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Smoke (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 25  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Synopsis: In 1990, novelist Paul Auster was asked to contribute a Christmas story to the New York Times. The resulting piece, "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story," forms the basis for his screenplay for SMOKE. Directed by Wayne Wang and set in a Brooklyn cigar store, Auster expanded the story to include four... In 1990, novelist Paul Auster was asked to contribute a Christmas story to the New York Times. The resulting piece, "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story," forms the basis for his screenplay for SMOKE. Directed by Wayne Wang and set in a Brooklyn cigar store, Auster expanded the story to include four other characters whose lives intertwine with Auggie Wren's. As Auggie, the manager of the store that serves as a neighborhood meeting place, Harvey Keitel gives a restrained, mellow performance. The other characters, Paul (William Hurt), a blocked writer; Rashid (Harold Perrineau Jr.), a troubled youth; Ruby (Stockard Channing), Auggie's former lover; and Cyrus (Forest Whitaker), Rashid's long-lost father, form a web of relationships over a few summer days. Auster, who had previously adapted his novel THE MUSIC OF CHANCE into a taut script, here exhibits a loose, almost improvisational style as he lets his characters simply talk about their lives. Wang eschews the big, somewhat melodramatic style he used in THE JOY LUCK CLUB for relaxed, natural direction that allows the actors, who are all terrific, to project an everyday realism seldom seen in American movies. The actual Christmas story appears at the end in a beautiful black-and-white montage, accompanied by a bittersweet Tom Waits song. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd

Director: Wayne Wang
Screenwriter: Paul Auster
Producer: Greg Johnson, Peter Newman, Hisami Kuroiwa, Kenzo Horikoshi, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Satoru Iseki
Composer: Rachel Portman

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 3, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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brilliantly evocative

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Cole Smithey
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3/5

You just want to draw it....and never let it out. Great movie.

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Clint Morris
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06/24/05
Emanuel Levy
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3.5/4

Puff away, and breathe in the smoke while it lasts.

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01/07/05
Michael Dequina
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Quirky, offbeat treat.

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12/27/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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04/06/04
Dragan Antulov
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Simples e envolvente, o filme traz personagens inteligentes e articulados que merecem nossa atenção - e o elenco é fantástico.

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06/27/03
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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Nell Minow
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03/27/03
Robert Roten
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3/5

Talky melodrama... you know you're watching an "Art Movie."

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03/08/03
Christopher Null
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02/02/03
Josh Ralske
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01/24/03
Philip Martin
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