Buffalo 66 (1988) ( Buffalo '66 ) ( Buffalo Sixty Six )

Buffalo 66 (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Buffalo '66
Alternate Title: Buffalo Sixty Six
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Stockholm Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Vincent Gallo

Written By:
Vincent Gallo

Actors:
Vincent Gallo ..... Billy
Christina Ricci ..... Layla
Ben Gazzara ..... Jimmy
Mickey Rourke ..... The Bookie
Rosanna Arquette ..... Wendy Balsam
Jan-Michael Vincent ..... Sonny
Anjelica Huston ..... Jan
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

Synopsis:

C.I.A. agent, Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo), brings his wife home to meet his absurdly dysfunctional family. Only Billys not really in the C.I.A., and his 'wife', Layla (Christina Ricci), is actually a young tap dancer he just kidnapped to impress his ridiculous and unloving parents (Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara). In reality, Billys whole life is an empty lie. Hes fresh out of prison and now on a deadly mission to hunt down and kill the Buffalo Bills kicker whose botched field goal ruined his life. However, Billys new hostage may ruin everything. Their crazy attachment blossoms into a desperate and oddly beautiful romance that may or may not be a sweet enough substitute for revenge. Vincent Gallo composed and performed the original music and also wrote, directed and stars in the film that The New York Times calls 'a deadpan original'.

Only one thing could bring Billy's mom any joy: an NFL championship for the Bills. She missed the last championship because she went into labor with Billy. Billy's dad snapped his dog's neck to teach him responsibility. Billy bet ten grand on the Bills to win in the Super Bowl five years before only to lose that bet on a missed field goal. He did five years in prison taking the fall for the bookie he can't repay. Now he's out. He has to do two things while he's out: visit his parents before killing the kicker who not only lost the Super Bowl for the Bills but also put him away. The only problem is he has to piss. He kidnaps a girl from a dance studio where he goes to piss so that she can pose as the fictitious wife from the fictitious life he invented in his letters to his parents from jail. She falls for him instantly. He makes the audience uncomfortable as he ignores her advances as he uses her in his plans to eventually kill the kicker while convincing his parents that he lives far away with his beautiful wife.

After serving a five year sentence for a crime he didn't commit, a bitter, violence-prone Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo who also directs) is released from prison. Billy is hell-bent on convincing his dysfunctional parents that he is leading a respectable life and has spent the last five years doing top-secret CIA work. To back up his story he impulsively kidnaps Layla (Christina Ricci) and forces her to pose as his girlfriend. Layla's understanding of the comical grimness of Billy's life leads him to explore new levels of redemption, acceptance and ultimately...love.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 March, 2015.