyn Resident
Robert Jackson ..... Brooklyn Resident
Rusty Kanokogi ..... Brooklyn Resident
Luc Sante ..... Brooklyn Resident
Tatienne Hendricks-Tellefsen ..... Baby Jackie
Chelsea Altman ..... Statistician
Michael Badalucco ..... Statistician
Teodorina Bello ..... Statistician
Billy Cherry ..... Statistician
Michelle Hurst ..... Statistician
Edmund Ikeda ..... Statistician
Ahmed Ben Larby ..... Statistician
William Preston ..... Statistician
Debra Wilson ..... Statistician
RuPaul ..... Dancer
Diana Brownstone ..... Dancer
Liz Curtis ..... Dancer (as Liz Anne Curtis)
James Dickson ..... Dancer
Rehanna Ellis ..... Dancer
Esteban Fernández ..... Dancer (as Estaban Fernandez)
Eileen Galindo ..... Dancer
Cotton Green ..... Dancer
Nick Kosovich ..... Dancer
Kyle Larsen ..... Dancer
Gregory Misciagno ..... Dancer
Liz Ramos ..... Dancer
Ray Rodriguez ..... Dancer
Charles LaSalle ..... Dancer
Lisa Scarola ..... Dancer
Dale Stotts ..... Dancer
Ginger Thatcher ..... Dancer

Synopsis:

Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes.

The companion film to 'Smoke', 'Blue In The Face' is about a motley crew of characters whose lives intersect and collide at a corner cigar shop in Brooklyn, managed by Augie Wren (Harvey Keitel). More of a neighbourhood institution then a money-making proposition, the shop may soon be a memory, as the owner is thinking of selling it to a health food chain. The neighbourhood is on hand to give their say - in a series of hilarious situations they talk until they are blue in the face in this movie about relationships, the city and sex.

Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke presents a series of improvisational situations strung together to form a pastiche of Brooklyn's diverse ethnicity, offbeat humor, and essential humanity. Many of the same characters inhabiting Auggie Wren's Brooklyn Cigar Store in Smoke return here to expound on their philosophy of smoking, relationships, baseball, New York, and Belgian Waffles. Most of all, this is a movie about living life, off-the-cuff.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 03 February, 2012.

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