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Bookmark this pageAfter Hours (1985)
Director: Martin Scorsese
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From Time Out Film Guide
A quiet New York computer programmer (Dunne) travels downtown to SoHo for a vaguely arranged date. Losing his taxi fare en route is only the first of the night's many increasingly menacing situations, with neurotic New Yorkers all apparently determined to prevent his returning home alive. Scorsese's screwball comedy is perhaps his most frightening picture to date as Dunne slowly but inexorably sinks into a whirlpool of mad and murderous emotions; but a tight and witty script and perfectly tuned performances, perilously balanced between normality and insanity, keep the laughs flowing, while the direction is as polished and energetic as ever. Only the nagging undercurrents of misogyny leave a sour taste in what is otherwise inventive film-making of the first order.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Robert F Colesberry
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Martin Scorsese full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 97 mins
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