Drama · Germany · 1989 · 1h 43m

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn poster
Director
Uli Edel
Cast
Stephen Lang as Harry Black Jennifer Jason Leigh as Tralala Burt Young as Big Joe Peter Dobson as Vinnie Christopher Murney as Paulie Jerry Orbach as Boyce
Crew
Stefan Czapsky — Director of Photography Peter Przygodda — Editor Mark Knopfler — Original Music Composer Desmond Nakano — Screenplay Hubert Selby Jr. — Novel Bernd Eichinger — Producer
Tagline

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie

Synopsis

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.

Trailer Last Exit to Brooklyn — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
new york cityprostitutebased on novel or bookfightsexualityunionbrooklyn, new york city1950s
Key Collaborators
Uli Edel Director Stefan Czapsky Director of Photography Peter Przygodda Editor Mark Knopfler Original Music Composer Desmond Nakano Screenplay Hubert Selby Jr. Novel Bernd Eichinger Producer David Chapman Production Design Carol Oditz Costume Design
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