After Hours (film)

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After Hours
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Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Produced by	Robert F. Colesberry Griffin Dunne Amy Robinson
Written by	Joseph Minion
Starring	Griffin Dunne Rosanna Arquette Verna Bloom Linda Fiorentino Will Patton
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Editing by	Thelma Schoonmaker
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	September 13, 1985 (U.S. release)
Running time	96 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$4,500,000 (estimated)
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After Hours is an American comedy thriller film released in 1985, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. It depicts a New Yorker, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne), who experiences a series of adventures and perils in trying to make his way home from SoHo.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Trivia 3 Box office and critical analysis 4 Selected Cast 5 Soundtrack listing 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Paul Hackett is a word processor who experiences a hellish and seemingly endless night on the seedy streets of New York's SoHo village; broke, frenzied and at his rope's end he is thrust into the increasingly upsetting and often outlandish lives of a variety of emsemble characters. A sequence of misfortunes, coupled with misunderstandings and tragedies threaten Paul's safety and sanity while he attempts to get back to his apartment, uptown.

[edit] Trivia

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• The film was originally to be directed by Tim Burton, but Scorsese read the script at a time when he was unable to get financial backing to complete The Last Temptation of Christ, and Burton gladly stepped aside when Scorsese expressed interest in directing.
• The dialog between Paul and the doorman at Club Berlin is taken from Kafka's "Before the Law", a short story that is part of his novel The Trial.

[edit] Box office and critical analysis

Gross: US$10,600,000 (USA)

Though it was not received well by moviegoers, it was given positive reviews at the time and is now said to be an "underrated" Scorsese film, as well as a cult classic in it's own right. The film did, however, garner Scorsese the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival and allowed the director to take a deserved hiatus from the tumultuous development of The Last Temptation of Christ It currently holds a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

[edit] Selected Cast

• Griffin Dunne - Paul Hackett
• Rosanna Arquette - Marcy Franklin
• Verna Bloom - June
• Tommy Chong - Pepe (as Thomas Chong)
• Linda Fiorentino - Kiki Bridges
• Teri Garr - Julie
• John Heard - Thomas 'Tom' Schorr
• Cheech Marin - Neil
• Catherine O'Hara - Gail
• Dick Miller - Diner Waiter (Pete)
• Will Patton - Horst
• Bronson Pinchot - Lloyd
• Martin Scorsese - Club Berlin Searchlight Operator (uncredited)

[edit] Soundtrack listing

1. "Air On The G String (Air From Suite No. 3)" Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
2. "En la Cueva" Performed by Cuadro Flamenco
3. "Sevillanas" Performed by Manitas de Plata
4. "Someone to Watch over Me" Performed by Robert and Johnnie
5. "You're Mine" Written by Robert Carr and Johnnie Mitchell, Performed by Robert and Johnnie
6. "We Belong Together" Performed by Robert and Johnnie
7. "Angel Baby" Written by Rosie Hamlin, Performed by Rosie and the Originals
8. "Last Train to Clarksville" Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Performed by The Monkees
9. "Chelsea Morning" Written by Joni Mitchell, Performed by Joni Mitchell
10. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" Written by Joni Mitchell, Performed by Joni Mitchell
11. "Over the Mountain and Across the Sea" Performed by Johnnie and Joe
12. "One Summer Night" Written by Danny Webb, Performed by The Danleers
13. "Pay to Cum" Bad Brains
14. "Is That All There Is" Peggy Lee

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• After Hours at Rotten Tomatoes
• After Hours at Box Office Mojo

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