Six Degrees of Separation (1993), starring Will Smith and Stockard Channing (VIDEO)

Watch the trailer for Six Degrees of Separation, starring Will Smith and Stockard Channing; No. 44 on our list of the 100 best New York movies.

By Joshua Rothkopf Tue Jul 3 2012

New York movies: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

You play the Kevin Bacon game; it’s worth returning to this adaptation of John Guare’s witty, class-conscious play, costarring a rising Will Smith as a lonely Central Park hustler (would that he’d remained this adventurous). The city is the movie’s star—a cauldron of art-gallery hauteur, liberal piety and, ultimately, the need to make a difference.—Joshua Rothkopf

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