Trees Lounge

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Trees Lounge

Directed by	Steve Buscemi
Produced by	Brad Wyman Chris Hanley
Written by	Steve Buscemi
Starring	Steve Buscemi Mark Boone Junior Chloë Sevigny
Music by	Evan Lurie Hayden
Distributed by	Live Entertainment Orion Classics Artisan Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 11th, 1996
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Trees Lounge is the 1996 feature film debut as writer and director by Steve Buscemi. It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi who would later direct HBO's The Sopranos. It also features Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny and Samuel L. Jackson.

It was filmed in Glendale, Queens, Brooklyn, and Valley Stream, New York.

1 Plot
2 Selected cast
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The film follows Tommy Basilio (Buscemi), a 30 year-old alcoholic and fixture at the local bar, Trees Lounge, who begins to float after losing his girlfriend of 8 years and his job as a mechanic as he figures out how to deal with the mistakes he's made in his life which he is forced to face every day.

Despite the often dark subject matter, the film has its lighthearted moments, and shows its deeply flawed characters in a more or less sympathetic light.

[edit] Selected cast

Steve Buscemi – Tommy
Mark Boone Junior – Mike
Chloë Sevigny – Debbie
Elizabeth Bracco – Theresa
Daniel Baldwin – Jerry
Carol Kane – Connie
Anthony LaPaglia – Rob
Seymour Cassel – Uncle Al
Samuel L. Jackson – Wendell
Michael Imperioli – George
John Ventimiglia – Johnny

[edit] Awards

Trees Lounge earned Buscemi nominations for Best First Screenplay as well as Best First Feature (along with producers Brad Wyman and Chris Wyman) at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards, though it won neither.